Hey! It's been almost a month since Delta Squared's launch, so what about making a guide about it? Wanna score more points? Let's see!

Idea

This is just a player's guide, don't take it too seriously on what you should do or not, just play how you like it! I'm just sharing some strategies from what I've played, and I've played a lot XD.

Setup

The first thing I recommend if you wanna score higher is to change the Shoot Mode from HOLD to PRESS, so you can shoot faster and destroy more squares. Also using a controller with a good analog stick makes avoiding bullets easier. I've been using N64 controllers for it, their analogs feels great for me at least.

Level 01

Despite it being easy, some things must be noted. For a game like this, you better spend more time watching where the enemy bullets are coming from than where you actually are. Knowing where they are coming from will help a lot when avoiding bullets. 

So, there're 4 types of enemies in this level, the Passer, the Carrier, the Shooter and Shib. The Passer is the first one you encounter. There's not much about it either, it's just recommended you defeat them fast so they don't block your way, the same for Carrier since they are larger. And well, I should say the same for the Shooter, just defeat them as soon as they appear and you should be safe.

But for the score, things get interesting. The Shibs also appear throughout the stage. They are the ones with no animation and a happy smile. To defeat them either shoot'em while they are going down or just wait until they aim at you horizontally and then follow them from below and shoot!

Boss 01 - Lord Chubby

If you wanna pass through this ultra-scary-looking guy unscathed, you must use your reflexes. The battle is pretty straightforward. Lord Chubby keeps going right and left shooting small and big bullets at you. He always starts the battle by going right so you can take advantage of this!

The more damage you give him, the faster he will move and shoot! So be careful! Also the big bullets hurts you twice so be extra careful about them!

Level 02

So, this is where the levels start to get more aggressive. First off there're 2 new enemies, Jumbo and the Bat! Starting off with a Bat ambush, the trick is to spot it fast and shoot before it gets to the bottom of the screen, because they may occupy a lot of the screen space. Then we have some Shooters. Be sure to grab the Special Fire Bullets (F) throughout the Level, it helps a lot to defeat these hordes of enemies!

When the first Jumbo, the red big square, appears, the trick is to keep shooting it while you are below it. Doing it on PRESS mode helps a lot, but it's also possible on HOLD mode too, but it's just a tad harder.

The Level follows with more Bats and Shooters ambushes, and then 2 Jumbos at the same time, I'd suggest focusing on the first Jumbo first until it's destroyed so you can attack the second one. 

Finally, the Shib invasion, you can either just avoid them or destroy them all. To do that, just stay either at the left or right, and keep shooting them. When they come from the other side, try to shoot them from below while following them, it just takes 2 shots for their destruction!

Boss 02 - OMEGA F.

This boss is pretty tough. First off it starts headbutting you at the very beginning of the fight. Then it goes either right or left shooting bullets in a spiral pattern and then shoots a big laser across the entire map! And then repeats the process.

While it's aiming the headbutt you've got some time to shoot it, and then avoid it. For the spiral part you must spot the openings of the pattern so you pass through them, just use your instincts and reflexes for that! And finally, for the laser part, go all the way to the other side of the map, that should be a safe spot, but you may need to do that while going through the safe spot of the pattern! The battle should take up to 3 or 4 laser shots of the boss if you manage to damage it fast enough.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Thanks for reading this Dev Log - Player's Guide!!! I hope you enjoyed reading it! Let me know if you want a Part 2!

Cya!

Thiago Avidos