## 🚀 Star Blaster Controls ### Movement - **Left Joystick / WASD / Arrow Keys** — Move your spaceship up, down, left, and right ### Shooting - **Button 1 or Button 2** (hold down) — Auto-fire your laser cannon ### Objective Survive two waves of enemies, defeat two bosses, and rack up the highest score! --- ## 🌊 Wave 1 Destroy **20 enemies** to trigger the first boss fight! - **Basic Saucer** 🔴 — 10 pts — glowing red circle - **Zigzag Diamond** 🟣 — 20 pts — weaves unpredictably - **Tank** 🟠 — 50 pts — armoured triangle, 3 hits! ## 👾 First Boss Defeat the boss (500 pts) to see **🏆 FIRST BOSS COMPLETE!** and advance to Wave 2! 💖 **Full HP restored on boss defeat!** --- ## 🌊 Wave 2 *(After First Boss)* Destroy **30 enemies** — tougher, faster, and worth more points! - **Basic Saucer** 🔴 — 20 pts — 2 hits, faster - **Zigzag Diamond** 🟣 — 35 pts — 2 hits, zippier - **Tank** 🟠 — 80 pts — 5 hits, heavily armoured! - **Drone** 🟢 — 60 pts — hovers near the right side, fires **3 straight missiles leftward**, then **zooms forward**! *(½ heart damage — missiles can be shot down!)* ## 💀 Final Boss *(After Wave 2)* A massive green trapezoid warship — **wide front facing you**, narrowing toward the back. Bigger, faster, and more aggressive. Defeat it to **WIN THE GAME!** 💖 **Full HP restored on boss defeat!** --- ## 👾 Boss Attacks - 🔥 **5-way spread shots** *(1 HP)* — a wide fan of orange orbs that fly leftward across the screen! - 💎 **Summons 2 Guards** — boss opens up, pauses attacks for 3 seconds, spawns flat diamond guards that orbit as a shield. Destroy them to expose the core! - 🚀 **Homing Missiles** — launched with a fiery burst, they track you. Shoot them or dodge! - ⚡ **Laser Beam** *(Phase 2 only!)* — dramatic charge-up with lightning and pulsing rings, then a devastating horizontal beam. Move vertically fast! ## 💀 Final Boss Attacks - 🔫 **Dual Mini-Guns** — horizontal bursts fired straight left from near the centre of the boss! - 💥 **Shockwave** — expanding energy ring — **pushes you back hard**! *(½ HP if knocked into a wall or hit twice in a row)* - 🚀 **3-Way Spread Missiles** — large missiles that **lazily curve toward you** — wide arcs make them tricky to dodge at range! - 💣 **8-Way Missile Burst** — fires large missiles in all 8 directions — each takes **2 hits to destroy** and explodes with splash damage! ⚠️ **Watch for the green charge-up glow and 💣 BURST! warning — you have 1 full second to reposition!** ## Boss Phases - **Boss 1 Phase 2 (50% HP) ★** — Summons **4 Royal Guards** ⭐, speeds up attacks, gains **laser beam**! - **Boss 2 Phase 2 (60% HP) 💀** — Shockwaves and guard summoning **stop**. Attacks speed up and **combat drones are deployed every 10 seconds**! ## 💡 During Summoning — EXPLOIT IT! - When either boss opens up to summon guards, the **core is exposed**! - Bullets that hit the core deal **bonus damage (×2)** and **+5 pts** during summoning! ## ❤️ Health Bar - A **red HP bar** appears in the top-left corner - Bar turns **orange** at medium health and **pulses red** when critically low - **Max HP = 5**, damage reduces it — half-hits take 0.5 HP ## 🎯 Scoring - **Enemy kills** — earn points per enemy destroyed - **Boss defeated** — **+500 pts**! - **Summoning hit** — **+5 pts** per bullet during boss summon! ## Boss Movement Patterns - 🌊 **Sine Wave** — smooth vertical bobbing - 🎱 **Figure-8** — sweeping Lissajous loops - ⚡ **Charge** — locks on and lunges at you! *(Boss 1 only)* - 🏃 **Retreat** — dashes to the far edge *(Boss 1 only)* - 🔄 **Circle** — orbits a centre point --- ## 💡 Tips - **Destroy guards first** — they fully block bullets from the boss core! - During **SUMMONING** both bosses are wide open — **fire into the core for ×2 damage and +5 pts!** - **Drone missiles travel straight left** — position yourself vertically to dodge them! - **Boss 2 missiles EXPLODE** — shoot them down early or dodge wide! - **8-Way burst missiles take 2 hits** — hit them twice before they reach you! - **💣 BURST! warning** — when you see the green charge-up spinning on Boss 2, you have a **full second** to dodge — spikes flash red when it's about to fire! - **3-Way missiles curve slowly** — they're easier to outrun at close range but dangerous at distance! - **Boss 2 Phase 2** — attacks speed up and drones drop every 10 seconds. Stay aggressive!