Graze Counter
Ver 1.00 Title screen (No unlocks)
| Developer: | Bikkuri Software |
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| Music: | motchi^3 |
| Program: | Necobi |
| Art: | Necobi, K. Hagamo |
| Release date: | 28 Jul, 2017. |
Contents
( Graze Counter )
Graze Counter is a shmup made by Bikkuri Software using STGBuilder and released in July 28th 2017 for Steam.
Gameplay Overview
Graze Counter is a vertically scrolling shmup with 8 way directional movement, a shot button, a graze counter button, a slow button, and a Break button.
It involves grazing the enemy bullets to increase the multiplier, use the G.C. laser to get gold stars, and Break mode to get red stars.
Controls
There are 2 control types:
-Split:
- Button 1: Fire main shot
- Button 2: Fire Graze Counter laser
- Button 3: Activate Break mode
- Button 4 Slow movement
-Include:
- Button 1: Fire main shot & slow move
- Button 2: Fire Graze Counter laser
- Button 3 Activate Break mode
Scoring
The game has a multiplier, which can be increased by grazing bullets or enemies. It can reach up to 1000x.
Each graze gives 100 pts.
Extends are every 50000000 pts.
When clearing a stage, the end stage score bonus values go like this:
- Graze: Amount gets mutliplied by 100.
- Gold stars: Amount gets mutliplied by 250.
- Red stars: Amount gets mutiplied by 500
- Remaining time: Remaining time gets multiplied by 500.
- Remaining lives: Remaining lives get multiplied by 1000000.
After that, the total bonus will be formed and will add up to the player´s score.
Characters / Ships
The game has Type-1 and Type-2 ships available at the start. But as the player clears the game more times, other ships will be unlocked.
- Type-1 (G-01/R April Divider):
Piloted by Ginyose Uzuki. A ship that moves slowly but has a shot type with superior attack range.
- Type-2 (G-02/B Freedom Dancer):
Piloted by Furuyama Satsuki. A fast ship equipped with a forward shot type.
- Type-3 (YR-01 Revolgear)
Piloted by Kotori Hayate. A fighter that equips 2 options, which when grazing bullets, the options will automatically aim and fire at an enemy.
- Type-4 (XK-02 Kirisame Blade)
Piloted by Kirisame Kiriko. Her main shot is short ranged and has equipped a sword which swings whenever the Break button is pressed.
- Type-5 (SP-01 Shadow Divider)
Piloted by the imitation of Ginyose Uzuki. A ship that is permanently on break mode
- Type-6 (SP-02 Shadow Divider)
Piloted by the imitation of Furuyama Satsuki. A ship that is also permanently on break mode.
- Type-7 (SP-03 Revolgear 2)
Piloted by a scientist version of Kotori Hayate. Her main shot is a 5 way spread shot. When on Break mode, she can fire a tremendous barrage of shots.
- Type-8 (SP-04 Kirisame Blade 2)
Piloted by a schoolgirl version of Kirisame Kiriko. A ship that has high firepower and highest movement speed.
Skills
-Auto Shield: A skill which regenerates a new shield every 15 seconds.
-Over Graze: When the player grazes a bullet for a long period of time, the bullet will dissapear.
-Extend Guard: Extends the i-frames of the Graze Counter laser when the G.C. gauge is used at 50%.
Game modes and difficulties
-Normal mode: The standard game mode, featuring Novice, Arcade and Expert difficulty modes.
Difficulty modes:
- Novice: A game mode for beginners. Has rank system disabled.
- Arcade: The standard difficulty mode, which has a rank system that consists of the player´s survival time. As the player survives longer, rank will increase overtime, increasing enemy bullet speed.
- Expert: A game mode with retains the rank system, while increasing enemy firing density, and enemies will emit suicide bullets when killed.
-Unlimited mode: A hard mode which features Arcade and Expert difficulty modes. The rank is locked at the highest, which never decreases when losing a life, and adds suicide bullets to the Arcade difficulty
-Omake!: A special mode which offers an Extra Stage and a Boss Rush mode.
- Extra Stage (Stage 0: Crisis domain): An additional stage that is locked on the Unlimited Expert difficulty mode, featuring very difficult sections. At the end of the stage, the Revolsaber boss will appear.
- Boss Rush mode: A mode where the player fights all the bosses while trying to clear the mode in the fastest time possible.
Items
| Yellow star: These yellow stars appear when attacking enemies with the Graze Counter laser. | |
| Red star: These red stars appear when attacking enemies in break mode. | |
| Shield: Grants the player a shield | |
| Boost: Instantly boost the multiplier to 1000x | |
| Gauge: Instantly boosts the Break gauge to max. |
Video references
| Clears | |||||||
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| Player | Mode and difficulty | Ship | Score | Link | Notes | Date | Platform/Version |
| JulianSeph842 Gamez | Normal Novice | Type-4 | 739515820 | [1] | Few shield losses | 2023 May 21st | 1.12 |
