Graze Counter

Ver 1.00 Title screen (No unlocks)

Developer:	Bikkuri Software
Music:	motchi^3
Release date:	28 Jul, 2017.

Graze Counter is a shmup made by Bikkuri Software using STGBuilder and released in July 28th 2017 for Steam by the publisher Henteko Doujin.

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

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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

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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

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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.
However, because the ship lacks of Break gauge, red stars cannot be collected.

• 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.
However, because the ship lacks of Break gauge, red stars cannot be collected.

• Type-5 (SP-01 Shadow Divider):

Piloted by the imitation of Ginyose Uzuki.
A ship that is permanently on break mode
However, because the ship lacks of Break gauge, red stars cannot be collected.

• Type-6 (SP-02 Alternative-D):

Piloted by the imitation of Furuyama Satsuki.
A ship that is also permanently on break mode.
However, because the ship lacks of Break gauge, red stars cannot be collected.

• 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

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-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

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-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 which 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

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	Gold star: These gold 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 boosts the multiplier to 1000x
	Gauge: Instantly boosts the Break gauge to max.

Trivia

• The power-ups triangle and player ships designs are inspired by ChoRenSha 68K.
• Type-4 and Type-8 use music from Kirisame Blade 2.

Music from Kirisame Blade 2 that Type-4 and Type-8 use:
-Stage clear: Good fight!!
-Stage 3: Mechanized field.
-Extra Stage: Slash all of them!!

• The intro attack that the Revolgear uses originates from the TLB of Storm Caliber Revival Edition `99.

Replay Index

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Replays from players
Player	Mode and difficulty	Ship	Score	Link	Date
Nickyan	Normal Arcade	Type-3	790066890	YouTube	2018 April 13th
Pearl	Normal Expert	Type-1	391148310	YouTube	2018 September 4th
Kanzaki Shintarou	Unlimited Expert	Type-2	541399960	YouTube	2019 January 6th
2A03	Normal Arcade	Type-4	965627480	YouTube	2019 April 25th
JulianSeph842 Gamez	Normal Novice	Type-3	745467180	YouTube	2023 May 5th
JulianSeph842 Gamez	Normal Novice	Type-4	739515820	YouTube	2023 May 21st
JulianSeph842 Gamez	Normal Novice	Type-5	769128650	YouTube	2023 July 25th
JulianSeph842 Gamez	Normal Novice	Type-6	776435190	YouTube	2023 October 12th