# Setting
TBD

# World
The player progresses from the beginning through different worlds to the center of the enemy empire.

## Area 1 - Space
### Boss - Big Core-like
This boss behaves pretty close to Gradius' Big Core, and looks pretty similar too.

## Area 2 - Enemy Defensive Front
### Boss - Mothership
Basically a bigger Big Core, using mostly the same tileset. Has mounted turrets.

## Area 3 - Enemy Staging Area
## Area 4 - Enemy Home Base
## Area 5 - Core

# Guns - Lots of guns
## Red Fire
* Level 1: This is the normal gun you start with.
* Level 2: Spread shot forward and upward.
* Level 3: Spread shot forward, upward, downward.

## Blue Laser
* Level 1: Small laser, consecutive enemy hits diminish power by 1/2
* Level 2: Medium laser, consecutive enemy hits diminish power by 1/4
* Level 3: Screen-filling laser, full power full all hits

## Green things
* Level 1: Single shot that moves toward one enemy
* Level 2: Double shot that moves toward two enemies
* Level 3: Double shot, but tramples through enemies


Roguelite done right?
Start powerful - enemies are powerful, but so is the player
Increase replayability by strong gameplay loop, make player look forward to next run



# Other various shmup stuff

## Sideline for DOS
3-button

Fire - autofire
Bomb
Change gunpods
    Forward
    Backward
    Front/back
    Follow movement
    Circle
        pods fire erratically

3 sec. invulnerability on player start

shield - 3 hits, invulnerable after hit
Shots
    normal pea shooter
    Grey
        90 degrees toward an enemy, even backward
    Missile
Options


Shoot

Change


https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=65435

## Raiden
* no speedups, is slow
* fast bullets
* enemies pop out of nowhere
* shots lead you
* hidden enemies with side scroll

## In The Hunt
basically Metal Slug: Submarine