Been putting some work into improving the tutorial. Gonna put out a small update for the demo in a few weeks.
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Beware of Maya's siren allure! If you stare too long, you'll fall under her spell. Swap out often and keep up the pressure!
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The new Stage Trial menu is looking pretty slick, don't you think?
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Just a sassy little fairy who loves to show off! 🧚‍♀️
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ABILITY HIGHLIGHT: Dragon Fist (Casey)
Casey, the close-range brawler, uses her powerful flaming fists to smash through red bullets! At full charge, this devastating punch can shatter shields and stun foes!
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The player characters from my indie game.

First, the more times you have to run collision code, the longer it takes. So put it on the things that the bullets will hit, rather than the bullets. There's usually less. Make the player check for enemy bullets, and enemies check for player bullets.

Here's a sample of the player code.

ABILITY HIGHLIGHT: Temporal Warp (Fia)
Fia, a Celestial Fae, has access to powerful time-stopping magic. While time is stopped, she can pass through all hazards, and even absorb purple bullets! Great for repositioning!
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ABILITY HIGHLIGHT: Critical Strike (Gale)
Gale, the engineer of the group, has a weapon that can lock on to a target. It does little damage normally, but if an enemy is stunned or winding up an attack, the blast will deal massive damage.
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Typhoon Unit is built around swapping between the trio and using their abilities in combination. If you chain abilities together, you build up Synergy Combo, which grants all of your characters a power boost and scores you way more points!
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Let's start things off on Bluesky the right way! With a boss fight, of course! 😈

This is Prisma. Known as the Steel Butterfly by some. She's the game's main antagonist, and the first stage boss.
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