History VideoGame / Shatter

''Shatter'' is an indie action-puzzler game developed by Wellington, New Zealand-based Sidhe Interactive and released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork in July of 2009 and later on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in March of 2010. It's a ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}''-style game where you control a paddle-shaped spacecraft, the "bat", and use a ball (though its really more of an arrow) to destroy rows of bricks and other geometric objects. It adds gravity-alteration mechanics [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything called "Suck" and "Blow"]] to the mix, allowing you to alter the trajectory of the ball

* [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Giant Space Octopus From Nowhere]]: The boss of Aurora, [[IncrediblyLamePun OctoBlock.]] You have to punch through his tentacles to hit his body, but careful- [[HealingFactor they grow back.]] Fond of [[BullfightBoss charging at the player.]]

* RecurringBoss: When you defeat the Bad Bat, it pays to notice that it merely flies away instead of blowing up like the other bosses. Guess who the FinalBoss is? That's right, [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Bad Bat's Back!]]

Not to be confused with the movie, ''Film/{{Shatter''.

''Shatter'' is an indie action-puzzler game developed by SidheInteractive and released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork in July of 2009 and later on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in March of 2010. It is a ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}''-style game. You control a paddle-shaped spacecraft, the "bat", and use a ball (though its really more of an arrow) to destroy rows of bricks and other geometric objects. It adds gravity-alteration mechanics [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything called "Suck" and "Blow"]] to the mix, allowing you to alter the trajectory of the ball

In addition to the standard vertically-aligned ''Breakout''-style setup, the game also features horizontal stages where your "bat" maneuvers up and down the left-hand side of the screen, and even circular stages where you maneuver along roughly a 45 degree arc at the bottom of the circle. Each setup requires a different approach to manipulating the ball.

* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield

* BreakingOut

* PuzzleBoss: Every boss, to an extent, as the only way to damage them is to get the ball to bounce into their weak spot. Some bosses take this further, however, requiring you to destroy some type of protective layer or use Suck or Blow to expose the spot. The boss of Argon Refinery, for example, requires you to destroy four shield generators behind him in order to drop his [[DeflectorShields shield.]]
* ScoringPoints

''Shatter'' is an indie action-puzzler game developed by SidheInteractive and released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork in July of 2009 and later on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in March of 2010. It is a {{Breakout}}-style game. You control a paddle-shaped spacecraft, the "bat", and use a ball (though its really more of an arrow) to destroy rows of bricks and other geometric objects. It adds gravity-alteration mechanics [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything called "Suck" and "Blow"]] to the mix, allowing you to alter the trajectory of the ball

In addition to the standard vertically-aligned {{Breakout}} -style setup, the game also features horizontal stages where your "bat" maneuvers up and down the left-hand side of the screen, and even circular stages where you maneuver along roughly a 45 degree arc at the bottom of the circle. Each setup requires a different approach to manipulating the ball.

The game's story mode begins with the bat escaping from a "Kinetic Harvest" facility full of many such bats and embarking on a mission to destroy evil bricks everywhere through ten worlds made up of eight waves. At the end of each world is a BossBattle, some of which require you [[PuzzleBoss to use the gravity manipulation]] [[AttackItsWeakPoint to expose]] [[ForMassiveDamage their weak point.]]

''Shatter'' is an indie action-puzzler game developed by SidheInteractive and released on the PlayStationNetwork in July of 2009 and later on {{Steam}} in March of 2010. It is a {{Breakout}}-style game. You control a paddle-shaped spacecraft, the "bat", and use a ball (though its really more of an arrow) to destroy rows of bricks and other geometric objects. It adds gravity-alteration mechanics [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything called "Suck" and "Blow"]] to the mix, allowing you to alter the trajectory of the ball

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Take your pick, courtesy of electronic musician Module.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmZBurHfVOM&fmt=18 Neon Mines]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=759LSnZJMlQ&fmt=18 Amethyst Caverns]]