Bullet Audyssey is an Adobe Flash game by Cellar Door Games released in 2011. The plot involves the Euphony Gods who stole the worlds, but with the last remaining resources, the audyssey fleet was built to take them back. This is a Shoot 'Em Up where you dodge the bosses' bullets and lasers, but also try to keep them within the range of an absorb aura, which lets you charge your weapon and fire back at them. The game also has Music Game elements, as the bosses' attacks are synced to the BPM.
The game can be played here
on Newgrounds.
This game provides examples of:
- Attack Its Weak Point: Every boss has a pink weak point or several which has to be hit to damage it.
- Boss Game: The game centers around defeating bosses related to music tracks. There are no enemies to shoot inbetween.
- Boss Warning Siren: The final battle with Cancer has "WARNING: FINAL BOSS APPROACHING" show up while a siren plays before its appearance.
- Bullet Hell: Late-game bosses tend to spew out a lot of bullets, with some lasers thrown in for good measure.
- Close-Contact Danger Benefit: The game has you touch bullets with the ship's Absorb Aura that surrounds it to fill the attack meter before you lash out at the enemies.
- Final-Exam Boss: Cancer turns into all the previous bosses faced, who have random songs and not the ones associated with them, but the bullet patterns stay consistent.
- Golden Super Mode: In the final battle, the space ship turns gold and has several enhancements, like a bigger absorb radius and more HP.
- Mini-Game Credits: In level 20 called "Crux", you have to dodge the credits, which can be problematic due to them leaving little space to squeeze by.
- Player Nudge: The game always gives you some line before a level that's a hint on how to win it, like "USE SLOW", "WATCH YOUR SIDES" etc.
- RPG Elements: You can level up to increase bullet damage and lives. Beating every boss unlocks an upgrade.
- Stellar Name: All of the bosses are named after constellations, like Orion, Gemini, Cephelus, etc.
- Technicolor Death: Every boss dies by turning into a bunch of white lines and exploding.
- Time-Limit Boss: Every boss has to be defeated before the song ends, with the time passed indicated on a line underneath their healthbar.
- Title Theme Drop: "System Split", the game's title theme, is the BGM for Cygnus, Pegasus, Libra, and Crux.
- Wake-Up Call Boss: Vela's not the only 1 1/2 stars boss, but it still becomes this kind of boss on multiple levels. It shoots from below, so that forces you to split your viewpoint on both making sure attacks hit the boss and you can dodge the bullets, which is something other bosses also utilise. Additionally, these bullets move either irregularly or fast, turning "USE SLOW" from Cephelus from a helpful suggestion if you're relatively coolheaded to almost an order.
- Warm-Up Boss: Orion's the first boss and is rated 1/2 stars. As expected, it's pathetically easy, as its attacks are predictable and three full charges should be enough to take it down.
