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* ArcherArchetype: The Summoner nose allows you to call "[[http://media.indiedb.com/images/games/1/20/19907/piercingGaze2.jpg Piercing Gaze]]" to your aid. Said Piercing Gaze is an enormous creature with a bow that showers the field with energy arrows before vanishing.
** AnnoyingArrows: Played with, the arrow projectiles don't do much damage, but Piercing Gaze shoots so many of them that most enemies who are not bosses will die anyways.
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* ArcherArchetype: The Summoner nose allows you to call "[[http://media.indiedb.com/images/games/1/20/19907/piercingGaze2.jpg Piercing Gaze]]" to your aid. Said Piercing Gaze is an enormous creature with a bow that showers the field with energy arrows before vanishing.
**AnnoyingArrows: Played with, the arrow projectiles don't do much damage, but Piercing Gaze shoots so many of them that most enemies who are not bosses will die anyways.
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''Ballpoint Universe Infinite'' is an indie game created by Arachnid Games. It is primarily a horizontal shooter, but has RPG elements as well as some platforming. You explore a vast and gorgeous overworld (that's the platforming part), [[GottaCatchEmAll collecting golden sketches]] and speaking with various wacky characters. Some of them will have missions for you, which you accomplish using a fighter ship. As you destroy enemies and complete missions, you gain [[PracticalCurrency Ink]], which you can use to buy and upgrade weapons and other ship parts.
The game is mostly known for its unique art style, as the name implies everything is hand-drawn by pen and the result truly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP35d9kRfx0 has to be seen to be believed]]. Expect copious amounts of SceneryPorn.
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The game is mostly known for its unique art style, as the name implies everything is hand-drawn by pen and the result truly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP35d9kRfx0 has to be seen to be believed]]. Expect copious amounts of SceneryPorn.
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''Ballpoint Universe Infinite'' is an indie game created by Arachnid Games. It is primarily a horizontal shooter, but also has RPG elements RPGElements as well as some platforming. You explore a vast and gorgeous overworld (that's the platforming part), [[GottaCatchEmAll collecting golden sketches]] and speaking with various wacky characters. Some of them will have missions for you, which you accomplish using a fighter ship. As you destroy enemies and complete missions, you gain [[PracticalCurrency Ink]], which you can use to buy and upgrade weapons and other ship parts.
The game was first released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] on May 10th, 2013, and was then ported to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] on November 19th, 2013, and then to UsefulNotes/WiiU on October 16th, 2014. It is mostly known for its unique art style, as the name implies everything is hand-drawn by pen and the result truly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP35d9kRfx0 has to be seen to be believed]]. Expect copious amounts ofSceneryPorn.
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The game was first released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] on May 10th, 2013, and was then ported to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] on November 19th, 2013, and then to UsefulNotes/WiiU on October 16th, 2014. It is mostly known for its unique art style, as the name implies everything is hand-drawn by pen and the result truly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP35d9kRfx0 has to be seen to be believed]]. Expect copious amounts of
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* WhipSword: One of the early melee weapons acts like this. It does not hit hard, but has an impressive range.
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'''Ballpoint Universe Infinite''' is an indie game created by Arachnid Games. It is primarily a horizontal shooter, but has RPG elements as well as some platforming. You explore a vast and gorgeous overworld (that's the platforming part), [[GottaCatchEmAll collecting golden sketches]] and speaking with various wacky characters. Some of them will have missions for you, which you accomplish using a fighter ship. As you destroy enemies and complete missions, you gain [[PracticalCurrency Ink]], which you can use to buy and upgrade weapons and other ship parts.
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* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Oddly, though the mission is called "[[BiggerBad The Monolith]]", the final boss is the Observer.]]
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* LawfulEvil: The Logicians, as opposed to the ChaoticGood of the land.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Sergeant Boot, who gives you your first mission. And even by the end of the game, he still calls you "maggot".
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* GameBreakingBug: It is possible to get stuck in certain areas. This is not made any better by the fact that the game encourages you to explore, but some unconventional movements can force you to reset.
** During the final boss battle, it is possible to end up fighting both him and various constructs spawning in the background that fire multitudes of projectiles at you (which were presumably intended to be part of the level). If this happens to you, you can kiss your run goodbye.
** During the final boss battle, it is possible to end up fighting both him and various constructs spawning in the background that fire multitudes of projectiles at you (which were presumably intended to be part of the level). If this happens to you, you can kiss your run goodbye.
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* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: Every place seems to be designed purely to screw with the player's mind. Even the Logicians' homeworld, supposedly more efficient, is not immune.
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* EldritchLocation: ...pretty much everywhere.
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:This happened to The Observer when he beheld The Monolith]].
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* {{Birdcaged}}: The soldiers you break out from the capital.
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* {{Prison}}: As you can see from the screenshot, the prison itself also acts as the [[WardensAreEvil warden]]...
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[[caption-width-right:346:An average moment in Ballpoint Universe Infinite. [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs It's that kind of game]].]]
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* ArcherArchetype: The Summoner nose allows you to call "Piercing Gaze" to your aid. Said Piercing Gaze is an enormous creature with a bow that showers the field with energy arrows before vanishing.
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* ArcherArchetype: The Summoner nose allows you to call "Piercing Gaze" "[[http://media.indiedb.com/images/games/1/20/19907/piercingGaze2.jpg Piercing Gaze]]" to your aid. Said Piercing Gaze is an enormous creature with a bow that showers the field with energy arrows before vanishing.
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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: If you die in the overworld (something that can only happen if you fall into a bottomless pit, as it has no enemies), you respawn at the last save point, and they are absolutely everywhere. If you lose all of your ship's lives in a mission, you'll fail the mission, but that's about it. No other penalties.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Sergeant Boot, who gives you your first mission. And even by the end of the game, he still calls you "maggot".
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* NoSell: Enemies with shields are immune to ranged attacks when their shields are up. Well, ''most'' ranged attacks.
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* CollisionDamage: If you run into an enemy, in most cases you can say goodbye to a life.
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* HitboxDissonance: Only the very center of your ship takes damage.
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* OwlBeDamned: Apparently the owls betrayed the doodles and joined the Logicians. They fight by carrying Logician-made guns in their claws, some of which are {{BFG}}s. And [[KingMook their leader]] carries around not just one gun, but an immense pillar full of them, many times his own size.
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* RockMonster: You fight two serpents made of rock as bosses of two separate missions. The first one is rather pathetic, but the second one is fairly impressive.
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* ArcherArchetype: The Summoner nose allows you to call "Piercing Gaze" to your aid. Said Piercing Gaze is an enormous creature with a bow that showers the field with energy arrows before vanishing.
** AnnoyingArrows: Played with, the arrow projectiles don't do much damage, but Piercing Gaze shoots so many of them that most enemies who are not bosses will die anyways.
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* AudibleSharpness: Heard when Force Will arrives.
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* SingleStrokeBattle: When you summon Force Will (using the Quad Ball ship nose), it arrives in this way, slicing through all enemies in its path. And then it explodes, showering the field with a crapton of fiery bullets.
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As a young doodle freshly spawned from the Idea Spring, you are thrust headfirst into a war against the hordes of [[LawfulEvil the Logicians]], cold and emotionless doodles intent on [[TheAssimilator subjugating the whole land]]. But who really are the Logicians, and what is it they truly want? Up to you to find out.
'''Ballpoint Universe Infinite''' is an indie game created by Arachnid Games. It is primarily a horizontal shooter, but has RPG elements as well as some platforming. You explore a vast and gorgeous overworld (that's the platforming part), [[GottaCatchEmAll collecting golden sketches]] and speaking with various wacky characters. Some of them will have missions for you, which you accomplish using a fighter ship. As you destroy enemies and complete missions, you gain [[PracticalCurrency Ink]], which you can use to buy and upgrade weapons and other ship parts.
The game is mostly known for its unique art style, as the name implies everything is hand-drawn by pen and the result truly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP35d9kRfx0 has to be seen to be believed]]. Expect copious amounts of SceneryPorn.
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!!''Ballpoint Universe Infinite'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Melee weapons pierce shields. A few ranged weapons can do the same as well.
* TheAssimilator: This is what makes the Logicians so deadly. Because they are [[RepressiveButEfficient so much more efficient]] than regular doodles, in order to fight them, doodles more often than not have to resort to logic themselves. In doing so, they in turn become Logicians.
* AsteroidsMonster: The game features literal asteroids that fragment into smaller asteroids when they are destroyed. The Stone Dragon boss uses them as projectiles, so watch out if you try to destroy them.
** One of the EliteMooks protecting the Elder Palace is a fairy-like humanoid with butterfly wings, when they die, the wings attack you as butterfly Mooks that try to ram you.
* AttackAttackAttack: Sure, you could equip a shield for defense, but in many cases just equipping two of your most damaging swords and shredding the enemies before they can even attack you can be the better strategy.
* AttackDeflector: Shielded enemies can reflect ranged attacks at you when their shield is down. You can purchase a shield that does the same too, though to get one that does so without a "fast overheat" drawback is very expensive.
* BigBad: The Observer, the first Logician.
* {{BFG}}: Pretty much anything you can attach to your ship will be one, but some are even bugger and bulkier than others. [[spoiler:The Observer pulls a pretty enormous automatic gun on you in the final battle.]]
* {{BFS}}: Any melee weapon you attach to your ship.
* BrokenFaceplate: [[spoiler:As you whale on The Observer, his face gradually breaks, revealing the doodle underneath.]]
* ChainsawGood: The Scorpion nose gives you a special move that creates a '''ginormous''' chainsaw in front of your ship. Anything that approaches you from the front will be torn apart, including most bosses.
* DualWielding: If you want, you can dual-wield swords or guns, but you can never equip two of the same weapon.
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Damage dealt to The Observer causes his face to fall apart, revealing underneath the doodle he used to be before he became a Logician.]]
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Oddly, though the mission is called "[[BiggerBad The Monolith]]", the final boss is the Observer.]]
* FireBreathingWeapon: There is a flamethrower weapon.
* GatlingGood: A lot of weapons, including one used by the final boss.
* GunsAreWorthless: Unless you spend a metric crapton of Ink, you are not likely to find a gun that's worth using. Most early-game ranged weapons are peashooters compared to the much more powerful swords, which deal severe damage.
* HomingProjectile: Homing missiles.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Among others, the Tablet Shield, which reflects shots and blocks collisions (the only shield that can do so).
* LawfulEvil: The Logicians, as opposed to the ChaoticGood of the land.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: You can equip a shield to block enemies' attacks, at the cost of not being able to equip a weapon into that slot. However, shields cannot block enemy collisions (except the outrageously expensive [[InfinityPlusOneSword Tablet Shield]]).
* MacrossMissileMassacre: There is a guided missile weapon, and several sets of wings which passively fire homing missiles as well, so...
* MadMathematician: Logicians give off this vibe, since they are composed of triangular or rectangular pieces of paper with various mathematical and geometric formulas on them.
* MoneyGrinding: [[PracticalCurrency Ink]] is in really, seriously, extremely short supply in this game. And honestly, you can beat the game fairly easily using just a couple of early-game weapons. However, woe to you if you happen to be a completionist or you just want to see every kind of weapon, nose and wings at work. Just the Tablet Shield costs a whopping '''15000'' Ink, that's without counting the two times you need to upgrade the damn thing to reach its full power. And there are dozens more items with comparable prices you need to buy. And even the most Ink-rich levels are going to give you something like 2000 Ink per run at most. Hope you're really, really patient - and enjoy replaying Counter-Attack over and over and over again!
* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: Near the start of the game, you encouter a Guardian which judges all doodles and discards the worthless ones. You are deemed worthy, though.
* OrbitingParticleShield: The special move of one of the ship noses you can get is a set of three barriers that spin around your ship, blocking shots and demolishing enemies in close range. The trope is also used by a few Logician bosses, though their shields are usually slow-moving and destructible.
* PaperThinDisguise: You use one to infiltrate the Logician homeworld (literally, your character just hides behind a triangular piece of paper that doesn't even hide him completely). Oddly, it still fools all the Logicians [[spoiler:but ''not'' [[BigBad The Observer]].]]
* PracticalCurrency: Ink could have counted as a WeirdCurrency, but since the whole world is drawn, it makes sense...
* {{Precursors}}: The Elder, whose help you seek against the Logicians. And the Observer is one to the Logicians themselves.
** AbusivePrecursors: Before he lets you into his palace, you need to beat some very nasty enemies and [[ThatOneBoss one of the hardest bosses in the game]]. However...
** BenevolentPrecursors: Once you do that, he is actually helpful. [[spoiler:He even attaches the "Fountain" onto your ship for the final mission.]]
* RocketPunch: One of [[spoiler:The Observer's]] attacks. Sometimes he may throw a bunch of them in a row.
* SceneryPorn: '''Everywhere'''.
* SpinAttack: One of the available swords spins around your entire ship, tearing to pieces enemies even if they are behind you!
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:The Logicians became what they are to stop the impending threat of "The Monolith".]]
* WhipSword: One of the early melee weapons acts like this. It does not hit hard, but has an impressive range.
'''Ballpoint Universe Infinite''' is an indie game created by Arachnid Games. It is primarily a horizontal shooter, but has RPG elements as well as some platforming. You explore a vast and gorgeous overworld (that's the platforming part), [[GottaCatchEmAll collecting golden sketches]] and speaking with various wacky characters. Some of them will have missions for you, which you accomplish using a fighter ship. As you destroy enemies and complete missions, you gain [[PracticalCurrency Ink]], which you can use to buy and upgrade weapons and other ship parts.
The game is mostly known for its unique art style, as the name implies everything is hand-drawn by pen and the result truly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP35d9kRfx0 has to be seen to be believed]]. Expect copious amounts of SceneryPorn.
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!!''Ballpoint Universe Infinite'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Melee weapons pierce shields. A few ranged weapons can do the same as well.
* TheAssimilator: This is what makes the Logicians so deadly. Because they are [[RepressiveButEfficient so much more efficient]] than regular doodles, in order to fight them, doodles more often than not have to resort to logic themselves. In doing so, they in turn become Logicians.
* AsteroidsMonster: The game features literal asteroids that fragment into smaller asteroids when they are destroyed. The Stone Dragon boss uses them as projectiles, so watch out if you try to destroy them.
** One of the EliteMooks protecting the Elder Palace is a fairy-like humanoid with butterfly wings, when they die, the wings attack you as butterfly Mooks that try to ram you.
* AttackAttackAttack: Sure, you could equip a shield for defense, but in many cases just equipping two of your most damaging swords and shredding the enemies before they can even attack you can be the better strategy.
* AttackDeflector: Shielded enemies can reflect ranged attacks at you when their shield is down. You can purchase a shield that does the same too, though to get one that does so without a "fast overheat" drawback is very expensive.
* BigBad: The Observer, the first Logician.
* {{BFG}}: Pretty much anything you can attach to your ship will be one, but some are even bugger and bulkier than others. [[spoiler:The Observer pulls a pretty enormous automatic gun on you in the final battle.]]
* {{BFS}}: Any melee weapon you attach to your ship.
* BrokenFaceplate: [[spoiler:As you whale on The Observer, his face gradually breaks, revealing the doodle underneath.]]
* ChainsawGood: The Scorpion nose gives you a special move that creates a '''ginormous''' chainsaw in front of your ship. Anything that approaches you from the front will be torn apart, including most bosses.
* DualWielding: If you want, you can dual-wield swords or guns, but you can never equip two of the same weapon.
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Damage dealt to The Observer causes his face to fall apart, revealing underneath the doodle he used to be before he became a Logician.]]
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Oddly, though the mission is called "[[BiggerBad The Monolith]]", the final boss is the Observer.]]
* FireBreathingWeapon: There is a flamethrower weapon.
* GatlingGood: A lot of weapons, including one used by the final boss.
* GunsAreWorthless: Unless you spend a metric crapton of Ink, you are not likely to find a gun that's worth using. Most early-game ranged weapons are peashooters compared to the much more powerful swords, which deal severe damage.
* HomingProjectile: Homing missiles.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Among others, the Tablet Shield, which reflects shots and blocks collisions (the only shield that can do so).
* LawfulEvil: The Logicians, as opposed to the ChaoticGood of the land.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: You can equip a shield to block enemies' attacks, at the cost of not being able to equip a weapon into that slot. However, shields cannot block enemy collisions (except the outrageously expensive [[InfinityPlusOneSword Tablet Shield]]).
* MacrossMissileMassacre: There is a guided missile weapon, and several sets of wings which passively fire homing missiles as well, so...
* MadMathematician: Logicians give off this vibe, since they are composed of triangular or rectangular pieces of paper with various mathematical and geometric formulas on them.
* MoneyGrinding: [[PracticalCurrency Ink]] is in really, seriously, extremely short supply in this game. And honestly, you can beat the game fairly easily using just a couple of early-game weapons. However, woe to you if you happen to be a completionist or you just want to see every kind of weapon, nose and wings at work. Just the Tablet Shield costs a whopping '''15000'' Ink, that's without counting the two times you need to upgrade the damn thing to reach its full power. And there are dozens more items with comparable prices you need to buy. And even the most Ink-rich levels are going to give you something like 2000 Ink per run at most. Hope you're really, really patient - and enjoy replaying Counter-Attack over and over and over again!
* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: Near the start of the game, you encouter a Guardian which judges all doodles and discards the worthless ones. You are deemed worthy, though.
* OrbitingParticleShield: The special move of one of the ship noses you can get is a set of three barriers that spin around your ship, blocking shots and demolishing enemies in close range. The trope is also used by a few Logician bosses, though their shields are usually slow-moving and destructible.
* PaperThinDisguise: You use one to infiltrate the Logician homeworld (literally, your character just hides behind a triangular piece of paper that doesn't even hide him completely). Oddly, it still fools all the Logicians [[spoiler:but ''not'' [[BigBad The Observer]].]]
* PracticalCurrency: Ink could have counted as a WeirdCurrency, but since the whole world is drawn, it makes sense...
* {{Precursors}}: The Elder, whose help you seek against the Logicians. And the Observer is one to the Logicians themselves.
** AbusivePrecursors: Before he lets you into his palace, you need to beat some very nasty enemies and [[ThatOneBoss one of the hardest bosses in the game]]. However...
** BenevolentPrecursors: Once you do that, he is actually helpful. [[spoiler:He even attaches the "Fountain" onto your ship for the final mission.]]
* RocketPunch: One of [[spoiler:The Observer's]] attacks. Sometimes he may throw a bunch of them in a row.
* SceneryPorn: '''Everywhere'''.
* SpinAttack: One of the available swords spins around your entire ship, tearing to pieces enemies even if they are behind you!
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:The Logicians became what they are to stop the impending threat of "The Monolith".]]
* WhipSword: One of the early melee weapons acts like this. It does not hit hard, but has an impressive range.
