History VideoGame / CosmicStarHeroine

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: A staple of Zeboyd Games. You can save whenever, change the difficulty on the fly, the enemy encounters are clearly visible on the map and, while the encounters are finite, if you need to grind you can select in the menu the option to fight "virtual" battles against enemies you've already defeated.

* SuddenlyVoiced: The game has no voice acting, however when the heroes first meet Lauren (the informant, secret agent and singer) at the Nightshade club we can hear [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrYMQvK1H-Q&feature=youtu.be one of her songs]] during the cutscene. It's written and performed by none other than Laura Shigihara, better known to gamers as the Sunflower from ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''.

''Cosmic Star Heroine'' is Creator/Zeboyd Games' first full-fledged EasternRPG. After a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign that ended in October 2013 with more than $130,000 raised, the game was finally released on April 11, 2017 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, later coming to UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on August 14, 2018.

''Cosmic Star Heroine'' is Zeboyd Games' first full-fledged EasternRPG after the two short comedic titles ''VideoGame/BreathOfDeathVII'' and ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'', and chapters 3 and 4 of ''VideoGame/PennyArcadeAdventures''. After a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign that ended in October 2013 with more than $130,000 raised, the game was finally released on April 11, 2017 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, later coming to UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on August 14, 2018.

''Cosmic Star Heroine'' is Zeboyd Games' first full-fledged EasternRPG after the two short comedic titles ''VideoGame/BreathOfDeathVII'' and ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'', and chapters 3 and 4 of ''VideoGame/PennyArcadeAdventures''. After a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign that ended in October 2013 with more than $130,000 raised, the game was finally released on April 11, 2017 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

* KnifeNut: Lauren is adept at using knives.

* StandardStatusEffects: There are several.

'''Cosmic Star Heroine''' is Zeboyd Games' first full-fledged EasternRPG after the two short comedic titles ''VideoGame/BreathOfDeathVII'' and ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'', and chapters 3 and 4 of ''VideoGame/PennyArcadeAdventures''. After a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign that ended in October 2013 with more than $130,000 raised, the game was finally released on April 11, 2017 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

* FlatCharacter: To be honest, none of the characters are very deep, but Chahn takes the cake. She's there from the very beginning of the game, yet we only get to know that she's Alyssa's friend, practices Gunmancy and has the typical perky, optimistic personality. That's it.

** Characters from ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'' also appear in this game. October appears as a recruit available by default, Paws appears as an optional [[DuelBoss Duel]] MiniBoss, who can be recruited as a crewmember after battle. Before that, the player can collect the tuft of green fur from him, which is necessary for scavenger hunt. Umi appears in a hotel as a non-recruitable NPC where she says she's waiting for...her travelling companion. And finally, Cthulhu himself makes an appearance as a BonusBoss. In the mansion, portraits of Cthulhu and October make appearance, and in Enzo's office, there are capsules containing enemies from this game, such as Scream Cone and Brainsquid. Ultharians (Paws' species) also appear in this game as [=NPCs=], with Wild Ultharians appearing as enemies.

* ContractualBossImmunity: Defied. Due to the way ailments work, bosses just take more uses of ailment skills to hit them with it. Z'xorv's Murder skill will also always work on every single enemy in the game, provided the conditions for it to trigger an instant kill are met.

* BonusBoss: From previous Zeboyd titles: [[VideoGame/BreathofDeathVII Lita, Dem]], [[VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld and Cthulhu himself]].
* BraggingRightsReward: The Lovecraft Satchel you get from defeating Cthulhu. It gives Alyssa a massive ''twenty points to every stat'', by you're just about done with the game by the time you're strong enough to beat him.

** Characters from ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'' also appear in this game. October appears as a recruit available by default, Paws appears as an optional [[DuelBoss Duel]] MiniBoss, who can be recruited as a crewmember after battle. Before that, the player can collect the tuft of green fur from him, which is necessary for scavenger hunt. Umi appears in a hotel as a non-recruitable NPC where she says she's waiting for...her travelling companion. And finally, Cthulhu himself makes an appearance as a BonusBoss. In the mansion, portraits of Cthulhu and October make appearance, and in Enzo's office, there are capsules containing enemies from this game, such as Scream Cone and Brainsquid. Ultharians (Paws' species) also appear in this game as NPCs, with Wild Ultharians appearing as enemies.

** Like said above, Lita and Dem from ''VideoGame/BreathOfDeathVII'' appear as [[BonusBoss Bonus Bosses]] in this game. Before the fight with Dem, you also fight Chief Troll and two trolls, who appear as WarmUpBoss and starter enemies, respectively.
** Characters from ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'' also appear in this game. October appears as a recruit available by default, Paws appears as an optional [[DuelBoss Duel]] MiniBoss, who can be recruited as a crewmember after battle. Before that, the player can collect the tuft of green fur from him, which is necessary for scavenger hunt. Umi appears in a hotel as a non-recruitable NPC where she says she's waiting for...her travelling companion. And finally, Cthulhu himself makes an appearance as a BonusBoss. In the mansion, portraits of Cthulhu and October make appearance, and in Enzo's office, there are capsules containing enemies from this game, such as Scream Cone and Brainsquid. Wild Ultharians (Paws' species) also appear in this game as enemies.

** Like said above, Lita and Dem from ''VideoGame/BreathOfDeathVII'' appear as [[BonusBoss Bonus Bosses]] in this game.
** Characters from ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'' also appear in this game. October appears as a recruit available by default, Paws appears as an optional [[DuelBoss Duel]] MiniBoss, who after battle can be recruited as a crewmember. Before that, the player can collect the tuft of green fur from him, which is necessary for scavenger hunt. Umi appears in a hotel as a non-recruitable NPC where she says she's waiting for...someone. And finally, Cthulhu himself makes an appearance as a BonusBoss.

* BonusBoss: From previous Zeboyd titles: [[VideoGame/BreathofDeathVII Lita, Dem]], [[VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld Paws and Cthulhu himself]].

** Subverted in the case of Jaxx Blasterfist, an assassin sent by the API to get rid of Alyssa in the early part of the game. He's an optional encounter, also meeting and defeating him doesn't trigger any dialogue, much less a cutscene, and is immediately forgotten.

* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:The API's joining you]] results in a number of deaths that accomplish precisely nothing instead of letting you accomplish your goal. What does let you? [[spoiler:The ship they were attacking deciding to attack something completely unrelated to the API after annihilating them.]]

* UselessUsefulSpell: Subverted, due to the way ailments work, though you're better off not using a skill that tries to inflict temporary ailments without dealing damage after it's worked once.

* BonusBoss: From previous Zeboyd titles: [[VideoGame/BreathofDeathVII Lita, Dem]] and [[VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld Cthulhu himself]].

* BonusBoss: From previous Zeboyd titles: [[VideoGame/BreathofDeathVII Lita, Dem]] and [[VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld Cthulhu himself]]. The latter gives somewhat poor rewards, then again he's always been kind of a jerk.

* MakeMyMonsterGrow: The Blobmith, a presumably artificial summoned creature that can grow in seconds to {{kaiju}} proportions. It is fought in a very unusual boss battle (see BigLippedAlligatorMoment in the YMMV page).

** Stunned, Charmed, Poison: These are pretty self-explanatory. The latter only works on organic creatures.
** Rust: Only works on robots. Halves defenses and reduces turn frequency.
** Cursed: Only works on spectral creatures. 15% damage penalty and lowers ailment resistance.