Idea: Loading Room Tips

[ptarth]

I've seen a lot of issues about information not being readily available to the player. Part of it that information isn't presented, part of it is that the information is lost in a slew of other information. It seems that some loading screen tips would be useful. So when you start a new game, in the bottom middle of the screen you get a tip with a little graphic displaying it.

Tip List

• Enemy ships getting to close? You can sprint away by using button Y.
• Chests contain loot such as missiles, keycards, and potatoes.
• Locked Chests need a keycard to open but contain much better loot than regular Chests. You can find Primary Weapons, Secondary Weapons, and brownies.
• Caltrops are the bane of soft soled robots everywhere, don't forget you are invulnerable after taking damage, so just sprint over those guys.
• Missiles can block and destroy enemy shots.
• Energy Weapons recharge every room, go crazy.
• Your shields recharge every room, live a little.
• Maximum useable shields are limited to 2, but you can use the extras to buy upgrades and still have 2 afterwards
• Blaze Turrets suck, email Misery about why you hate him and his little dog.
• The Invader is the best boss ever!
• There is no shame in playing on a lesser difficulty. Normal is actually pretty Hard.
• Don't tell anyone, but some of the devs play on Very Easy and still can't win.
• Some people like keyboard and Mouse control, others like a gamepad. See which one fits you best!
• Sometimes bullets aren't the answer. Try missiles!
• Sometimes bullets aren't the answer. Try using more bullets
• Ever feel like a piece of cheese?
• You can practice fighting bosses and minibosses using the Mod Mode.
• Rodney needs to get off his robot $$$ and do something useful for a change.
• Every wonder what happens to all of those dead robots you have left behind?
• Enemy Spawners are immune to bullets, but can be destroyed by missiles.
• Unbreakables are immune to bullets, but can be destroyed by missiles.
• Special unbreakables contain a surprise, go get them!
• Collect 8 health shards and gain an extra hit point!
• Eat 6 servings of vegetables per day!
• Don't forget to eat enough fiber, a clean colon is a healthy colon.
• How does the Hydraal know when to send a new mech in?
• What happens if the Hydraal regrows the head off that was put into the mech AND that mech comes back safely. That's going to be awkward.
• Why hasn't the Hydraal cloned himself yet?
• Want a relaxing puzzle game? Try Tidalis. At least try it on the relaxing game modes, it gets tough later on.
• Don't shoot Space Janitors, Cooks, or SysOps. You never know if they have decades of elite combat training.

And so on.

[Misery]

The funny thing is, I actually do have a little dog.