History VideoGame / Chippy

* HardModePerks: The Blink and Slowmo items' time-slowing effects being weaker on higher difficulties causes their use to drag out the respective stages to a smaller degree.

* TurnsRed: Many bosses not only have multiple forms, but dole out tougher attacks as more and more protective guns are destroyed.

* BulletTime: The flow of time slightly slows down when you graze bullets.

* MultiDirectionalBarrage: The Credits stage has the Omnislice item, which launches a 360-degree spread of ''nine Slice projectiles''.

* StatusBuff: Damage and Shield pickups are passive effects instead of secondary weapons. (There's also the Spawner powerup that makes you periodically shoot strong bullets in the direction you're facing, and the Factory powerup that makes you regularly generate Cannon items and other offensive powerups.)

*** Attack items[[note]]Cannon, Barrage, Broadside, and Airburst[[/note]] are teal.

*** [[ArmorPiercingAttack Piercing items]][[note]]Slice and Carve[[/note]] are a plum-ish dark purple.
*** Miscellaneous powerups[[note]]Convert, [[BreakablePowerUp Spawner]], Factory, and Fast-Forward[[/note]] are magenta-violet.

* EndlessGame: Uniquely, your goal in Crossfire is to survive through waves of {{Roboteching}} bullets and various other dangers. The timer in the stage's mode is affected with [[TimeMaster the in-stage flow of time]].

** Conversely, Xulgon's yellow-eyed minions {{dash| attack}} a slightly shorter distance.

* SplashDamage: The Cannon item fires a projectile that deals heavy damage to nearby pixels amd parts.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Various cursed powerups spawn attacks that just make the stage take longer to beat, and aren't worth such an added risk.

*** Miscellaneous powerups[[note]]Convert and [[BreakablePowerUp Spawner]][[/note]] are magenta-violet.

* TimeMaster: The Slowmo item lets you temporarily slow down time, in order to dodge tight attacks more easily.

* AwesomeButImpractical:
** The Factory pickup allows you to slowly generate an infinite supply of Cannon items and sometimes other offensive powerups, making it the game's strongest powerup in the long run. Its only official appearance is as an EasterEgg in the Quartet stage, where it is cursed and will cause a lengthy and damaging trail to be constantly emitted by you.
** Various other cursed powerups spawn attacks that just make the stage take longer to beat, and aren't worth such an added risk.

*** Miscellaneous powerups[[note]]Convert, Spawner, Factory, and Fast-Forward[[/note]] are magenta-violet.
*** The secret curse [[spoiler:briefly found at the top left corner of the screen after skipping the tutorial fast enough]] in Neophyte's battle is displayed as vermilion in the pause menu.

*** [[BulletTime The Slowmo item]] is an even paler blue.

* BulletTime: The Slowmo item lets you temporarily slow down time, in order to dodge tight attacks more easily.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Guns that protect other parts are usually more brightly colored than ones that do not. The game's powerups also apply as follows:
** [[SingleUseShield Shield pickups]] are lapis blue.
** Powerups that augment your direct firepower[[note]]the Damage pickup and Double-Gun item[[/note]] are pale blue.
** Attack items[[note]]Cannon, Barrage, Broadside, and Airburst[[/note]] are teal.
** Summon items[[note]]Turrets and Drones[[/note]] are pink.
** Defense items[[note]]Repel, Freeze, Sweep, and Bumper[[/note]] are indigo.
** [[BulletTime The Slowmo item]] is an even paler blue.
** Bullet-removing items[[note]]Erase and Purge[[/note]] are aqua.
** Mobility items[[note]]Dash, Fade, and Blink[[/note]] are phthalo green.
** [[ArmorPiercingAttack Piercing items]][[note]]Slice and Carve[[/note]] are a plum-ish dark purple.
** Miscellaneous powerups[[note]]Convert, Spawner, Factory, and Fast-Forward[[/note]] are magenta-violet.
** The secret curse [[spoiler:briefly found at the top left corner of the screen after skipping the tutorial fast enough]] in Neophyte's battle is displayed as vermilion in the pause menu.

** Damage pickups are helpful even if you're not going for fast times — they allow you to deal more damage over time, spend less time fighting a boss to defeat it, and struggle through fewer enemy attacks. Oh, and they're virtually always ''the only'' powerup that cannot be expended or lost until death.

* ArmorPiercingAttack: The Slice and Carve items can turn pixels into explosive ones, which are the only other things that can penetrate certain armor of your enemies.

* BossArenaRecovery: Almost every core destroyed will drop at least one powerup to choose from. Some bosses even shoot out damage powerups and/or spawn powerup sets for free on occasion. Containers with powerups (usually a [[SingleUseShield Shield]]) also spawn on occasion (though some of them are merely {{Time Bomb}}s that [[InvertedTrope invert]] this).

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Guns that protect other cores are usually more brightly colored than ones that do not. The game's powerups also apply as follows:

* CoresAndTurretsBoss: The two categories overlap for all cores, with many of them shielding larger ones.

* DeflectorShields: Protected cores have these around them. You can also (and most likely need to) use [[SingleUseShield Single-Use Shields]] as these.

* StationaryBoss: Severely {{downplayed| trope}}. Many bosses very slowly amble about the center of the stage, but most don't really move about enough to largely affect the fight.

* VariableMix: The game's music gains more parts late in fights, and more percussion plays while main cores are under attack.

* WakeUpCallBoss: [[AlienKudzu Overgrowth]]. The GradualRegeneration of its organic parts (including guns that prevent you from hurting the core) pressures you to go on the offensive and prevent the fight from dragging out. This effectively hammers in the importance of [[TimeTrial defeating bosses quickly]].

** [[BulletTime The Slowmo item]] is Alice blue.

** The secret curse [[spoiler:found at the top left corner of the screen after the tutorial]] in Neophyte's battle is displayed as vermilion in the pause menu.

** Mobility items[[note]]Dash, Fade, and Blink[[/note]] are phthalo green.
** Bullet-erasing items[[note]]Erase and Purge[[/note]] are aqua.

* ContinuingIsPainful: Just like in the sort of [[SpeedRun time-attack playthroughs]] the Speedrun mode runs accommodate, your time spent on fighting and then losing to any boss other than the first one is added to your total.

* TimeTrial: Stages can be replayed in order to get a faster time. There's also a mode that accommodates full-campaign speedruns.

** Storm is scripted to launch long walls at you when enough of its first and third forms' guns are destroyed.

* FlunkyBoss: Kraken, Guardian, Execution, Hermit, Prospector, Storm, and Xulgon are accompanied by smaller units throughout their respective fights.

* WakeUpCallBoss: [[AlienKudzu Overgrowth]]. The GradualRegeneration of its organic parts (including cores that prevent you from hurting the main core) pressures you to go on the offensive and prevent the fight from dragging out. This effectively hammers in the importance of [[TimeTrial defeating bosses quickly]].

** Shield pickups massively augment your survivability, due to them functioning as HitPoints.
** Damage pickups are helpful even if you're not going for fast times — they allow you to deal more damage over time, spend less time fighting a boss to defeat it, and struggle through fewer enemy attacks. Oh, and it's ''the only'' permanent powerup in most stages.
** The Repel powerup generates a burst that shoves bullets away from you. That doesn't seem like much, but a good number of them can be an effective defense from a sudden wave of tough attacks.

* BossBonanza: In the Quartet stage, you must defeat four one-form bosses, with them being stronger for each one you've defeated. Four gold medals must be earned elsewhere in the main game to unlock it.

* GameplayRandomization: As part of the game's heavy emphasis on precision and planning, this trope is {{averted| trope}} -- a rarity amongst modern {{Boss Battle}}s. The resources you are able to obtain and how your environment functions are wholly dependent on your own behavior, so players' skill and ingenuity are all that are required to beat stages quickly.

* BossBonanza: In the Quartet stage, you must defeat four one-form bosses, with them being stronger for each one you've defeated.

** Items that remove enemy bullets[[note]]Erase and Purge[[/note]] are aqua.

** Defense items[[note]]Repel, Freeze, Sweep[[/note]] are indigo.

* TimeTrial: Stages can be replayed in order to get a faster time. There's also a mode that accomodates full-campaign speedruns.

* WakeUpCallBoss: [[AlienKudzu Overgrowth]]. The GradualRegeneration of its organic parts (including cores that prevent you from hurting the main core) pressures you to go on the offensive and prevent the fight from dragging out. To further hammer in the importance of [[TimeTrial defeating bosses quickly]], Overgrowth eventually doubles down on typical TurnsRed tendencies in multiple different ways.

** A set of Blink items that can allow you to defeat Xulgon much faster is more difficult to obtain in normal difficulty, and outright removed from Easy mode.

** Conversely, Xulgon's yellow-eyed minions {{dash| attack}} a shorter distance.

* BossBonanza: As well as the Quartet, every speedrun stage is this.

* MercyMode: Easy Neophyte is the first Easy mode boss that can be accessed, and it is unlocked by dying 10 times in the main game.

The main game consists of 14 challenging bosses for you to fight. There are also various powerups for different offensive and defensive strategies, a simple scoring system (beat the stage as fast as possible), and recorded replays for every fight. The game even has Steam Workshop support with custom levels and official easier versions of the main campaigns.

* {{Nerf}}: Some changes in the redux update made certain attacks weaker:

** The Factory pickup allows you to slowly generate an infinite supply of Cannon items and sometimes other offensive items, making it the game's strongest powerup in the long run. Its only official appearance is as an EasterEgg in the Quartet stage, where it is cursed and will cause a lengthy and damaging trail to be constantly emitted by you.

** Monarch launches homing projectiles at you much less frequently.

** Xulgon's yellow-eyed minions {{dash| attack}} a shorter distance.

* StatusBuff: Damage and Shield pickups are passive effects instead of secondary weapons. (There's also the Spawner powerup in Medusa's fight that makes you periodically shoot strong bullets in the direction you're facing.)

* TimeTrial: Stages can be replayed in order to get a faster time.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Some cursed powerups spawn attacks that just make the stage (particularly the Factory powerup in the Quartet stage) take longer to beat, and aren't worth such an added risk.

** [[SingleUseShield Shield powerups]] are lapis blue.