History VideoGame / LunarLux

** Active skills max out at level 3 by default, but completing the BeachEpisode at Summer's Cove increases the cap to 4. However, skills can individually have their damage output boosted with Gumdrop items independent of their current level.

** Support Skills not allowing adding more Points once they hit Max Level, while Active skills say that they're at MAX level.
** Photon Cannon only has 3 levels.
** Astro Boost only having 5.

* FightLikeACardPlayer: Upon choosing an active skill to perform, the player must choose from a list of three support skills to activate, which randomly picks skills from a pool that the player designated. Not only are repeats allowed in the same list of three, the player must designated at least 10 skills for this pool, ensuring that they can't just skew the odds in their favor by having only a few skills in the pool. However, two upgrade chips reduce the requirement to 8 and raise the red limit to 5, respectively. This is supposed to be reminiscent of folder building in ''VideoGame/MegamanBattleNetwork''.

* BeachEpisode: The completed $20K stretch goal on the Kickstarter page promises a beach episode. It will be added as a post-launch update. There is also official art of many of the characters in a beach scene with the proper attire.

* WolfpackBoss: In the second story-mandated visit to Oceanus, the player has to face [[spoiler:Raine, Melody, and Zara. Raine has the same stats as when she was a sidequest boss while the other two have similar levels of damage and HP. Fortunately, Bella has Nickle as a party member this time to even the odds]].

* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Some enemy attacks have no room for dodging, either by giving Bella only one panel to stand on or by targeting all available panels. The only way to avoid damage is to hold up the shield in time.

** The status bar on the bottom of the screen looks like it's divided symmetrically, yet Bella's status only takes up half of it.

** Several posters throughout Lunar reference anime and videogames, such as Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann, ''VideoGame/MegamanBattlenetwork'', ''Videogame/MegamanStarforce'', and others, with a lot being in Patch's room.

** The shop owner sisters are named after the three main characters from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' and even resemble their appearances. Their [[SixthRanger fourth teammate]] Britney is the Astro Zone shopkeeper. And as seen and heard in Copernicus, Mandy is Sam's daughter.

''[=LunarLux=]'' is an indie sci-fi action-adventure RPG made by [=CosmicNobab=] Games. The game is inspired by other RPG games like ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork4'' and ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', primarily in its gameplay mechanics. The game was funded via a Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/freedomgamesgg/lunar-lux campaign]] that raised $52,669. Trailers: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEAuesKZ7wY YouTube]] and [[https://twitter.com/LunarLuxGame/status/1696964909433844156 Twitter]].

* KickTheDog: In the finale, [[spoiler:Saros offers to return Thomas in exchange for Nickle's anticores. When Nickle agrees, Saros reveals that he already stole the anticores and that he never had any intention of doing a hostage trade. He just wanted to savor the party's anguish. Later, he gloats about trapping Thea Grey in the Phantom Realm and leaving her for dead in front of her family]].
* KlingonPromotion: The position of [[spoiler:Lunex General was previously held by Thea Grey, but Saros took the position after trapping her in the Phantom Realm. In the finale, Bella kills Saros's Murk form and takes over as the new Lunex General]].
* KnightTemplar: General Saros [[spoiler:believes that humanity's only chance at survival is to become antimatter beings and live in the Phantom Realm, where they'll be safe from Comet Coda and Nemesis. Unfortunately, this means testing the Murk Serum on people and transforming them into feral and anguished Murks due to the serum being incomplete, but he writes all of these sacrifices off as necessary]].

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: Doing only mandatory battles would leave the party at around CharacterLevel 55, but levels [[https://discord.com/channels/620847557404393472/620863043798040576/1177830406041653288 mainly]] give more HitPoints, so it's EquipmentBasedProgression, and presumably the level cap is 99:

''[=LunarLux=]'' is an indie sci-fi action-adventure RPG made by [=CosmicNobab=] Games. The game is inspired by other RPG games like ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man Battle Network}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', primarily in its gameplay mechanics. The game was funded via a Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/freedomgamesgg/lunar-lux campaign]] that raised $52,669. Trailers: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEAuesKZ7wY YouTube]] and [[https://twitter.com/LunarLuxGame/status/1696964909433844156 Twitter]].

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: Doing only mandatory battles would leave the party at around CharacterLevel 55, but levels only give more HitPoints, so it's EquipmentBasedProgression, and presumably the level cap is 99.

* FightLikeACardPlayer: Upon choosing an active skill to perform, the player must choose from a list of three support skills to activate, which randomly picks skills from a pool that the player designated. Not only are repeats allowed in the same list of three, the player must designated at least 10 skills for this pool, ensuring that they can't just skew the odds in their favor by having only a few skills in the pool. However, certain upgrade chips allow the player to equip fewer skills and allow more red skills to be equipped. This is supposed to be reminiscent of folder building in ''VideoGame/MegamanBattleNetwork''.

* GreaterScopeVillain: In the finale, [[spoiler:Saros reveals that Comet Coda is actually caused by a mysterious civilization called Nemesis, and that Nemesis is also responsible for wiping out the Ancients. The threat of Nemesis is also partially the reason Saros wants to turn everyone into antimatter beings, since he believes they can seek refuge in the Phantom Realm instead of fighting a hopeless battle against it]].

* HeroProtagonist: Bella is Lunar Warrior who battles across Luna to try and destroy the comet before it wipes out humanity. She is joined by Tetra, her robot sidekick, as they explore the moon, battle a mysterious monstrous threat known as the Murks, and uncover the secrets of a hidden conspiracy.

* DeathOrGloryAttack: Overphase quadruples [[spoiler:Nickle the Murk Slayer's]] damage, but drains his HP by 50% each turn. Failure to win within that duration will result in him being either dead or wounded depending on whether or not he received any healing between those turns.