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A basic guide to playing Swarmlake [for Version 2.10]
By Youngst🌟r
basic guide for first time players of Swarmlake
[still a WIP] please leave suggestions in the comments
   
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Category: Gameplay Basics
Languages: English
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28 Dec, 2021 @ 2:00pm
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Guide Index
Overview
Passive Mobs 
Dangerous Mobs 
Game Play 
Replay system 
Other info 
my other Swarmlake guides and other links 
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Passive Mobs
You can touch these mobs with out being killed

Collectables otherwise know as gems or crystals each is worth 1 point you need to be with in a certain proximity to collect and score the point. if not collected they despawn




Proximity bombs when you get close they explode and cause a shockwave that breaks the other mobs so they drop their collectable gems
Dangerous Mobs
These can kill you if they touch you.

These will try and intercept the player

These spawn in long lines and travel in a straight line across the playing field


These spawn in small groups and try and intercept the player
Game Play
SwarmLake plays like an endless first person bullet-hell[www.giantbomb.com] but the only boss is the huge number of mobs that create the swarm.
Explaining the start guide

When you start a round of the game. Look around using the mouse or controller, you can move around the playing area using Controller or WASD on the keyboard. Once you press the Jump key (Space on keyboard) you need to explode three bombs by jumping at them. once the second explodes your gun will start shooting, you don't need to press anything. Use the gun to defend yourself from the other mobs while exploding the bomb and collecting the collectables/gems.

The basic game play loop
  • Explode Purple Bombs by getting close to them.
  • The Shockwave will kill other mobs and make them drop a gem
  • Collect the gems by getting close to them before they despawn to earn points
  • Your gun is more of a defensive weapon than offensive
  • Stay alive by avoiding getting ganked by the mobs

Milestones
There are milestone scores at 1000, 3000 and 6000 these are indicated by an audable sound and a marker above your score.


At 10,000 it is indicated by a Slow down/ Bullet time effect


Tips
When in the swarm a purple arrows will point to any bombs that are not in front of you along the edge of the screen
Replay system
How did i die or How did they get a high score?
When you die and are on the scoreboard the current swarm from that game is shown in the background and the one mob that is wire frame will be the one that killed you.

If you want to see how you died in more detail, you can use the in-game replay system.When you die and the scoreboard is shown clicking the camera icon next to your score will allow you to start a replay.

You can watch any replay from the high-score table for tips by clicking the camera next to your chosen score.

The Replay controls

These allow you to play/pause a replay. you can also change your view from
① first person
② third person cam that keeps you in the centre of the screen
③ a third person camera that you can move around watching the replay

You can also change the playback speed using a slider 0.0 paused to 8.0 8x speed.
Other info
There are 27 achivements
from 100 points to SwarmLake at 10,000 points.

The Mountain range bounces to the in-game music. (setting the music to off turns this off)