ACHIEVEMENT GUIDE
Achievement Guide
Survived 250,000 - 10 points
Earn 250,000 points without dying
By now using black holes to suck up enemies may not be a good idea because they will fill up too quickly. Try not to shoot them unless you know you can destroy them as soon as possible. A technique you should start getting good with is making circles around the play area, shooting in front of you as you go. This will allow you to shoot a path for you to keep moving through. Enemies will start to gather behind you as you do this so whatever you do DONT double back and go the opposite way unless its clear and you absolutely must. You should also try not to stay in one place, you will get swarmed faster than you expect.
Score 250,000 - 10 points
Earn 250,000 points
Things are getting harder by now, the most annoying most likely being the snakes. If you find yourself becoming surrounded by these then try and escape as quickly as you can. If you get swarmed their tails may cover their heads which will make it very difficult for you to kill them. Once you are a safe distance away aim for their heads. If things look pretty bad, go ahead and use your bomb. Remember, you don't get points for enemies destroyed from bombs but it will keep you alive, and your multiplier up.
Survived 100,000 - 5 points
Earn 100,000 points without dying
If you are having trouble with this achievement the best thing to do is try not to get overwhelmed with enemies. Watch your surroundings and start learning what sounds each of them make when they spawn. Early on in the game its possible to use the black holes to your advantage. Shoot them once and let them suck up a few enemies, then destroy them for big points.
Score 100,000 - 5 points
Earn 100,000 points
When getting to this point the hardest thing is defeating enemies that try to swarm you. The key is to destroy one pack at a time by shooting directly into the corner they are spawning from. If you are good enough at maneuvering try and round them up into one big group and taking them out all at once.
Pacifism - 10 points
Survive the first 60 seconds of the game without firing
Doing this is a great way to practice your maneuvering skills. Being able to get out of tight spaces is a must have talent and this is the best way to develop it. If possible, it may help to have someone with you with a watch counting off the time left until you reach 60 seconds. It helps to do circles around the playing area cutting across the middle when you cant go any further. If you are going to do this then make sure you dont turn around and go the opposite way since there will be a group of enemies that gather behind you.
Multitastic - 20 points
Earn x10 multiplier
A multiplier is awarded after defeating 25 enemies without dying. Every 25 kills is another multiplier. Apparently a x10 multiplier is achieved by killing 2,000 enemies.
Mad Cat Skillz - 20 points
Collect 9 lives
First off, this is not a cumulative 9 lives over your entire game, its 9 lives in your stock at once. As a side note, 9 lives is the maximum amount you can have at once. Every 75,000 points you get a life, of course you can die, it will just make it harder.
Quartermaster - 20 points
Collect 9 bombs
Much like 'Mad Cat Skills' this is 9 bombs at once, and 9 is the max as well. Every 100,000 points you get another bomb so use that as a reference.
Score 500,000 - 20 points
Earn 500,000 points
As things get more hectic one of the greatest foes can be the "kamikaze ships". These ships stop at nothing to run into you and will move very quickly pass any other enemies in its way. Its very crucial that you keep an eye out for these and eliminate them as soon as possible. The best way I have found to do this is by waiting for them to stop after missing you, then shooting them before they start another run.
Score 1,000,000 - 30 points
Earn 1,000,000 points
Im sure by now you have had to deal with the dreaded mini jacks. These are most definitely the most annoying, and deadly enemies in the game. They come in great amounts and swarm you very quickly. A Bomb will only get rid of so many so dont expect that to be your end all solution. What I find works for me is to wait in one of the top or bottom quadrants (not the left or right) shooting as many as I can. When things get a little too close for comfort I shoot a path through one of the lines into the next quadrant. The quadrants I'm talking about are similar to the four spaces made here |X| since they come in forming an X. If you absolutely must, use a bomb to help thin out their numbers.
Survived 500,000 - 20 points
Earn 500,000 points without dying
You should be quite good at circling by now, and should have learned the sounds as well. You should now start learning when and when not to use your bombs. It can be very tempting to use them when things get tough but try to make sure you have no choice first. The other side to this is to make sure you don't get to risky. Using your bombs wont get you any points but it will keep you alive, which in return helps you build your multiplier. The multiplier is going to be your best friend because around this time your points are going to start flying by.
Survived 1,000,000 - 30 points
Earn 1,000,000 points without dying
At this point your best bet is to continue doing circles shooting a path for yourself. Shooting a path is probably one of the only ways you are going to get through this. Things will get crazy and you're likely to lose yourself but just concentrate and try not to blink very much. If you're smart/good enough you will have some bombs saved up which will help a lot. If you are close to getting this chances are you know what to do.
Maybe a factor is having to kill a certain amount of enemy waves...any ideas?