Hero Core

Hero Core is an open world 2d action shooter game with retro graphics.

Plot[]

Cruiser Tetron is being rebuilt, it is up to Hero to travel to the asteroid where his minions are re-building him and attempt to stop him from ever returning again.

Gameplay[]

Hero Core picks up right after Hero. While the gameplay is similar Hero Core features new additions to weapons. The game is also no longer segmented by levels, the entire base can be explored at the player's leisure.

There are 10 different zones with a unique boss and upgrade for each one. A map can reveal save points, generators and warping is now a function for the player's convenience.

Tetron can also be challenged at any time however it is strongly recommended for new players to face the other bosses in order due to Hero powering up with every boss defeated.

The weapons were also expanded upon basic blaster the player starts off with. It can be upgraded upon defeating a boss. Another new weapon is the blade, it has short range but does incredible damage. Leveling it up allows it to cut through more objects.

Enemies[]

Light Class[]

Name	HP	Summary
Drone	2	Returns from the original, can only ram into the player.
Reaver	4	Another returning enemy, faster.
Crusher	8	Another returning enemy, shoots and chases
Spew	1	Very weak enemy that shoots in 4 directions. Appears in swarms
Turret	8	Sticks to the walls and fires from the background
Blomb	2	Sticks to ceilings and attempts to drop bombs on Hero
Bolt	1	An enemy that converts into bullets when attacked. Keep your distance or use Blade to reflect bullets
Lurk	8	stretches from the ground beneath Hero and tries to make contact. Attack the tip to do damage.

Heavy[]

Name	HP	Summary
Spawner	16	Returning enemy, creates new enemies
Power Turret	16	Like turret but power.
Boltaray	8	Moves in a random pattern and fires powerful lasers, keep your distance and take cover
Battle Door	32	Prevents the player from progressing to a certain room. Can be a bit sturdy so be sure to take everything else out.
Chain Snake	8	Moves at random, only the head can be damaged. It suffers knockback
Phaze	8	They follow Hero and moves incredibly fast.
Soldier	16	Tghey either chase Hero or fly back to shoot projectiles
Eyespy	64	Guardians of the Core Zone where Tetron resides. They fire bullets erratically and are incredily sturdy

Elite Class[]

Name	HP	Summary
Generator	64	Another returning mechanic. They block passages and must be destroyed by aiming for the center. Be careful and dodge its returning fire
Mode	32	The surrounding circles reach out, firing lasers and homing missiles. The circles can be taken out leaving the mode unarmed
Hunter	32	Returning enemy, it has an added mechanic of spawning Spew with ever laser it shoots
Dire Viper	32	Powered up versions of snakes except they don't run away
Mother	32	These are flying spawners that are only vulnerable in the center
Warp Eidolon	32	These enemies phase through walls. Their guns can be destroyed.
Annihilator	128	Mini Bosses, only their head and tails can be damaged and occasionally are invincible. Their bullets fragment into smaller ones, avoid combat unless entry to new paths are needed.

Bosses[]

Name	HP	Summary
Rock Smasher	256	Moving inside starts the battle. The player must fire left and right while moving in timing with the boss to avoid contact damage
Silencer	32	A boss spawner. Its barrier regenerates protecting the core.
Plasma Hydra	96	Each head fires a different projectile. Destroying one spawns another, just keep taking them out as it does have a finite number of them
Reaper Drone	64	I can drone on about this drone spawning more drones so they can drone about droning but this drone just drones on about spawning more drones to make contact with the player
Liquid Metal Processor	128	Destroy the Lurks to make your way into its cores and take them out one after another. Be sure to keep an eye on its spheres as it does regenerate and will damage Hero on contact
Grand Mother	64	Spawner that spawns mothers that spawns spawners that spawn...
Guardian	192	A good fight! The guardian will alert Soldiers to join the battle after a set amount of damage is done. Hunters will eventually be called in. Do enough damage to its core in its center to force it to transform
Star Splitter	256	Destroy its swinging cores and keep an eye on the bouncing projectiles
Elite	128	The exact same machine as Hero, it has no set pattern so stay alert, shoot and dodge.
Eliminator	64	Randomly spawns in by chance. If your level is too high then it will stick around and relentlessly attack until one of you are dead.
Cruiser Tetron	256	He's back, he's tougher and he's not here to play games.
Living Warmachine	256	Only available to face in the end of Annihilation mode. It is a reference from Iji about a Komato that had gone bersrk aboard the Ciretako ship.