This article covers some gameplay points of Shoot the Bullet.
Controls
Arrows - move
Shift or X - Focus mode.
Z - shoot picture. (See note below)
Your camera defaults to capturing shots around Aya. As you hold Z down, you can use the arrows to move the picture area around the screen (while the game continues in the background at a slower pace). The farther you aim, though, the smaller the picture becomes, and less likely you are to snap a high-scoring picture.
You can only snap your camera when your charge is at 100%. Upon a successful snap it resets to 0%. The camera charges slowly; however, you can expediate charging by holding focus+shoot. Doing this, however, causes your character to move slower than in Focus mode.
Playable Characters
Only Aya Shameimaru is playable.
Stages
Currently it has been found that there are ten 'levels' in StB, as well as an Extra (EX) level. The number of scenes in each level varies.
To advance to the next level, a player must fulfill either:
- achieve a certain number of scene clears in the previous level, or - achieve a certain number of total scene clears from all levels.
A scene is defined as being cleared when a player takes a given number of pictures of the boss sprite within the time limit. Getting hit or running out of time constitutes a failure.
Stage Listing
Spoiler alert. Many credits to the MotK discussion thread.
Level 1 - Wriggle, Rumia - No preconditions
Level 2 - Cirno - 3 cleared scenes in Stage 1
Level 3 - Alice, Keine - 8 cleared scenes total, or 3 cleared from level 2
Level 4 - Reisen, Medicine, Tewi - 14 cleared scenes total, or 3 from level 3
Level 5 - Meiling, Patchouli - 20 cleared total, or 3 from level 4
Level 6 - Chen, Youmu - 25 cleared total, or 3 from level 5
Level 7 - Sakuya, Remilia - 30 cleared total, or 3 from level 6
Level 8 - Ran and Yuyuko - 35 cleared total, or ? from level 7
Level 9 - Eirin, Kaguya - 40 cleared total, or ? from level 8
Level 10 - Komachi, Sikieiki - 45 cleared total, or ? from level 9
Extra - Flandre, Yukari, Mokou, Suika - 66 cleared total
Scoring
Meow?