Stardust (Noodlekin)

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Description
Luna has put The Player to sleep, and you are now locked in a nightmare. During this dream- a star approaches you: but something isn’t right... (collab between Technado and Noodlekin)

Stardust is a level created by noodlekin with the help of Technado and the fifth level of the Heartstrings collection. It takes place within the nightmares of the Emissary, where the dream demon Cygnus attacks them in space. The level is marked as Advanced difficulty.

Layout

Opening

A star, Cygnus, appears in the center of the screen and shoots out explosions of five bullets while rotating slowly. Halfway through the checkpoint, their smiling face becomes visible.

Checkpoint 1

Cygnus rolls around the screen left and right, and then up and down. Whenever they return to the center of the screen, they release a shockwave with a bullet explosion. After this, Cygnus moves to the left side of the screen to shoot massive lasers across, before repeating the attacks from the first half of the checkpoint again. Throughout this entire section, comets rain down from the top of the screen and leave behind a small cloud of bullets.

Checkpoint 2

Cygnus shoots rotating lasers from the tips of their star body as they rotate around, before revealing the lower half of their body is a giant mouth with a black hole at the center. They then move to the left side of the screen as the camera scrolls to the right, drawing several space-themed objects into their mouth that must be dodged.

Checkpoint 3

Cygnus moves to the center of the screen, continuing to devour planets and comets while occasionally releasing a bullet explosion. They pause first to release bullet explosions and a shockwave, then resume with a pause to attack with giant lasers again. After repeating the pattern once again, Cygnus explodes into several small stars and releases a shockwave.

Checkpoint 4

Do you realize this is a dream? I’m sure you know who sent me! Anyway, there’s only one way out of here. One of us will have to die!
- Cygnus, Stardust

As Cygnus talks to the player briefly, the star pieces that made up their body slowly drift around the screen. Once Cygnus finishes, they begin to move towards the center one by one to create a circle that Cygnus eventually springs out from. This section also includes a few small comet attacks.

Checkpoint 5

Cygus moves to the bottom of the screen, as 5 UFOs descend from the top and shoot down lasers. They then destroy each with individual giant lasers. Cygnus follows this with two large bullet explosions, and then moves to the right side of the screen. In a similar manner to the third checkpoint, they begin drawing in an assortment of celestial objects to eat, with giant star attacks rolling across the screen to accompany this.

Checkpoint 6

Are you still in there..? My name is Magpie. Cygnus is dead, you can escape the dream now..! I need you to try and find me in the real world. We’ll meet again later.
- Magpie, Stardust

Cygnus moves to the center, with lasers moving inwards to their position. With the final laser in the center, Cygnus teleports around and attacks with a sweeping laser from the left and right side of the screen. Cygnus then returns to the center to attack with a star-shaped shockwave, and repeats the pattern in reverse. After their final attack, Cygnus suddenly begins frowning and explodes into a cluster of stars again, with these ones quickly dissapearing.

The rest of the level has no gameplay, as the player hears the voice of Magpie speaking to them through the dream. The level finishes with a list of special thanks spread across the starry background.

Video

Trivia

  • The part that Technado created is most of the 6th checkpoint.
  • The special thanks has a small “creo-carnivores” message below the thanks to Technado for finishing the level.
  • The prefabs for the meteorites and satellites that Cygnus eats were created by LockDrop.

Heartstrings

Characters Ophelia.png Pilate.png Wiccan.png SpectraNoodlekin.png Luna.png Cygnus.png Magpie wiki pic.png
Levels Twilight thumbnail.jpg RedHaze.jpg SpectraThumb.jpg Ordinary.jpg Euphoria.jpg Stardust.jpg Hate.jpg AuroraNoodlekinThumb.jpg Goldfinch thumbnail.jpg