#vd tips

Violet Detector's Danmaku Dream 4 from Nightmare Diary starts with an attack that is very much like your shottype from the game. If you decide not to deal any damage to enemy Sumireko, the pattern will not change the whole fight.

However, if you start shooting enemy Sumireko, the pattern will change throughout the fight, although there aren't any HP markers to hint where this change will occur. The second phase of the attack consists of many orange and blue amulets, but they seem to be shot in two different ways, as seen as in the gif above.

They are abilities you gain throughout the game that help you clear the stages. They are the Lv1, Lv2, etc. things from the bottom left corner of the screen.

Level 1: Bullet Cancel

- obtained by clearing Sunday, Dream 2

You basically get the essential thing for the game, the camera. Without it, you cannot take pictures and you cannot clear stages.

Level 2: Teleportation

- obtained by clearing Wednesday, Dream 1

You activate it by double tapping Shift and then holding it. 8 possible locations appear around you and you can choose one of them using your arrows (you can press 2 arrows simultaneously to teleport diagonally).

Level 3: Tele-Photographer

- obtained by clearing Saturday, Dream 1

You are able to zoom more than before.

Level 4: Pyrokinesis

- obtained by clearing Wrong Wednesday, Dream 1

You get more bullets for your shot.

Level 5: Death Cancel

- obtained by clearing Wrong Saturday, Dream 6

If your camera is fully charged and you get hit, you will not die, instead you will take a failed photo.

In Violet Detector, you take photos by pressing X, not Z like in Shoot the Bullet or Double Spoiler. Therefore, to charge your shot, you will need to press Shift+X.

The only condition you need to fulfill is to have Special Ability Level 1 (the camera). This means that fast charge won’t work on the very first level of the game before you get the photographing ability.