Mischief Makers/Gameplay

Starting a new game or loading a game
The game starts with an intro cutscene you can skip by pressing the button bringing you to the title screen. If you press again you'll be taken to the file select screen. From here you can use to load a previously saved game, erase a file, or start a new game if you choose a Start slot. When you start a new game you give the slot a name, choose a gender, and an age.

Movement
You use the to move Marina. Double tapping in any direction in the air will cause Marina to dash. Double tapping or  on the ground will also dash. If you double tap while on the ground Marina will roll. Pressing, , , will do the same as double tapping the same direction on  although it has a slightly longer cooldown making  the faster option.

Grab, shake, throw
Many objects and characters can be grabbed with. If you are carrying around an object you can shake it by double tapping or pressing. If you are hanging onto an object anchored in midair you can shake it in any of the four directions with either or, , ,. Try shaking everything you can grab.

You can let go of anything you are holding onto by simply pressing, or you can throw it by holding a direction on and pressing. If you are holding an object anchored in midair you will launch yourself from the object you were holding in the direction you were holding.

Pause menu
The pause menu can be viewed by pressing during a stage. It will display your total play time, how many red gems you have, whether you have obtained the gold gem in the current stage, and allow you to either exit the pause menu by choosing Continue, or exit the stage by selecting Exit.

Gems

 * Blue: Restores a small amount of health.
 * Red: Adds to red gem count. Can be used to buy Continues.
 * Green: Restore a large amount of health.
 * Gold: Adds to gold gem count. Used to view more of the ending cutscene. There are 53 total in the game.

Continue or game over?
When you lose all of your health you will be shown a screen with your current red gem count, 4 options, and a timer that counts down from 30 seconds. Letting the timer run out or choosing I'm Done will display a short game over animation and then return you to the title screen.


 * Normal Continue: Spend 10 gems and continue with one full health bar.
 * Life Up Continue: Spend 30 gems and continue with two full health bars.
 * Max Power Continue: Spend 100 gems and continue with three full health bars.