The Scale

The Monstergirl Scale

For determining if a game is like Vampire Survivors

-1 to 1 in 60 categories

Genre

1. Rogue-Lite 2. Auto-Shooter / Auto-Battler 3. Real Time 4. Top-Down or Isometric 5. Direct Control of Single Avatar Camera Usually Centered on Player 6. Arcade Style (Little Plot) 7. Bullet Heaven A Many Player Shots 8. Bullet Heaven B Few Enemy Shots / Damage on Touch Focus

Simple Movement Focused Controls

9. One Handed Play (With Controller) 10. Move Only 11. No Dash / Dodge 12. No Trigger 13. No Special Move Button 14. No Aiming 15. No On Attack / On Aim Movement Penalty

Survival Game Modes

16. Timed Survival / Boss Mode 17. Endless Mode 18. Unannounced & Organic Waves 19. High Enemy Count / "Horde"

Power Progression

20. Level on XP Gain Run Event 21. Streamlined Level Choices 22. Currency Based Meta Unlocks 23. Goal Based / Find Based Meta Unlocks

Depth of Buildcrafting

24. Build Crafting 25. Impactful Level / Item Options 26. Weapon Combination / Evolution 27. Interesting Weapon, Item & Ability Synergy 28. Invincible / Broken Builds Possible

Map / Level Features

29. Explorable Map 30. BIG Maps 31. XP / Currency on Ground 32. Health on Ground 33. Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 34. Treasure Chests / Loot Events 35. Vendors on Map / Run

Depth and Breadth of Content

36. Enemy Variety 37. Elites & Bosses 38. Many and /or Interesting Characters 39. Many Challenges 40. Multiple Stages 41. Difficulty Modifiers 42. Bestiary / Lore 43. Achievements 44. Secrets

Aesthetics

45. Retro / Pixel Art Style 46. Damage Numbers 47. Lo-Fi Charm 48. Bumpin' Music 49. Unique / Fun Names / Writing 50. Subtle Humor

Gameplay Vibe Check

51. Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 52. Over The Top 53. "One More Run" / Short Runs 54. Difficulty Ramp 55. Fun Ramp 56. Low Price 57. Technical Check / Functional Polish 58. Controls Check 59. Fun Check 60. Feels like VS

How to Tally

-1 to 1 in 60 Categories
Scoring in 10ths
(example: -.4 or .8)

1: Feature Fully Present
0: Feature Missing
-1: Critical Difference

Tip:

Rely Heavily on Vibes!

Report as number out of 60,
Or Convert into 10 Point Score.

The scale "assumes you're
ranking a very "similar game.
In theory a final score can be negative.

See Definitions for a full explanation of every category on the similarity and review scales. See scoring guide for detailed examples.

Comparison Scale Examples:

Vampire Survivors

10.0 | 60

Halls of Torment

9.0 | 53.9

Chess Survivors

8.0 | 48.0

20 Minutes Till Dawn

6.8 | 40.8

Risk of Rain

5.1 | 30.7

Hades

4.4 | 26.3

Returnal

3.2 | 19.4

Rogue

1.0 | 6.1

Elden Ring

-1.9 | -11.3

Call of Duty 2

-3.8 | -22.9

Fun at Home!

Score games yourself with The Scorecard!

Argue about it on the playground!

Patch Notes Archive

Home » Updates » Patch Notes Feed » Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate » Shotgun King now available in Catalan! Patch v1.37

Patch notes are imported from steam. There may be errors. This mostly exists so I can stay on top of them to update the features in our tags and scoring categories (which I do manually), but since many of you liked the idea of staying up to date with all the games in one place I'm working on making this data automated (right now I manually hit it every couple days) with better info and linking in with the game views.

There will be more data and proper atribution here (original author, steam link, original post date, etc) real soon, I promise. This is just like a technical test to see if they're coming in ok at all.

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate » Shotgun King now available in Catalan! Patch v1.37

Hi all! Happy new year!!

Here’s a small Shotgun King patch to start off the year! It fixes a few bugs, corrects a few mistakes in the translations, and adds a brand new language: Catalan, courtesy of Projecte Ce Trencada!!

Here is the complete changelog:

  • [BALANCE] Promoted jesters now pass the hat.
  • [FIX] You can no longer trigger a right click ability and fire your shotgun on the same frame.
  • [FIX] Fixed Iron Maiden description.
  • [LANG] Added Catalan language option! Thank you to Arnau Frago from Projecte Ce Trencada!
  • [LANG] Fixed a few issues in the Ukrainian, Korean, Chinese and Spanish translations. Thank you very much to players who submitted corrections!
  • [LANG] Added translator names on the credits screen

And let me say it here again, thank you to the players who reported mistakes in the translations, and huge thanks to Arnau from the Projecte Ce Trencada for the Catalan translation! He even went through the trouble of remaking the trailer in Catalan which is just crazy!! You can watch that below by the way, and you should, it’s so well done!

I asked Arnau if he wanted to add a message to this post in Catalan, here’s what he had to say!

Renoi, des del Projecte Ce Trencada ha sigut un plaer enorme treballar amb Puncake Déliceux per traduir al català aquesta peça d’art mestre tan entremaliada.

No és cada dia que podem traduir de manera tan còmoda i lliure, un projecte tan il·lusionant com és Shotgun King The Final Checkmate.
Ens han ajudat en tot allò necessari, facilitant-nos des del material necessari per traduir el tràiler del videojoc fins a aquest espai per a explicar-vos que ja podeu gaudir del català des del propi menú d’opcions del videojoc.

Fa goig poder treballar amb estudis de videojocs que s’impliquen i que entenen la importància de la llengua per fer arribar l’experiència d’una manera més íntima i directa a l’usuàri/a final.
Col·laboracions com aquesta tornen l’esperança en la humanitat en contraposició d’aquells que veuen aquest esforç com quelcom innecessari o indigne del seu temps fins i tot quan se’ls hi ofereix de manera gratuïta.

Són grans passos per al català però també per al futur dels videojocs com a indústria, doncs s’hi uneix un altre estudi amb consciència i valors.

Esperem que podeu gaudir d’aquest videojoc de jugabilitat trepidant i addictiva tant com ho hem fet nosaltres i que us aporti moltes estones d’augusta frustració i oimés somriures.

Què per què l’hauries de comprar? Visita la nostra pàgina web i ho entendràs: https://www.cetrencada.cat/shotgun-king-the-final-checkmate

Esperem poder col·laborar en molts projectes més,

Projecte Ce Trencada.

We really couldn’t have said it better. (we unfortunately don’t understand Catalan) Arnau was a wonder to work with, we feel really lucky for him to have approached us!

This is it for now, but I can confidently day there will be more Shotgun King news this year again! I won’t spoil anything just now but we hope you look forward to it!!

Have a wonderful 2023!
– PUNKCAKE Délicieux 🥞