Overview
Some basic tips for playing the game. Minimal spoilers
Basics
Blocks have different patterns of growth and qualities. These can be useful for travelling.
Slow-growing blocks will deteriorate slower. Faster growing ones will deteriorate faster.
When I say “deteriorate” I mean the blocks turn to open space in Starseed levels.
The Light blue blocks are an exception to this rule.
Block types have special icons from your inventory. Press spacebar to place one.
<-, ->, and down arrow keys to mine blocks
Examples:
Blocks
- Yellow/Tan & wavy: Quicksand blocks. Can’t jump using these. Place them carefully. Use mostly to travel sideways. You will need to connect this with another block type at the same height to gain the ability to jump again. Moderate growth rate. Engulfing growth pattern (only grows 1 block high on flat surfaces). Tan square icon
- Pink: Hearts. Infinite tower, but slow-growing. Harvest to gain more blocks (“Starseed Treasure”). Pink heart icon
- Red: Press down on that one square to activate a bomb. Jump up or just stay on top so you don’t get squished. Can be handy for travelling a ways upward. Takes awhile to deteriorate (mostly due to HUGE size). Destroys any starseeds within blast radius (blocks will not deteriorate there). Red dot icon
- Light Blue: 5 blocks total. Always places light blue block where you placed it, and also directly above, below, and to the left and right of placement. Automatically transforms those blocks to light blue if not already. Greatly interrupts and slows starseed growth. Light blue dot icon
- Medium Blue: Jump booster. Handy for travelling upward, especially when you goofed and didn’t stand on the fast-growing orange blocks. Fast-growing. 1-block high Blue ^ icon
- Orange: Fast-growing blocks. At most 10 blocks high? Usually, they grow straight up, but sometimes, you can get them to grow sideways. Try mining the corner off a platform and placing one there! If you want them to grow upward, you should try standing on top though. You can’t jump high enough to reach the top of an orange column. Orange blocks – orange ^ icon
- Green: Standard blocks. Fast-growing. Hearts are only harvestable in Starseed level (jump through black square). Can’t place other blocks on these hearts; only on green area. Large mass of blocks. Green x icon
- Purple: Standard blocks. Slow growth. Sometimes, branching growth patterns (if nearby 1-3 spaces are unoccupied. Otherwise – cubic mass). Small mass of blocks. Purple x icon
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Combination blocks:
Any sand block with a blue jump booster will make this wavy sand block…. It has the effect of regular sand. Putting another blue block on top will result in yet ANOTHER wavy sand block. No idea what good this does. Unless you need to “dump” block types from your inventory by placing them in unneeded areas of the screen.
Other Useful Info
- Whenever you gain Starseed treasure, you will gain a random block type in your inventory. They go to the back of your inventory (not immediately available).
- Fall from too great a height and you will warp back to your permanent world
- If you’re ever stuck at a point in the game, hold H until you are teleported to your permanent world. If you press H from there, you will be given an option to delete your save file, if you so desire.
- The number next to your inventory is the number of “jumps” you have left in starseed levels (where the room walls are dark)
FAQ
Please check the comments section for unanswered questions.
Starseed Pilgrim is a cryptic game, and it’s been hard for everyone – myself included XD
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