Crystalline Entity: multi-cannon boss intent

Cobalt Core · Battle / Tactics

Art style Pixel art

Cobalt Core - Crystalline Entity: multi-cannon boss intent

About this game

Developer: Rocket Rat Games · Publisher: Brace Yourself Games · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Pixel art · Screen type: Battle / Tactics

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What to study

The firing-line system at its most complex: the boss is not one attacker but a row of cannons, each with its own intent number, so the player reads a whole volley spread across the ship's width instead of a single incoming hit. The player's status pips under the hull bar and the four-card hand (including the multi-hit Barrage) show the defensive answer taking shape. This is the frame that justifies the positional combat, since dodging means choosing which cannon's line to leave. Frame at about 1:04 in the Jan 2023 Trailer (Steam). No trailer burn-in or captions visible.

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

hud-overlay side-panel bottom-dock

Components

Parts on screen.

Card Portrait Nameplate Vitals bar

Screen inventory

  • Boss nameplate top right: Crystalline Entity, with crystal portrait panel
  • Crystal boss spanning the top with per-cannon intent numbers 2 2 1 1 1 and 1 1 1 3
  • Player ship center with hull bar and status pips (star 1, energy 3, red 2)
  • Hand: Big Shield, Ace, Block, Barrage; crew rail left: Dizzy, Riggs, Peri; 2 energy; END TURN button

Top 3 colors

#120d5b 34%#0b0834 23%#8daadb 12%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Rocket Rat Games / Brace Yourself Games, Cobalt Core screenshot: Launch Date Announcement Trailer (Steam) and Jan 2023 Trailer (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Brace Yourself Games.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-11-03. verified 2026-11-02: scene frame from the official Steam trailer, inspected visually at full resolution; boss nameplate, crystal art, all nine intent numbers, player statuses, all four cards, crew rail, and END TURN confirmed legible

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