chaining
Stringing kills or pickups together to keep a score multiplier alive.
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The heart of high-score play in a lot of shmups. You link enemies or items together without breaking the sequence, and the chain multiplies your score. Drop the chain and the multiplier resets to nothing. Some are simple kill-fast systems, others are deep puzzles in their own right.
Games like Ikaruga and ESPgaluda built their whole scoring identity around chaining. Master it and your score goes through the roof.
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