This was inspired by Jake Walker's Math: Final Boss Desmos Graph, except I made it into an actual boss battle with attacks and such, so credit to him, of course.

This also happens to be my entry for Griffpatch's Ultimate Scratch Game Jam, and I put a lot of work into it, so please consider joining Scratch and giving the project some loves so I can have a higher chance of winning!

By the way, this isn't the full boss battle—I sadly didn't have enough time to program everything, but it'll totes have more in the full version!

I’m not entirely sure such a massive project is what Griffpatch had in mind for the Game Jam, but I decided to enter anyway because I feel it kinda fits the Shapeshifter theme. Here’s why:

• In the cinematic cutscene (not the dialogue one before it), Ms. Javanova’s calculator shapeshifts into the Pytha Hypostasis, the boss you fight. (Yes, the name is a pun on Genshin Impact’s bosses, because my younger brother @RadicalJul is obsessed with that game.)

• One key detail is the infinity symbol on the boss—it’s actually a line segment that grows and shrinks depending on the boss’s health. It forms a complete infinity symbol when the boss is at full health.

• The spikes in the battle have designs inspired by the angles your math teacher made you memorize back in Geometry class. I made them equilateral triangles (shoutout to Geometry Dash) because spikes as slopes didn’t quite feel right—but now they don’t totally fit the “Pythagorean Paradigm” vibe either.

• Originally, I wanted an extra round where Percival swoops in, and you team up with him to summon a tornado for the real final blow against Ms. Javanova. Sadly, I ran out of time for this jam, but it’s on my list for the full game...

• The main reason I entered this project into the jam is that I saw Jake Walker’s Math: Final Boss video from the Desmos 2023 Competition and thought, what if I turned this into a real boss battle? Then Griffpatch announced this Game Jam, and I figured it was the perfect opportunity to share this as both an entry and a teaser demo for the full game.

• Quick Note: This is my first time programming CPU, so don’t expect perfection from your CPU teammates!

Use arrow keys to move and SPACE to do useful stuff

(Pro tip: If it’s too hard, hold down SHIFT while selecting whether to skip the cutscene in the menu to play a much easier boss battle!)

Alright, have fun!

EDIT 12/09/2024: Okay I just watched a gameplay of the real Nameless Deity boss battle from modded Terraria (yk the boss that inspired the original Math Final Boss graph) and realized how reminiscient of it I unintentionally made the boss including the "your final test begins" line, WTAF