I'm a fan of silly, strange ways to play KD. Here's one of them, if anybody's interested in trying it.
This is really only for people who have found all 1438 items and are so addicted like me that they want to play through the game again. I started over, played each stage many times, and recorded how many items I had after every stage. This includes no cousins because they only appear after you make The Moon. I skipped the Eternal levels. In case anybody wants to try to beat my scores (I am SURE my scores are not perfect) here is my best through each stage:
after Make A Star 1: 64 items out of 1438
after MAS 2: 179 items
Make Cancer: 230
MAS 3: 353
MAS 4: 503
Make Cygnus: 508
MAS 5: 700
Make Corona Borealis: 727
MAS 6: 860
Make Ursa Major: 914
Make Pisces: 933
Make Gemini: 945
MAS 7: 1033
Make Taurus: 1045
MAS 8: 1161
Make Virgo: 1174
MAS 9: 1286
Make The North Star: 1287
Make The Moon: 1405
Hoping somebody tries to beat these. :havana
I'm glad my 'strange way to play KD' threads are no longer 1st, 2nd and 3rd on the list :(
In case anybody tries to match or beat this list, I should mention something strange I did to improve my total in Make A Star 5. I rolled to over 2m still in the upper part of the stage. I rolled to 45cm, rolled down the hill, got to 75-85cm, rolled back up the hill, and rolled stuff up until I was 2m6cm or so. If doing this I recommend never getting the long yellow poles.