Sparkler (Item)

The Sparkler is an unused item in Screw Physics.

Functionality
On usage, a sparkler will be placed down in a similar fashion to the Glowstick. Its light will randomly shift from bright to dim, and random assortments of light colors will flash alongside it. On top of this, the player's speed is increased by an unknown amount.

Availability
Unlike the other scrapped and unused items in SC-2, the Sparkler is surprisingly functional to some extent. Upon usage, the Sparkler does appear with all of its effects and benefits on the player, indicating that its object code is complete. The placement code however, appears to be incomplete/unfinished, as the player's item slot will be stuck on reload unless they die. There isn't any placement cap for the sparklers themselves, meaning any amount can be placed provided the player dies each placement.

For whatever reason, the Sparkler also has a rather early variant of the Glowstick's manual removal button. Different sounds are played when pressing it. However like its placement code, the manual removal's code appears to be broken as there is no associated exclamation flash UI for the item, and puffs of smoke appear on each sparkler, suggesting that a removal effect was once considered for the sparklers.

Although unconfirmed, the Sparkler may possibly be an early version of the Glowstick, as the both of them are strikingly identical to each other, both fundamentally and technically.