Tip for high scores: shoot for big killstreaks. Tip for big killstreaks: upgrade your offense (multishot, rapid fire, crit, pierce) and try not to move around. You actually don't want to be picking up pixels!
didn't really feel like I was using theory in most of those levels. Just run forward and hit the obvious next switch to proceed. IMO, if you have to put giant "go here" arrows in your game, your level design is weak.