Making small shmups in four weeks.

[Garagecoder]

Hi everyone. I decided to make a second shmup in four weeks. This time it's horizontal and has options and more than one level. I think it's a bit more fun than the first shmup I made but it's still lacking in a bunch of areas due to the time constraint. Anyways, I had fun making it and I may revisit it in the future. Any feedback is appreciated.

I'll also be posting updates and releases for any future small shmups in this thread so that I don't clog up the forum with posts.

You can check out a video playthrough of it here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m71omfrGZo

And you can download the game and follow development of any of my future projects here.
https://garagecoder.itch.io/2

[Sturmvogel Prime]

Minimalistic, yet quite detailed. Good combination.

[heli]

With so many bullets i would try make it a laser-beam.

[Ixmucane2]

With so many bullets i would try make it a laser-beam.

The first screenshot suggests another thing to do with bullet stream reference directions: instead of following the reference direction, every single bullet can be aimed at a target inside a very narrow cone around it (or straight if no target is found).

[heli]

Sorry i did not mean the screenshot, watch the youtube movie then you see.
Enough hitpoints for a laser-beam.

Add 1 more week to implement the laser with a vertexbuffer.