Just thought I'd say hello in me first post.. I'm finally getting around to rediscovering some of my favourite old top down shooters, so after googling I was well please to find this site. I never knew such a fanbase for the genre existed to be honest. Glad I kept my DC too
Not sure if there are any other [dark/blitz/etc]basic users here (hi Fog), but I use darkbasicpro in any spare time I get to dabble about with games programming. I kinda hoped there would be a shmups showcase type section
Welcome Lamptonworm, enjoy your stay here and happy shmupping!
Thunder Force wrote:You mean like a shmup discussion forum dedicated to development chat and WIPs?
I'd post regularly to such a forum. I'm always trying out new ideas and coding up little projects in my spare time. I could always post over at gamedev, but not a lot of people there are interested in 2D shmups
You mean like a shmup discussion forum dedicated to development chat and WIPs?
Yup, that would be quite good if enough people were interested in such a thing, I certainly am.
@Ghegs, I took a quick look, but at the moment I program stuff that only runs on windows (i.e. DBP needs DX etc.) no cart/emu stuff. Do you know of any other shmup compo's going on? They are always a good incentive.
Welcome to the board.
Don´t be afraid to use the main chat for development topics, something like pattern algorithms or general project organization have been discussed there in detail in the past. Before the board crash, a user called Baraclese made a special board designed solely for shmup development, but that went offline some time ago.
There are maybe a dozen people registered here who are or have been working on one or more shmup projects, in several programming languages. Just open a thread on your project, ideally with a working demo for people to comment on, and you´ll get plenty of feedback.
Hope you enjoy your stay here. 
