Prismidia: Spirit of the Rift - a new 2D bullet hell

[fruitbatsalad]

Hi all,

This is my first post here about our project. My wife and I have been making a bullet hell shmup, and we just posted our first playable demo on Itch. It's still a work in progress, so we're calling this an alpha demo. We'd love to get feedback from the shmup community!

If you watch the trailer, then it won't come as a big surprise that I'm a fan of Cave. My favorites include Mushi Futari, Espgaluda, and DDP Daioujou. We're also taking inspiration from games like RayForce, Batsugun, Eschatos, and lots of other stuff.

The finished game will be released on Steam, but we're doing this alpha demo on Itch. This demo has 2 stages, and we're planning for the full game to have 7.

We still have a long way to go, but this seemed like a good point to have people test it and get feedback. Tell us what you like or don't like! And please let me know if there are any crashes or tech issues. Thanks!

* Demo on Itch: https://chaindamagegames.itch.io/prismi ... alpha-demo

* Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3595820

* Trailer on Youtube: https://youtu.be/aXXrjIVLPMQ

[To Far Away Times]

This looks real good.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Any plans to release a Steam demo of Prismidia? And does it run on a Steam Deck setup?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[fruitbatsalad]

Any plans to release a Steam demo of Prismidia? And does it run on a Steam Deck setup?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

We'd like to do a Steam demo eventually, when the game is closer to finished. For now, I like Itch because it's a little more under the radar while we're testing out features.

We don't own a Steam Deck, but I tested an earlier build on a friend's Steam Deck and it ran great! I haven't had a chance to test this version, but I think it should still run well. I'm planning to code in some Steam Deck functionality later. Basically, I'm going to change the settings menus to be more appropriate when you're running on Steam Deck. I'll aim to have it Steam Deck verified by the time the game is finished.

[Nahar]

The game looks awesome. I'm very eager to try it!