Your favorite bullet styles/patterns admire?

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:03 pm

What developer's (i.e. -- Cave, Psikyo, Success Co. Ltd. with their three Psyvariar games, Takumi, Konami, etc.) bullet patterns do you like to most in terms of overall visual presentation, and stylized bullet patterns to admire at?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:08 pm

i like big lasers

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:11 pm

sniper tanks

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:15 pm

cat parade

bsidwell · Post by **bsidwell** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:17 pm

I'd have to give the nod to the Touhou games. Those giant slow-moving patterns are pretty spectacular to look at, if not always so interesting to actually dodge.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:57 pm

those hypnotic patterns u mostly see at CAVEs games are just overwhelming.
I dont even bother if i die when the pattern look so cool

so i prefer bugs

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:20 pm

Almost all of the bullet patterns in Psyvariar 2 are beautiful works of art.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:46 pm

The most dangerous pattern is the one that kills you.

Post by **Icarus** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:10 pm

The best bullets are the invisible ones.

lewisit · Post by **lewisit** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:18 pm

J-Manic wrote:Almost all of the bullet patterns in Psyvariar 2 are beautiful works of art.

2nd that

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:22 pm

Icarus wrote:The best bullets are the invisible ones.

sniper tanks with invisible bullets

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:25 pm

The ones that don't kill me.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:41 pm

Twiddle wrote:
Icarus wrote:The best bullets are the invisible ones.
sniper tanks with invisible bullets

instant laser sniper tanks

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:09 pm

P_HAT wrote:
Twiddle wrote:
Icarus wrote:The best bullets are the invisible ones.
sniper tanks with invisible bullets
instant laser sniper tanks

instant invisible laser sniper tank suicide bullet curtains

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:17 pm

Nuke wrote:
P_HAT wrote:
Twiddle wrote: sniper tanks with invisible bullets
instant laser sniper tanks
instant invisible laser sniper tank suicide bullet curtains

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:41 pm

long needles and those lazer beam grids

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:40 pm

those small bullets that blend into the background

majik989s · Post by **majik989s** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:44 pm

kenta cho's rRootage. especially on psy mode.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:21 am

Touhou games starting from PCB, and rRootage. Cave's patterns are rather simplistic from what I can tell. (Simplistic, not simple.)

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:23 am

Well placed bullets kill.

Enhasa · Post by **Enhasa** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:01 am

I think my favorite is the glowy, spinny globes like this. I also like all kinds of lasers (both weapons or enemy fire): spinning lasers, grid lasers, homing lasers, lock-on lasers, toothpaste lasers, blazing lazers.

Here are some really beautiful Touhou bullet avatars from Shoot the Bullet. I use this as a random avatar on SDA.

P.S. - beeeeeem

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:19 am

One more vote for Touhou.

Also, Skonec

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:24 am

Ketsui has kickass animations. So does stuff by Yumekobo.

forget all those pretty patterns, we need some kickass gfx

JJG · Post by **JJG** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:03 am

Touhou games and some of the stuff in Shiki 2.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:25 am

Anything that breaks the mold of radial and/or aimed patterns can be a nice diversion. Sadly, special non radial patterns are usually bitches to program. Actually making a good homemade bullet pattern engine is hard. A casual programmer usually finds the balance of "flexibility/power" vs "ease of use" challenging to balance.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:05 am

Also, Black Heart's twin 3 ways are fucking awesome.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:07 am

I like how in Cave's STGs the bullets are all animated, so they look really cool when grouped together.

escadrille · Post by **escadrille** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:38 am

I like anything extremely intricate and maybe a little on the slow side. Like Shanghai Alice games, or a few spots in Ikaruga.

-Bridget- · Post by **-Bridget-** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:50 am

Cave, for me, definitely. And not JUST because Im a Cave fanboy, lol.

As said above, the Touhou games, those patterns are pretty, but not technically very interesting other than that, when you see them dodged properly.

And Psikyo, the other developer I follow, I like their patterns, but not as much. They seem to like the "simpler, but faster and oddly complicated" ones.

Cave, though, manages total chaos. I still remember playing Mushihime on Ultra for the first time, getting to the first boss, it does it's first attack, and Im standing there yelling "HOW IS IT PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE TO EVER DODGE THAT AT ALL?!?!?!?!", cause the screen is COVERED in crud and some of it is firing MORE crud BACKWARDS and eeeek! (of course, now I dont usually get hit there, lol).

Alot of my favorite boss fights are all from Cave games.

These things dont need to be in a gazillion pretty colors, they just need to be INTERESTING and challenging.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:22 am

Dangun Feveron highspeed neon bullets.