I'm Ravicious... you can find me on Newgrounds or the Game Maker Forums. I made a rather huge accomplishment of making one of the top 100 songs on Newgrounds.com (#73 - "Run'n'Gun"). In order to focus my strengths in art and programming instead of music, I figured I could make a bigger impact with my current endeavors.
Ever since I played Space Invaders on the Apple II when I was a tyke, shmups have been my favorite genre of video games of all time. Over the years I've learned to program my own shmups and invest nearly all my creative energy into my projects.
I've gained most of my shmup inspiration from Strikers 1945 (all), Metal Slug (all), Contra III, and Mushihimesama.
So far I've been working on my project for 10 months and yet to have a playable demo in spite of how much content is already in it. Had I have known I'd spend this much time and effort developing a game alone, I probably would've killed myself 2 years ago
. Although many of my projects have failed in the past due to many personal issues, my current project has survived more than five hiatuses (three of which were from homelessness). All thanks to the boundless support from family, friends, and the Game Maker forums, I am able to continue building my dream video game. That also brings me to my main purpose... I generally seek to reach out to other members specifically interested in shmups to reinforce that motivation that I still possess.
Needless to say, I feel I am in the right place and know that I'll be here for a very long time.
-Bring me my pendulum kiddies, I feel like swinging.
I currently play most of my games on emulators but I do own a SNES, Dreamcast, and 360 with assorted titles for each. I suppose that pretty much covers it for now, cheers everyone!
