Akatora Corporation Quality Swedish Shmups(!)

[mjclark]

Whilst searching for references to Minus Zero I chanced upon Moral Minus and found that the author Akatora Corporation released it as freeware along with another fab shmup This Is No Rose Garden, both available here: http://www.akatora.se/rosegarden/

In response to this thread he has also kindly released the full version of his other PC shmup Cunyngas: http://www.akatora.se/rosegarden/cunyngas_setup.exe


Apart from a Youtube vid here and a couple of cursory mentions on this forum there's not a lot of info about these games but they're quality productions especially considering they're not Japanese but Swedish(!)
Anyone else played Moral Minus, This Is No Rose Garden or Cunyngas?
Maybe it's time to start

[DJ Incompetent]

mice made this?
He hangs out around here. I think he's working on a 360 Indie.

[Kaspal]

Whilst searching for references to Minus Zero I chanced upon Moral Minus and also found that the author Akatora Corporation released it as freeware available here: http://www.akatora.se/rosegarden/



Apart from a Youtube vid here and a couple of cursory mentions on this forum there's not a lot of info about it but it's a quality production especially considering it's not Japanese but Swedish(!)
Anyone else played Moral Minus?
Maybe it's time to start

ah!! ... mikael tilander games!! ... i played this one, rose garden and cunnyngas about ten years ago, actually bought them when they were for sale.

i LOVED moral minus, HATED rosegarden and Cunnyngas was ok-ish for me, but all in all, enjoyable games. what happened with the phone versions of this shmups? (he released like 3-4 shmups for mobile phones too!!)

[mjclark]

mice made this?
He hangs out around here. I think he's working on a 360 Indie.

OMG it is mice!
He kept that quiet eh? Why havn't we heard about this before?
This Is No Rosegarden is also available as freeware from the link in the first post and that's rather good too.
Cunnyngas sounds intriguing lol- but I can't find anything about it. Anyone got any info?

EDIT: mice has also now very kindly made Cunyngas available for our delight. See first post for the link

[Iron Peach]

Does Google Chrome think these files are malicious for a good reason or not?

[mjclark]

Does Google Chrome think these files are malicious for a good reason or not?

NOT- I got that false positive too but they've installed harmlessly here

[Iron Peach]

Same here...but where is the author's proud boastment?! These games remind me of Radiant Silvergun crosssed with Ikaruga and left unpolished... So many small problems with the games... yet soooo close to quality. Almost there!

[mice]

So many small problems with the games... yet soooo close to quality. Almost there!

Sounds like a typical performance review at work.
I've assigned Rozyrg as producer (he isn't aware of it, though) for Birth Order (video clip) to avoid the above statement in the future.

[mjclark]

Same here...but where is the author's proud boastment?! These games remind me of Radiant Silvergun crosssed with Ikaruga and left unpolished... So many small problems with the games... yet soooo close to quality. Almost there!

Well Cunyngas is very slow and This Is No Rose Garden definitely feels unpolished and unfinished but has great mechanics and is still very satisfying to play for score.
Moral Minus on the other hand is a complete well rounded production that can hold it's head up with the best of them and is far superior to a lot of much better known doujins...so get playing

[Iron Peach]

I'm wrong to complain about or criticize a freeware game, so I'll shovel some praise ... some of the best parts: particle bullets (a nice change from neon pink/purple sprites); ship animation/movement; unusual classical soundtrack; plenty of shoot'n; a nice drinking game too.