New user new shmup project

[immutableclockwork]

Hi all, I dunno I've never really been a really hardcore shmup fan, I do enjoy the classic Gradius and R-Type games along with many other retro titles. Anyway about a year ago I had a cool idea for a game that involved using a WSAD and IJKL control scheme, rather something that had both hands directly involved in gameplay (whereas in normal shmups one hand is just holding down a fire button). So I worked out this...

(The screenshot doesn't really do it justice)

I was working on it pretty steadily until college and nabbing a job happened, so progress has been slow for the past few months, although I'd like to finish this!

controls are:
WSAD to move ship
IJKL to move target
SPACE to toggle ship shooting

Download link:
Dropbox Download
(The filename is also called 1945 clone proj.exe but it is NOT a ripoff of the 1945 GM project file that you all probably know, lol)
Give it a try!

[n0rtygames]

Try to work in an alternative control scheme (and test it to hell and back) for arcade stick players who only have one stick in their left hand.

Have a look at titles like Guwange to see how you can deal with moving a target independantly