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I made a co-op roguelite shmup. Here are the 5 shmups that shaped it. The 5th one is the reason my game has no fire button at all. 🧵

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Geometry Wars I know, not a "real" scrolling shmup. But its design purity and the way no two runs feel alike stuck with me. That per-run randomness is the backbone of my roguelite structure.

Lost Viking — the one nobody expects. The hidden shmup buried in StarCraft II's campaign. I loved it. But you had to mash Space to fire faster, and it wrecked my hand. That frustration is LITERALLY why my game auto-fires. No mashing, ever. True story.

I made a co-op roguelite shmup. Here are the 5 shmups that shaped it. The 5th one is the reason my game has no fire button at all. 🧵

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Super E.D.F. Clear a wave cleanly and it spawns MORE enemies for more credits. It rewards playing well, not just surviving. I kept that greed loop: perfect runs throw extra enemies at you, for extra rewards. Safety vs payoff.

Ikaruga The color system: match your polarity to survive. Pure tension, pure genius. I flipped it. In my game color is offensive, not defensive: you switch to hit each enemy on its weakness, not to shield.

I made a co-op roguelite shmup. Here are the 5 shmups that shaped it. The 5th one is the reason my game has no fire button at all. 🧵

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Super Aleste A whole spread of weapons, each with its own feel, and you swap between them on the fly. That's core in my game: four weapons, one button to switch mid-fight to whatever the situation needs.

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@omoxgd.bsky.social

27 Feb

Salutation tout le monde, voici mes réseaux : Twitch : www.twitch.tv/omox_gd Discord : discord.gg/9AvgzunxDY Youtube : youtube.com/channel/UCOu... TikTok : www.tiktok.com/@omox_gd Instagram : www.instagram.com/omox_gd/ Itchio : omox-gd.itch.io Bienvenu à bord de l'Odyssey :)

8 July

I made this game and I still die like this. But I believe in you. Score contest before the 1.0 launch: beat my score, win a key to the full game (2 keys for the top duo). All on Discord Discord: discord.gg/Mvt7gzxejQ Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4579660/...

8 July

Je vous jure que le jeu est gagnable. Concours avant la 1.0 : 1 clé solo, 2 clés duo. Tout sur le Discord 👆

store.steampowered.comVoxel Shooter on SteamA couch co-op roguelite shmup for 1–4 players. Master four elements, chain 90+ upgrades, craft your build from wide to deep, and blast through 7 hand-crafted bosses across 10 ascending tiers of chaos.

7 July

🏆 Tomorrow: a score contest for Voxel Shooter. 🥇 Top solo score wins a key to the full game 👥 Top duo team wins two It all runs on Discord — doors are open now discord.gg/Mvt7gzxejQ Wishlist the full game store.steampowered.com/app/4579660/...

7 July

Demain : concours de score sur Voxel Shooter. Meilleur score solo = une clé Meilleure équipe duo = deux clés

4 July

Most of you never reached this boss in the demo — it waits at the very end. 8 legs, a gold skull on its back… N64 kids might recognize the inspiration. 🕷️ Full game July 20. #screenshotsaturday #IndieGame #Shmup #Voxel

2 July

Tomorrow I'm revealing a feature that scoring fans are going to love... 🌍 Any guesses?

1 July

Gave it everything against the boss, from dodges to the... fateful dash. Patch drops Friday, wishlist to be ready when it hits. store.steampowered.com/app/4711840/... #bullethell #freedemo #indiegame #roguelike

30 June

In Voxel Shooter, every run starts with one ship and an empty screen. By the end, it can barely hold what you've become. Big demo update Friday — full launch July 20. Wishlist 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/4711840/...

18 June

100 wishlists during Next Fest. Solo dev Voxel Shooter doesn't go easy. You'll die a lot at first. You'll adapt. The chaos starts to make sense, then it becomes your life. 4-player co-op, demo's free store.steampowered.com/app/4711840 #nextfest #steamnextfest #bullethell #bulletheaven #roguelite

14 June

First Steam fest wrapping up. 30 wishlists in 7 days. Steam Next Fest starts tomorrow, demo stays in. Patches shipped along the way, lessons learned. Round 2 incoming. store.steampowered.com/app/4711840 #nextfest #steamnextfest #bullethell #bulletheaven #roguelite

Sonorode | Warding Witches

12 June

Purple weapon rework: control with freezes to combo other weapons, or pure power with damage over time. And a boss I haven't shown anywhere yet. Demo's free in Bullet Fest until June 15. store.steampowered.com/app/4711840?... #bulletfest #SteamBulletFest #bullethell #bulletheaven #roguelite

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@sonorode.com

11 June

What does gamedev and cornflakes have in common? both crunchy anyway WARDING WITCHES DEMO OUT NOW, ALL THROUGH STEAM NEXT FEST JUNE! 🥳 Try out my love letter to classic Bullet Hell. 2 chars, 1.5 stages, 3 difficulties, coop, Leaderboards!! #shmupstg #bullethell #indiedev #gamedev #wardingwitches

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Thierry Falcoz (Pixel Bento)

@thierryfalcoz.fr

12 June

@terarin55.bsky.social crée des shoot'em up depuis 10 ans (!) et a récemment sorti Blaze of Storm, sur Switch et PC. Il a accepté de partager sa passion pour le shmup (les vieux comme les récents) et le développement de shmup dans ma dernière newsletter ☺️👇 www.thierryfalcoz.fr/p/metier-cre...

thierryfalcoz.frMétier : créateur de shoot'em up !Une interview de Junichi Terayama, développeur indépendant de shoot'em up depuis une décennie, et un focus sur son dernier jeu : Blaze of Storm.

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Brett Makes Games

@brettmakesgames.bsky.social

10 June

NEOGEAR -Summer Caravan '26- has been released! It's a free, tight, 2-minute time-attack shmup. You play as Porter, a retired frame pilot, brought back into the fray to fight the rampant AI KAMI. Key art by Chromatic Arcana. Game design and programming by me. brettchalupa.itch.io/neogear-summ...

Falestress - ✨ Wishlist Glimvale✨

10 June

Jjust shipped a squad mechanic in my shmup, enemies now attack together instead of solo. But it just reads as "more enemies on screen", not actual coordinated threat. Any gameplay or visual ideas to make a squad feel like a squad? Working on Voxel Shooter, all takes welcome.

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@falestress.bsky.social

10 June

5,000 thank yous to everyone who supported us, shared the game, and added it to their wishlist <3 This is our first game to ever reach this milestone, and it means a lot to our tiny team <3 <3 Keep wishlisting! ✨✨😊 store.steampowered.com/app/3403590/... #gamedev #wishlistwednesday

9 June

No fancy montage today. Just a slice of an actual mid-run: two waves, a boss, four weapon colors with some upgrades. Demo's free in Bullet Fest. store.steampowered.com/app/4711840?... #bulletfest #SteamBulletFest #bullethell #indiedev #gamedev

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@megabanana.bsky.social

Ember Paw Games | ODINFALL

If you're a fan of twin-stick shooters, don't miss out. Steel Hail is currently on sale 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/4024220/... #SteelHail #SteamBulletFest #WhatToPlay #gameplay #gamesale #sale #indiegame #solodev #indie #gamer

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シガタケ

@shigatake.bsky.social

9 June

DEVIL BLADE REBOOT（ver.1.2.4）リリース2周年を記念して、かんざきひろ先生のシークレットイラストを追加しました🥳 🚀Steam弾幕フェス🚀（～6/15　30％OFF） #SteamBulletFest store.steampowered.com/app/2882440/

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@emberpawgames.bsky.social

Josh Anthony | Dice Gun Commando

🔥ODINFALL is part of Steam Bullet Fest!🔥 Enjoy the game now for 40% OFF during this event: store.steampowered.com/app/2154240/... With over 150 weapons, upgradable characters and hoards of enemies, this might be just the game for you! #steambulletfest #bullethell #bulletheaven #indiegame

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@joshanthony1990.bsky.social

Dice Gun Commando's Bullet Fest demo update is LIVE on Steam! (Link in comments.) Has: - Boss fights! - More waves! - New gun! - New mods! - New statuses! - Improvements/Fixes! Play the bullet heaven roguelite where you shoot and build dice-driven guns! #bulletfest #indiegame

@roughsawngames.bsky.social

Voxel Shooter is now in Bullet Fest, live until June 15. 4-player co-op bullet hell roguelite. Solo too. Steam Remote Play included. Demo's free. store.steampowered.com/app/4711840?... #indiedev #bullethell #shmup #gamedev #bulletfest

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WangleLine

@wangleline.com

31 May

New Vividerie Demo on June 8th. Wishlist my crazy bullethell roguelike on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1769200

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Rough Sawn Games

15 May

Nano Squadron is available now! store.steampowered.com/app/3521220/... #gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #godot #BulletHeaven #Roguelite

youtu.beNano Squadron - Official Release TrailerYouTube video by Scott Fisher

14 May

Yours to break. 3 years of solo dev. The demo for my 4-player co-op bullet hell roguelite is out today on Steam. store.steampowered.com/app/4711840/... #indiedev #bullethell #shmup #gamedev

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fiGames / Stellar Fury

@figames.bsky.social

12 May

Remembered I needed to make an easy version variant so the the current one became the easy version and I made the regular version harder. also check out the highly illegal dodge at the 6 second mark 😆 #shmups #stg #gamedev #indiegame #bullethell #retrogames #arcade

Peter Conti - Creative Director Conti Games

11 May

one week on kill VFX. before/after comparison. play test in a few days. wishlist meanwhile: store.steampowered.com/app/4579660/... #gamedev #shmup #indiedev

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@contigames.bsky.social

8 May

🚨 1 DAY TO GO 🚨 Tomorrow, it begins. Shmup! Steam wishlist page goes LIVE. Don’t miss it. In the meantime here is a screenshot of a mini-boss :) #indiegame #shmup #SteamWishlist #gaming #bullethell #launch #bullethell #indiedev #stg #fggs