Just in time to provide some musical inspiration, the snow has arrived! Create a track inspired by a #snowyday either from your memory or from media (games, art, video etc). Create your track & post here, to our discord or tag us with the hashtag #snowyday by next Monday 12th January #muwee

Been thinking about my arcade stick technique

How I’m walking out of 2025 and entering to 2026:

You may not know but I’m a secret switch touchscreen game enjoyer… in between shmups I love chilling with em. This piano puzzle from Agent A messed w/ my brain - the pitch of the notes isn’t correct which made it almost impossible for me to copy simple patterns 😅 #musicianproblems #touchscreen

Here’s our 2025 retrospective! Portuguese version coming soon! youtu.be/ZoqRpryy1To?...

Another creative year for us all on music weeklies - well done on creating & sharing, helping us make our own little positive corner of the internet. Let’s make one last track for 2025! #TUNEFOR25 Create your track & post here, to our discord or tag us with #tunefor25 by next Mon 5th Jan #muwee

Made a lil ‘carol’ esque piece on the Roland S1 synth for the @musicweeklies.bsky.social challenge. Used the MIDI from the m8 to create the four voice polyphony, just a wee chill track for that in between Christmas n new year period. #carol #rolands1 #m8tracker #muwee

4 video games that defined my 2025 SDOJ & K-Tiger were big challenges in terms of skill & learning and it was great to return to both Batsugun & Schildmaid MX. Not as many clears as last year but some trickier ones, really enjoyed my gaming time this year.

Episode 088 is out now! MetalFRO and Addicted discuss the debut indie shooter from a promising developer, the cute-em-up Hazelnut Hex! @chunderfins.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK4k...

Oh jeez, do I like euro-shmups!?!?

Christmas TV has been, if we're honest, crap. But one man can save the schedule. One man can restore hope to the masses this Christmas. That man is Arthur Daley. Join me at 6pm GMT for a One Credit Classics Minder Christmas Special! LET'S GO!!!

This was my peak gaming moment of the hols so far, sorry shmups but you gotta make way for ISS Pro 2 on ps one. Me n my brother played about 10 hrs straight on Boxing Day, making great use of the psx core on MiSTer. If this is retro gaming then it fucking rocks 🤘 #psx #proevo #MiSTer

I wrote some thoughts on my gaming in 2025 here. www.reddit.com/r/shmups/s/F... TLDR: shmups don’t respect your past achievements, harder clears take longer, fun times were had! All the best for 2026! #shmups #stg

Easiest Cave 1-ALL I ever did get… started playing DDP DFK 1.5 yesterday - got the 1cc with Type-B Strong this afternoon. Full of sus dodges, autobomb triggers & lucky play, scraped the score extend to see me thru. The laser wheels can get in the sea, but that dodging feel is butter smooth!

So sorry: We're having tech issues. But here's this week's: Cartoonishly #evil? Terrifically evil? Tyrannically evil? Whatever comes to mind is gold. From loud and fast to calm and menacing. Everything is cool as long as it screams... Post subs by Monday and remember to ❤️on fellow submissions!

Tried to clear Batsugun OG on MiSTer again to record it, after getting it once on Sunday I thought it’d be pretty easy going… how wrong I was 😅 Anyhow, many hours later I did eventually get the 1cc, on my ‘one more run’ - always a stat boost on those runs it seems!

Batsugun 1cc on mister (sega saturn core, original version), Saturday night well spent

After playing only Mister this week, I realise the only way I got decent at any shmup was save state practice. I’ve gone back to, & failed miserably at: Batsugun, Dodonpachi, Esprade, Garegga & Progear - all games I’ve 1cc’d recently(ish).

I think my first 1cc was the Jaeger mode of schildmaid mx back in around 2021.. the first 1cc clear I ever recorded was Trouble Shooter for megadrive back in 2022. youtu.be/CTPxo_CvPiM?...

SML 1099 has @ladymagritte.bsky.social on hand to welcome @mkstayontarget.bsky.social of @hitpstudio.bsky.social to the show to chat Schildmaid MX! We chat about development, leaderboards, working with @eastasiasoft.bsky.social, the soundtrack, visuals, and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3UF...

Got myself a mister to play some arcade & console shmup/stgs on my ‘mobile arcade station’™️ Spent the first three days with it trying to make it work with my dvi monitor & analogue audio. Anyway, all working now, finally ready to play some awesome games 🤘

Only just catching up with this now but pan’s DOJ journey a great watch. The depth of knowledge he chats through leading up to the big clear is so good & then the drama of the eventual 2-all clear, wow! Such an amazing vid if you’ve got the time to watch! www.youtube.com/live/PvJy2fg... #shmup #stg

No, you’re obsessed with Schildmaid… fantastic mail call today, my preordered Schildmaid MX Limited Edition (Mayflash F500 Arcade Stick w/Original Schildmaid Artwork by Aaron Kraten not included!). Woop, time to play some more 🤘 #physicalgames #schildmaidmx #shmup #stg

Had a blast on stream last night with Blue Revolver DA & Schildmaid MX (ps4 version). Managed a new hyper mode pb 1cc on BRDA & a clear of the very tricky Ex-Seiger mode in Schildmaid MX. Big numbers in terms of bpm (bullets per minute), had a blast 🕹️🔥 #stg #shmup

it’s been a while…. a tail of two platinums…

My heart is racing. Crazy to see our game available on basically every major current video game platform. #shmup #STG #indiedev #indiegame

Episode 087 is available now! MetalFRO and Addicted delve into an oft forgotten Sega Genesis shmup that needs more love, Bio-Hazard Battle! www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Vn...

Had fun streaming schildmaid this evening - got my best clear of the ExExer boss, some crazy patterns there! #schildmaidmx #stg #shmup

Had fun streaming schildmaid this evening - got my best clear of the ExExer boss, some crazy patterns there! #schildmaidmx #stg #shmup

Schildmaid MX by @hitpstudio.bsky.social and @eastasiasoft.bsky.social is now available on all major platforms! Here is your chance to win a key for this incredible indie shmup. Rules: 👉 Reply with "Weapon ready!" 👉 Share this post with your followers

Out from today on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, it's our bullet absorbin' indie shmup Schildmaid MX!* Get it now at a 10% launch discount and stake your claim on the leaderboards. *Switch版のみは日本にて11月27日発売

Got myself a copy of Schildmaid MX to play in the go, if you’ve got a switch I recommend you do too 🤘Wish I had more time before work but at least it’s ready for my lunch break!

This Wednesday, our shmup Schildmaid MX is finally arriving on all major current consoles! To celebrate & pay homage to the games that inspired us, we'll be live streaming from perhaps the largest arcade on mainland Western Europe. Join us on November 26 from 3PM GMT+1 at twitch.tv/mkstayontarget.

Interview with Michiel of @hitpstudio.bsky.social, creator of Schildmaid MX, about retro shmups, indie development and the road to console release this Wednesday. www.bloggersander.nl/2025/11/inte... #shmup #xbox #playstation #nintendoswitch

In about 1 and a half hour from now, at 1 PM GMT, we're going to be playing the soon-to-be-released #NintendoSwitch port of our #shmup #indiegame Schildmaid MX. We would love to see you there at www.twitch.tv/mkstayontarget

Today at 5 PM EST (10 PM GMT), Jack of eastasiasoft will play more of our #shmup Schildmaid MX on Twitch. And this time we will join the stream for a nice chat about the game and its development and to answer any questions you might have. 💥 www.twitch.tv/eastasiasoft

Think these photos capture how I really feel about my early morning runs…

Post call - got some wonderful stickers for my ‘mobile arcade station (wip)’™️ Some parodius, legendary wings & streets of rage - what an awesome service @joypadlad.bsky.social provides (not just saying that cos they called me rad promise 😅). On the lookout for more shmup stickers! #shmup #stickers

That's not all! The BIRDCAGE Original Soundtrack is out now! Featuring 40+ minutes of hyper-electronic, techno, rock and orchestra-infused sounds.🕊️🥚 nostoppingepoch.bandcamp.com/album/birdca...

November is turning into shmup month of the year for me: cleared sdoj, birdcage out today & schildmaid mx coming to consoles next week. Loving it!!!

Sorry but the cats & @musicweeklies.bsky.social made me do it 😅 #catcafechaos #m8tracker #cats

Only 10 days until Schildmaid MX is out for all current consoles! Engage the Red Lanpherean Empire with your bullet absorbing shield... but be aware: 💥 you're extra vulnerable when your shield expires 💥 lasers reduce your shield's duration 💥solid projectiles will still pass through your shield

Finally got the 1cc of DoDonPachi SaidaiOuJou on stream this evening 🥳 Still up now as I can’t sleep from excitement 😅 Been such a long journey with this game, so enjoyable but tough as nails! I had some great support from the community, so happy to get it 🤘 #sdoj #1cc #shmup #stg

Streaming my sdoj 1cc attempts on twitch rn if you wanna stop by n watch the carnage. Be tgere and be square 🤘 www.twitch.tv/scowsh

Post a dramatic B&W selfie

Getting closer to the SDOJ clear. 3 bombs at this point (last boss) would have been possible (but unlikely), however I caught a pattern right to the face so didn’t get chance to try… so close! #stg #shmup #sdoj

Damn that SDOJ stage 4, no deathed up to to it twice yesterday on stream… then this.. . twice. 😭 #sdoj #shmup #stg

Win a Steam key for Twilight Parade indie shmup by @super16bits.bsky.social 👹👺 Winners announced on SUN NOV-9 🎁 How to enter: 🧹 Reply with your favorite hori shmup 🧹 Repost this post

Let's browse a bit through the eShop to see what games are coming out later this month on Switch and Switch 2 and oh..! What's this?! 👀 If you come across Schildmaid MX as well, give it a wishlist add. You can do the same in the PSN and Xbox store! #indiegame #indiedev #shmup