Can't believe it took me this long to figure it out. Massive bullet visibility boost by simply having the entire bullet (and glow) sit on black instead of transparent. Better contrast against the bg. #shmups #stg #gamedev #indiegame

Interesting feeling route. Gotta do this little dance on the edge of a knife. The midboss will timeout and if you don't get enough dmg you won't kill it otherwise. Easier to dodge going to the far edge but you won't dmg it there. #shmups #stg #gamedev #indiegame

Feel like this guys needs one or two more moves... but maybe not. idk. #shmups #stg

If you haven't seen The Hidden Fortress' latest vid. It hits hard - go take a listen! youtube.com/watch?v=S0JO... #shmups #stg

First section of level 4 in #Eschatos can suck it. Seriously most troublesome part of the game I've encountered. Very route heavy. Also, uploaded a new video about my experiences with Eschatos. Made it to Level 6 (starting with 2 extends at level 4) #shmups #stg

ZOE Begone! is OUT NOW on PC and consoles! 🥳🥳🥳

These might be patterns sufficiently scary for the level 4a secret boss. #shmup #stg #gamedev

Added section indicators (both popup and in the side panel hud). Should make it easier if you want to jump over to practice a section (and actually know what section you want to practice). My time with Eschatos reminded me that I wanted to do this. #shmups #stg #gamedev

Defeat the final boss of your heart #shmups #stg www.youtube.com/watch?v=yozx...

Some people really like tea. There are tea houses they can go to to sample different flavors and varieties of tea. People have their own tools for preparing and consuming tea. Brewing tea has a particular process and everyone has their own techniques. #Shmups #stg

Got some thoughts on making hard games #gamedev #shmups #stg #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT-h...

More work on the updated title intro #shmups #stg #indiegame #gamedev

Mockup/Rough copy of updated title art. #shmup #gamedev #indiegame #stg

Dying in a shmup is already punishment enough. I decided to add some mechanics to make it feel less bad. #stg #gamedev #indiegame #shmups

Little less jank, little more bullets #bullethell #shmup #stg #gamedev #indiegame

Committing to at least 15hrs of scheduled game dev time a week - really what you gotta do when you have a kid. 2025 has got to be the year I finally finish this game #gamedev #stg #arcade #shmups #indiegame

If I could turn back time...

Stoked to be living in a world where this needed to be clarified.

We need to develop a time-machine so we can go back to 1955 and stop Biff Tannen from getting the sports almanac. Only then can the timeline be corrected.

If you haven't picked up Dead End City - now's a good time!

Seen this game a few times- looks hot! More ppl need to see this game

Turning 40 is like when the warrantee expires and suddenly everything starts breaking.

At this point we should all remember the reason for the season. Optimus died so we could have great deals.

I've received 21 seperare political text message from various PACs, petitions and fundraisers in the past 24 hours.

Like to put this info out there - for the low price of $79.05 - one can acquire 17 thousand pieces of the banana candies from vending machines: www.aaglobal.com/bulk-candy-g...

Would you like a super power that every bite of food you eat is delicious but also super healthy... but every bite feels like there is piece of hair in it? 🤔

Blazing Star #shmup #arcade sighting at Gizmos Arcade and Eatery in Astoria OR

Hey all - after the journey after my employer went under- I was able to find a new job and start beginning of Oct. Hoped I'd have more time for #shmup #gamedev but the amount of energy and time it takes to hunt for jobs left me empty. Gonna to get back at it now! #indiegame #stg

Past few weeks I revamped the player sprite graphics. I wanted to make the sprites about 30% bigger (hit box remaining the same size) just to improve visibility. Took the time to clean it up and add some more details #shmup #stg #pixelart #gamedev

See there is still no video on Bluesky.... anyway. I've released an update to Stellar Fury demo on itch - got details in my devlog there and a link to download: figamesllc.itch.io/stellar-fury... #shmups #stg #indiegame #gamedev

Working on some graphics updates for a new style of enemies. These are a bit "made to order" for the specific enemy vs others I can massage in some existing bits. There are far less of this style though than the other (20 vs 90)

Been working on some visual updates to some of the enemies in the game this week (more before/after pics in the comments). #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #shmup #stg #pixelart #retrogaming #arcade

Updated design for the regular boss for level 1

Updated the Level 1 secret boss design to be more menacing - to match the updated attacks

Space pirate design

Updating the "secret bosses" to be tougher (more hp and with more/harder moves). Also putting them behind a level no-miss requirement instead of just rank. Trying to make them substantially different than the regular bosses. #shmup #stg #indiegame #gamedev #retrogaming #arcade

Since I can't upload a video - gonna describe this. I was able to add a bullet pattern where it spawns a bunch of bullets at once but with incrementing speeds. Was able to add it without any code changes #shmups #stg #dohashtagswork? #indiegame

Wrapping up on incorporating recent feedback -about to release an updated demo. Last change I added percentage indicators of health on larger enemies. This is helpful for scoring/chaning.

Hello bluesky - see Jack Dorsey is keeping it old school with the gif only support - so enjoy that beautiful 15fps. Also, do hashtags work? #shmup #stg #indiegame