Shmups

[ImmaculateClump]

Ooh! - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1638330/Darius_Cozmic_Collection_Arcade/



Oh, shit. M2 bringing G-Darius HD to steam in the winter too! Urgh mur gurd! Already bought it on ps4, but I'll gladly grab it again. If we could get more M2, that would be fantastic!

[Pinball]

Very nice. Darius Gaiden one of my faves :-)

Nothing new, though.

[ImmaculateClump]

No, nothing new, but it's always nice to see good official ports, and I had no idea either of these were coming to pc.

I haven't tried it yet, but there's a demo up for Hell Blasters. Can't get newer than not out yet :D  - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1696200/Hell_Blasters/



They call their super easy difficulty level "journalist mode" where you can just shoot the bullets out of the air before they reach you, the wee scamps! :D - https://twitter.com/PlayshiftG/status/1441045150851952641

This looks promising, SHINORUBI - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1665900/SHINORUBI/



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgT7RICEHr0

They say it's gonna have 6 different arrange modes when it launches into early access and then there'll be three more coming for launch!

[ImmaculateClump]

Ooh, this is really good fun!
The idea is to keep your chain up and get it as high as you can.

Killing enemies will raise you chain, but you can also shoot orange bullets and missiles and that will also raise your chain, but get this, your hyper beam thing that cancels bullets, the bullets you cancel also raise the chain!

So it's all about exploiting these systems and bumping your chain as high as you can. Do you leave that big enemy alive as long as you can because he's firing loads of bullets you can shoot that'll fill your hyper gauge which you can use to cancel loads of bullets from that other big enemy you're purposefully leaving alive?

Very good fun. Lots of scoring potential.

Here's my best run so far so you can see how it plays - https://streamable.com/qdntx6

The 48fps cap is weird, but it feels fine.

[ImmaculateClump]

The 48fps thing is a bug.
I think it's related to vsync since it's a third of 144. Can't force off vsync for some reason, I've asked the dev if he'll add an in game toggle to see if that fixes it, and I'm playing at 60hz in the meantime.

https://streamable.com/cy4ye1

I have it on good authority that it's going to be the next shmup junkie caravan contest if you want to start practising!

[madhair60]

Just been sent GLEYLANCER for Nintendo Switch - old Mega Drive shooter, getting re-released with an English translation and some accessibility features I will be ignoring.

[ImmaculateClump]

https://www.gematsu.com/2021/10/classic-shoot-em-up-gleylancer-coming-to-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-and-switch-on-october-15

Improved modes available with accessibility features and modern controls.

Uh-oh! I hear you're a twin stick shooter now, father!
Heard this games name a lot but never played it. I'll have to fire it up in fusion when I get the chance and see what it's like!

[greenman]

Looks a little like Hellfire but with the different fire modes being limited to your drones.

[madhair60]

https://www.gematsu.com/2021/10/classic-shoot-em-up-gleylancer-coming-to-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-and-switch-on-october-15

Uh-oh! I hear you're a twin stick shooter now, father!
Heard this games name a lot but never played it. I'll have to fire it up in fusion when I get the chance and see what it's like!

From what I can tell, by modern controls they just mean "remappable", hahaha. I tried it last night but was so tired I just died immediately.

[ImmaculateClump]

Might they mean analogue movement?
They can't mean rebindable buttons, surely :D

Hell Blasters is out. It's good. I died on the last boss - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1696200/Hell_Blasters/

Dev has added a vsync toggle and that has fixed the framerate bug at high refresh rates.

[ImmaculateClump]

I'm guessing nobody is playing hard mode yet!

Been playing this today. It's called Precious Star. Really good fun. Nice and chill 1cc with the yellow ship. Give it a go, it's free!

https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/10854

[ImmaculateClump]

Precious Star

Got the blind clear on the guys earlier game today. Eclosion. It's a lot of fun, it doesn't have the special weapon thing from precious star so it's a bit more simple.

https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/2639

[ImmaculateClump]

https://streamable.com/bcnqn3 😎

[ImmaculateClump]

https://streamable.com/nhxjb9 😎 😎

Oh shit! Blue Wish Desire is go! - https://twitter.com/xxgameroom/status/1447915103345516550

https://xxgameroom.booth.pm/items/3346770

Not free this time, but he deserves all the money. Says he's thinking about steam and itch, but booth is quick and painless for him so it's up there for now.

I have a booth account because it was the only place to get this, which wasn't so good, so I'm getting it.

[ImmaculateClump]

Man, this is fantastic!

Here's your score to beat for normal, auto-guard on.

[ImmaculateClump]

Demo has been added if you want to try before you buy - https://xxgameroom.booth.pm/items/3346605

[ImmaculateClump]

Yos! I go a no miss on blue wish desire.



Look at this lad here - https://youtu.be/RQE67z8VaL0?t=723
He gets a secret extend on stage 3. I wonder how you do that, maybe you just have to uncover all the treasure up to that point, or maybe you have to do those two before it in order, left then right.
That's worth another 10,000,000 if you carry it over the finish line!
I'll have to see if I can figure out how to get that.

This is aces! I'm gonna try and do hard mode next.

[ImmaculateClump]

Trial version is up on itch now - https://xxgameroom.itch.io/blue-wish-desire-trial

[ImmaculateClump]

He gets a secret extend on stage 3.

I talked to toimine on discord and he was very nice.
He says you have to break all the parts of the midboss. He says there's a few things hanging out the back of him, one on the left and one on the right, that you'd miss unless you were looking for them. So you have to damage them after you do the turrets and the boss will go into a new nasty pattern after that.
Then the extra secret pillar appears afterwards and the 1up is in there.

You unlock a new ship when you clear the game, and once you clear the game with all three ships you unlock this extra one called "despair" and I was using it the other day, it's like inverted, you've got a really powerful rapid shot, and then when you focus you've got this really weak but really wide shot that does fuck all damage, so it's gonna be great for scoring, leaving things alive long enough to cancel more bullets and then switching to your rapid shot when things get hairy and you need to take things down more quickty.

Not being able to focus and deal damage is a nightmare when shit hits the fan though! :D

Sunny Tam has announced DU4 which is gonna be called "Danmaku Unlimited: WYVER ULTRA" - https://twitter.com/SunnySyTam/status/1448001781749911559

DU2 was good, but DU3 was pretty damn fucking boring, just hanging round down the bottom of the screen herding and grazing like some daft cow. At least DU2 had the mechanic where you built your hyper quicker the more risky you played. I hope he does something interesting with the scoring, or fucks off grazing. Grazing can be brilliant fun (Exceed 3rd Jade Penetrate Black Package, for example), but not the way he does it.
Looking forward to seeing how it turns out!

[ImmaculateClump]

Honks, look!

Steam page is up for Moon Dancer - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1790250/Moon_Dancer/



Fuck, this guy doesn't hang about! Coming in december!

[ImmaculateClump]

Oh, look. If you clear normal with all 4 ships, you unlock another secret ship, one of the broads from eden's aegis.



https://twitter.com/xxgameroom/status/1448997469811929090

Steam seems to require an app registration fee ($ 100), so I'll pay it tomorrow. There is also a review, so it seems that it will still take time

[ImmaculateClump]

This twin stick, Satryn looks canny - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677360/satryn_deluxe/
trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk-FZTUjrvc
You can try the free version on itch - https://maybell.itch.io/satryn

Blazend looks like it might be alright, no release date yet - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1757440/Blazend/

klorets looks fun - https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/26832
Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmOXJyZpLSo

I beat my score on BWD normal. Hell is hard! :D



Just got a blind clear on klorets, it's really good fun. Loads of scoring potential!



There's the hardest ending done. Your score to beat.



Yes, that's amazing fun, you have a rapid shot, a focus and a hyper that slows time. Enemies you kill while not hypering gives you green cash and you spend that cash while hypering and enemies killed during hyper, their bullets get cancelled into diamonds.
You can hyper and cancel the bullets of all enemies so long as you have the cash to spend to do it, so it's all about choosing when to hyper and when not to.

edit: Don't break your back playing BWD with autoguard off, by the way. Your lives aren't worth more at the end like they are in blue wish resurrection. Found that out to my cost today!

I think you got half as much again for each life on BWR, so I was disappointed when it was giving me the normal points for my lives :(

[ImmaculateClump]

Monolith is on sale - https://store.steampowered.com/app/603960/Monolith/

trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ8ocPpgBcQ

It's a top down shooter roguelite if we're being picky, but it's ALL SHMUP! Amazing game. Get the DLC as well if you've got the money, just adds more shit and makes the game juicier.

[ImmaculateClump]

I beat my score in klorets - 89,950,870

I am sooooo close to getting the 1cc on Blue Wish Desire hell mode. I can get to the second last pattern of the final boss.
I feel like playing more aggressively is the key to this one, things go down a lot faster the closer you are, so I need to push harder, take more risks, get to that boss with at least a spare life in stock and I reckon I can do it.
Hell is hard! So good though.

[ImmaculateClump]

Space Moth Lunar Edition steam page is up - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1570500/Space_Moth_Lunar_Edition/



Here's a trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92fmHeSaiJ4

Coming November 18th. That's only 4 weeks away!

[ImmaculateClump]

Phew! Got my first 1cc of Blue Wish Desire hell mode tonight.
Wow, that is not easy. There were some pricks just waltzing through it the day it came out :D



Not a great score, but it's always such a huge hurdle for me, getting that first clear out the way and proving to myself that I can actually do it!
I can try and tidy that up now and get through with less mistakes and get a better score.

Hell is just none stop. Amazing fun!

[Cold Meat Platter]

Mark from The Electric Underground has just released Shmuparch 7, seems to be getting 1 frame of input lag.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sec3r6RKAPg

[ImmaculateClump]

Mark downloads the latest version of retroarch. Goes into options and turns on runahead.
"OK, we're going gold, shmuparch 7 is ready for release"

[ImmaculateClump]

When you beat hell mode on Blue Wish Desire, you unlock "accel" mode, enemy bullets accelerate, but there's less of them to balance that out.
It's intense, but not as bad as it sounds. I managed to 1cc it today by the skin of my teeth!



You get a pretty pink medal for clearing it, looksta

[ImmaculateClump]

Steam page is up! - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794300/BLUE_WISH_DESIRE/

Serious contender for game of the year. Trust me. Do NOT sleep on this.

November 17th.