Not sure why pic related didnt get attached to the OP.

Still can't believe 2HU got pozzed Fuck you Zun!

I love Cotton and can't wait for her new games to come out! I wonder when Success will finally show footage of RnR 2, Cotton's traditional outfit was adorable, I wonder if other characters will get similar clothes. I hope they include replays and a quick restart option, true analog stick movement would also be nice, I've noticed more shmups have included it like Radirgy 2 and Illvelo 2. If they go with the optional level select again I hope they include a bonus mode where you have to beat every level in the game in a single setting, it could be like an all-star mode. Deathsmiles is very fun but I haven't put much focus into it, right now I'm trying to refine my skills in Cotton 2.

I've heard tuuhuu was good.

>>1049293 Not really, non bullet hell shoot em ups are pretty boring.

>>1049293 Yep, I don't see the appeal in them.

>>1049300 >>1050483 R-Type is pretty fun.

>>1049293 Isn't that the same thing? Bullet hell and shooters? Isn't that the point? Or do you just want a scrolling background where from time to time you move your character?

>>1050542 A Bullet Hell is a specific genre of shoot em up where most of the screen fills with projectiles.

Why haven't you played it /v/?

>>1050694 Why should I?

>>1050694 >Why haven't you played it /v/? I don't see any waifu's

>>1050958 ???

>>1049270 Since tons of arcade shmups are vertical, a rotating monitor stand is crucial for playing them.

>>1050996 i got a cheap crt monitor a while back thats small enough to tate easily

>>1051082 >i got a cheap crt monitor a while back thats small enough to tate easily Top G shit, man.

>>1051110 tating ain't easy

Who is the psychopath responsible for DOJ's chaining system, and I assume DDP's by extension? And how many young gamers have lost their lives thanks to their blood vessels exploding over lost chains?

it's pronounced tah tay btw

>>1066186 Did you link the right video? I'm getting some edgy Friday Night Funkin' animation. When I watched the trailer I actually thought they were showing gameplay from Reboot until the mech enemies appeared. Kind of disappointing. I wanted to see some new level designs now that they're doing their own thing. At least Silk's ass is on the cover.

A new trailer for Cotton Reboot - High Tension has been revealed, the game is coming out in Japan this year on July 24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOJ4J8q_VZI The official website has also been updated to include information about the game (in Japanese) alongside pre-order options https://www.beep-shop.com/sap/cottonhightension/ I'm very excited for this game even if it is extremely similar to the original Reboot, the stage they're showing off in the trailer is a pretty boring rehash of Port Town, but the mech enemies are cool. I significantly doubt they're going to port this to PC, especially with how the steam port of Reboot was received, and if they do it's going to be long after the console versions. Thank fuck for Switch emulation. >>1066216 >Did you link the right video? I'm getting some edgy Friday Night Funkin' animation My bad, I deleted the post. Not sure how that happened. >When I watched the trailer I actually thought they were showing gameplay from Reboot until the mech enemies appeared. Yeah, I'm assuming that's the first stage. I really wished it looked less like Port City, they should have gone for a more industrial town, it would complement the mech enemies. Hopefully the other stages don't copy FND to a T. >At least Silk's ass is on the cover. A Cotton staple, I wonder if she'll be an unlockable character like in the previous game.

>>1066218 I really liked Reboot, especially how you get both the old version and the new one and how they are significantly different, so there is a point in having both. I just wish they had also included the arcade original because it's also quite different from the two we got. Cotton Fantasy just did not work the same way for me. Aside from using 3D graphics, I think the biggest problem is the lack of a "theme". Cotton is a witch and the enemies are mostly mythical monsters: harpies, imps, dragons, bats, dryads, grim reapers. In Fantasy the enemies are random 3D assets that you would get in a clip art collection, hardly any of them felt mythical. > I significantly doubt they're going to port this to PC, especially with how the steam port of Reboot was received What was wrong with the PC port?

>>1050542 Your picture's called confusedhuman.png, but he's clearly a frog. Is his name Glenn?

>>1066561 >No feathers >Biped It is clearly a human.

>>1066561 What the fuck are you talking about? they look just like us!

>>1066617 This. They have two arms, two legs and one head, they are almost exactly like humans.

Currently improving my shitclear 1-ALL of DDP. 1-2's as far as I can get before I start throwing out bombs to not die with them in stock. I'll spend the next week or so doing savestate practice on the second loop for some weighted vest training, so to speak. Also, I've been tinkering with AV1 over the past few days. I couldn't get RetroArch to rotate the video upright while playing back my replay, but that was fixable while splitting up the video afterward with ffmpeg.

>>1049270 Started playing pic related after finding out it was on sale on steam. It's pretty unique in unlike most bullet hell styled games there's no collision damage and the game encourages you to do so in order help you restore your health and deal more damage up close. The game's "Very hard" difficulty's pretty easy but the extinction and final extinction difficulty spikes up how hard shit gets overall all. There's potentially dozens of "ships" you can play as or play as the "Angel of Evil" that lets you customize your primary shoot type, Strong attack, and Bomb. Visually it's pretty unique with a Guro, H.R. Gigar esque style of visuals. On a minor note, your "ships" evolve each time you level them up. They typically become bigger and more monstrous the stronger you get. Accord to the game's background info they're piloted by the women in the first image by infusing their nervous system and ganglia into the "Angels" you're controlling and feeding during combat. Gameplay example(s): https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=0Wx7TJr5l4Q&t=2s https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=k6J867UkruE

I'm not that into shmups and I don't know much about them, but Progear is one of my favorite games. Nothing else comes close, not even other Cave games. I don't know enough about the genre to understand why I like it so much. On paper, it doesn't seem all that different from other shmups. And I hear it's usually regarded as one of Cave's more middling efforts. But I love it. Why? Is it just the aesthetic?

>>1049270 she lost

>>1090450 Who put that poor Heartless in drag? Shameful

Shmups are the genre I've tried the hardest to get into only to give up. I tried a shitload of shmups, several Touhou games, Batsugun, Dodonpachi, Mushihimesama, Ketsui, Deathsmiles, you name it and I quickly got fed up with every single one. Shmup players are always saying how great these games are, and sure, I can see the production values especially in the arcade titles, but shmups just don't have enough stuff you can do, like enough moves. Your only interaction for most of the game is moving in a 2d plane and even shooting is kind of superfluous since there is rarely any reason to not be shooting. Games like Dodonpachi are treated as revolutionary for having a mindblowing two fire modes instead of one. I don't know, it's just too much investment required for too little meat in what you can do with your little ship. For comparison I like games like Nioh where you have a shitload of moves and a lot of room for creativity and style in how you play the game.

>>1091719 >Your only interaction for most of the game is moving in a 2d plane and even shooting is kind of superfluous since there is rarely any reason to not be shooting. Try Alltynex Second, a lot of Psikyo's games, and 3D shmups like Sin & Punishment and Star Fox.

I am putting a lot of attention to Espgaluda scoring. PB is 27 million with Tateha. I am thinking of getting at least to 35 or 40 million points. >>1091719 You should focus on one game at a time. Trying all of them in a short amount of time will lead to burnout. Pick the one you want to 1cc (1 credit clear).

>>1049270 Is Casper the most erotic STG character?

>>1091719 Check out Hellsinker if you haven't already. Plenty of moves to work with, and each character plays radically different from one another. Radiant Silvergun and ZeroRanger might scratch that itch for a big moveset too.

>>1091719 >there is rarely any reason to not be shooting play 2nd loop pskyo pussy

>>1049293 idk i get my shit wrecked whenever i try toaplan or irem games. i'm a caveslop scrub

Didn't even notice there was a thread already. Looks a little dead though exactly like back at the halfchan

>>1091719 >>1092175 I forgot to honorably mention Mars Matrix for being a one-button game with four different attacks. Tap quickly for your main shot, tap slowly for your piercing cannon AKA your actual main shot, briefly hold to reflect bullets, hold until meter depletion for your bomb.

I wanted to make a 2hu clone with luds and found danmakufu, defunct garbage and pic related Has anyone tried this before? I've never heard of any game made with this engine. Is this worth it or should I stick to danmakufu or learn to use gamemaker?

>>1091719 >Your only interaction for most of the game is moving in a 2d plane and even shooting is kind of superfluous since there is rarely any reason to not be shooting Try Ikaruga

Dead game Dead genre

>>1107653 Devil Engine >>1050694 Was made in shmup creator if I recall

I liked the demo of Rainchaser.

>>1108578 When is it even coming out?

>>1050694 Why do devs insist on making vertical shmups for 16:9 ratio? I don't get it, just make a horizontal shmup.

Can any STG autist help identify what is presumably a track from some STG? Starts at around 32:41 in this video in case the time stamp doesn't work properly. https://youtu.be/ofifnDzTxeI?t=1961 Sounds cool as fuck, like something straight out of Sonic Colors except if the soundtrack was based.

>>1131022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9D-NmXX_h4

>>1131097 Thank you based anon.

>>1131097 What about 1:16:35?

>>1135559 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W51JC5LVUJA

>>1140206 Noice

Uhhhhhh, fake interest bros........ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GkwTRq5Skc

>>1156307 >that voice never clicked off a video faster

>>1156307 >ebo in the comments ZR is troon-coded

>>1050542 Some shmups have maps with intentional level design like say Starfox and don't have huge amount of bullets to dodge.

Let's morking gooooooo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz8iYnLXMpY

>>1193971 What does Mark thinks about shmup cunnies?

>>1049270 I'm the biggest casperfag on the fuckin planet

>>1194359 Probably likes them but doesn't want to admit it publicly on youtube

>>1194412 What a sellout

>>1069803 did you read the Prometheus guide? It is a good reading. https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=34497 I will soon have a new computer and I plan to be the best DDP player of all my family

>>1049293 Its all about the esthetic bullet patterns.

>try playing garega >get really mad when my medals go down and it's a reset for me i don't think yagawa is for me bros

Where did /shmupg/ go now that the chins is dead?

>>1207175 Hopefully as far as possible from here.

>>1066569 Based Diogenes enjoyer

>>1207175 This place should be enough. Thread won't expired for a looong time so don't need bump.

>>1202091 play something like Eliminate Down (Megadrive)

>>1050694 It's pretty cool, actually.

>>1049270 Favourite is probably ESP Ra.De. Trying to 1cc Akai Katana at the moment.

>>1230150 Irori...cute

>>1050996 What if an arcade shmup was on a rotating screen that's constantly rotating and you die if you're out of the screen so staying at the bottom of the screen is really dangerous and you have to stay in the middle where the enemies are or constantly rotate alongside the screen, all while dodging bullets

Hello, I'm retarded Not much experience with this genre, but Crimson Clover is on sale, tried the demo and it activated my neurons However, I'm concerned about buying it and then giving up because I can't process all the shit flying around onscreen. How do I not get distracted by all the spinning yellow stars?

>>1249975 Some shmups are like that. Either git good or play traditional ones instead.

>>1249975 focus on the ones closest to you first and the rest is just peripheral vision

Is Radirgy 2 good?

>>1199067 Yea, I've read the Prometheus guide; it's pretty old but it's still a good reference for fundamentals. I gave it another skim-through just to make sure I didn't miss anything. >Stick to one game >Practice with emulator save states, espectially difficult 5-10 second sections >No shame in copymonkeying routes >Danmaku navigation techniques (bullet herding, move where it's safest, etc.) >Set reasonable goals >Take care of yourself; avoid playing when sick/depressed/exhausted/etc. >No distractions while playing; stay locked in The hardest part really is staying committed to The One Game for months, if not years, without getting bored nor distracted. Shortly after hitting a wall in DoDonPachi, out of frustration I pivoted to Ketsui intending to take a break from DDP, only to pivot again roughly six weeks later to ESP Ra.De. I'm tapping out after a few weeks while others spent a solid decade just on Inbachi and SDOJ. If I ever land a non-shitclear, then maybe my sorry ass can properly understand why pic related's so dismissive.

>>1256784 Sticking to one game sounds like a good way to burn yourself out

4shit is back but I'm here to stay.

>>1050958 The ship is the waifu

>>1249975 >How do I not get distracted by all the spinning yellow stars? You ignore them. Focus around your ship or at your ship if they are a shit ton of bullets around you. The stars are useful for getting extends (extra lives) but you shouldn't really worry about collecting all of them.

>>1257430 True

Mork https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9aCG19THVU

>>1276008 jewcy?

Main Menu for Cotton High Tension shown off, looks a bit spooky. https://x.com/BEEP_SHOP/status/1916308910094573886 >>1207175 That place is fucking abysmal, all e-nigger orbiting, zero actual shmup discussion besides that one autismo screeching over scores and replays. I wouldn't be surprised if it's held together by samefags like some other generals. It doesn't pop up on cuck/vg/ as often so I'm hoping it dies out.

>>1276054 >>1066218 God I love Cotton. It's surprising how active the series is compared to other old shmups. Are there any updates on Cotton Rock 'n' Roll 2? Do we have a release date yet?

>>1276054 Are the new cotton games good?

>>1285097 Yes, Rock n' Roll/Fantasy is the best in the series

>>1131072 You're playing it through MAME? I wanted to do so through Saturn RetroArch, but it's not as easy to do so without a chd format. There's a PC version but apparently it features input lag, do you think it's still worth it if it's on sale or am I better off trying to get this to work?: https://cdromance.org/sega_saturn_isos/radiant-silvergun-extra-hack/ >>1107680 Which version of Ikaruga is the best between the PC Version and Gamecube or Dreamcast emulation?

>>1289483 >https://cdromance.org/sega_saturn_isos/radiant-silvergun-extra-hack/ >login required KYS Spike >>1289483 latency-wise the modern port is very good, play on pc

>>1253035 I didn't even know they made a sequel

any good smups on steam?

We have a "Questions That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread" thread, check the catalog newfriend~

>>1291985 Devil Blade was a fun time, check that game out. >>1292046 I'd rather he go to the shmup thread

>>1292098 wow i should totally play that!

>>1292098 Thanks for the rec im tryna not spend so much money on games so i wont buy anything for a month or two ill buy some games in june i think. meanwhile ima destroy my fucking backlog, hit the gym, maybe make a website. and post some more on 8chan. we are so fucking back

>>1291985 Blue Revolver. Bought it because the girls on the cover were cute then stayed because for the game. I haven't played a lot of indie shmups but it's probably my favorite

>>1296655 Valerie my wife

>>1296655 yeah... thoese girls are cute! i only really ever played touhou 7. its a shame that the only way to play it is to pirate it off of mouria shrine. havnt played touhou in a long time tho

What do you guys think of cave's slowdown meme? It feels like a natural way to slow the game for larger patterns but i just hate that it slingshots back to highspeed so fast

>>1296655 Just got a Normal clear of this one. Ironically enough the autobomb kind of fucked me over a bit because it removes the whole stock, but still managed first try. Mae's really cute by the way.

>>1305502 feels like it's a cope to justify shitty performance

>>1066540 Yeah I kinda agree with you here, RnR's art direction is kinda lackluster, I think the dark fantasy theme peaked at 2, but FND does a great job at conveying it too. Panorama has more of a surreal aesthetic which is also great. >What was wrong with the PC port? It's barebones, hell it didn't even have a quit option until a later update. However it feels great on my Steam Deck. >>1283120 >Are there any updates on Cotton Rock 'n' Roll 2? Do we have a release date yet? Unfortunately no, my current guess is that they're holding back any info about it until some time after High Tension releases. I think Success realized they're essentially competing with themselves by having 2 Cotton games in development. >>1285097 Absolutely, Reboot was a excellent remake with its own flair and RnR is an amazing new entry.

I'm currently in the market for a new stick, been using an Hori RAP V since forever. What do you guys use? Can any of you recommend me a good arcade stick?

>>1312145 They had this same cope for Megal Slug X and I hate it. The game feels so much better when you run it with overclocking in fbneo.

completed Like Dreamer maniac. going to do expert next

>>1330683 Tits too big

Shmup Slam 7 schedule. https://horaro.org/slam7/sunday I am looking forward with some of these games, especially Neo Contra because EC is going to commentate.

I managed to get myself a steam key of eXceed 3rd - Jade Penetrate Black Package recently, Love the OST. I'm a casual when it comes to Shmups thought, I have Crimzon Clover, Mushihimesama, DeathSmiles, and others on steam, played other stuff through the Capcom Arcade stadium 1 and 2

Played two solo-dev indie shmups tonight: >Lilac 0 I get a ZeroRanger vibe off of the visual style but it's much more straightforward. Major gimmick is that you have a sword but instead of just swinging it you can either do a widening radius lock-on attack or a dash that eats bullets and instakills specific enemies and overkills bosses if timed right. Definitely a good flow to it but it's been filtering my casual ass; I had to kick it down to Novice to get through the game but you need to play the middle difficulty to even see the last stage. I think you can unlock one of the bosses as a playable character if you Overkill him so I'm going to try to go for that before upping the difficulty again. Music is noticeably kind of medicore sadly, also wait for a sale maybe since it's like $12 but I think $10 is probably better. >Angel At Dusk This game is fucking ridiculous. I heard it described as sensory overload and that was an understatement; the first thing that comes to mind to compare its vibe to is Paranoiascape on PS1 but with way better gameplay than that. The art is insane, the story is insane, the mechanics are insane, the tutorial is insane, the bullet patterns are insane, the music is insane, the naming conventions are insane, the particle effects are insane, the level of content is insane, the upgrade system you can only use in the mode you unlock after two distinct Arcade runs is insane, and there's also tits. I was going to say it's a bit on the easy side but it's actually just got enough content to ease you into the real meat of the game, and it makes playing risky near the top of the screen really rewarding overall as well.

Just found out the dev for Lethal Crisis (Daisessen) is now making AI-generated hentai game slop. Feels bad man

>>1337995 Why? is he lazy?

>>1049271 No ikaruga?

>>1338001 I think they fell to the same pit as the akashicverse dev but even worse.

>>1338053 Damn, that sucks.

>>1338056 It really is, Makes me wonder how many doujin game devs fall for the same shit.

>>1335225 angel at dusk has the best shmup tutorial i've ever seen it's the best explanation on the basics of the genre

>>1339554 I was really impressed with it yeah, getting everything across so plainly and succinctly while giving you a solid challenge at the very end (pics related was fun). For how wild the ideas in the game are you can feel that the dev has an understanding for the genre (still insane that I checked the credits and outside of translation and publishing it was one dude).

This thread got bumped twice for some reason >>1335225 Can you turn off the scanlines in Lilac 0?

>>1348192 There's a dedicated proxy evader spammer specifically targetting Blue Archive general and they have filtered him with a script, so now he proceeds to spam the rest of the website

>>1348717 Fuck that's pretty sad, is it a recent thing?

>>1349367 not in here, it's a singapoorian schizo(He got doxxed because even the proxy providers got mad at him) that's been targeting the general for years in 4chan specifically he target posts once a certain girl is mentioned or is posted , he found about this place after the site came back

>>1348192 >Can you turn off the scanlines in Lilac 0? You can yeah. I think they intended it to be played with the filters on but the sprites are pretty clean without them, especially since you unlock alt color palettes.

Just three more days until the shmup slam 7 event. Time is going by so fast.

I did it my first "yagawa strand like type game" took forever because i kept choking on 4-5

Tomorrow brah

Get your ass in here. Starting at 7 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvoXYoR7mFk

Is there any Shmup that has any purple or green ships with the same color lasers? I remember playing one in a arcade in the early 00s and for some reason that image got stuck in my mind

You know what the number 1 killer for me in shmups is? The wall. The fucking wall out of all things. I want to grab a power-up or kill that one enemy that keeps shooting at me and I barely touch the wall and I'm instantly dead. What are some good shmups where I'm allowed to touch the wall? The only ones I know of are the Cotton games and Tyrian 2000, but Tyrian does not have one-hit kills in general.

>>1375846 R-type Delta Einhander (allows you to scrape the wall for some time before you die) ZeroRanger

>>1375846 Most vertical shmups don't have walls to begin with if that works.

>>1341041 >>1078125 Finally managed to beat the game and reached the "Angel of Destiny" on Chronicle mode. with less then half the life I started with a few stages ago. Managed to spam bombs, charged attacks, and finally killed the damn thing with only 4 lives left. I've now unlocked chronicle mode for arcade and all of the story logs along with it. I have to say she's the most brutal boss in a bullet hell game I've encountered so far and it's a miracle I've managed to beat that thing even on final extinction difficulty. Any other bullet hell game's you'd suggest for my to try after this? ||Especially for linux.||

>>1375846 Guwange You play on foot and you can touch the walls and even use them as cover.

Is it happening again?

>>1412057 What's happening?

How do you get into that mindset of playing the same game over and over again when you don't feel like you can commit to its skill ceiling? The only STG I've ever really considered I finished was a 1 CC of Crimson Clover EX, and I don't know how to get into that mindset with anything else I got.

>>1412607 Devil Engine 2: Okuu Edition.

>>1412657 Which creator did Sinoc burnt his bridge this time?

>>1412635 If you love the game enough, you'll want to replay it immediately instead of just eventually, and if you don't then it's not something you're into enough to 1CC.

Anyone played this yet? cause i haven't holy shit that price

>>1418100 Reviews seems a bit mixed

>>1418100 What the fuck is that price??

I just recently played hazelnut hex and its such a cute shoot em up. All the characters are such cute designs and the game is generally pretty easy but fun. Working on my 1cc but I'd love for the game and the characters to get more popular.

>>1578766 Oh god my eyes

>>1418100 >>1418816 >>1425467 Don't these games always have absurd prices?

>>1580483 True, that's why you always pirate them

>>1578766 Gentlemen, please! You have to pick an aesthetic palette and stick with it! Either do vaporwave or do seapunk, don't mix them! At least not on the same screen.

The one and only

>>1581540 That's only one stage. There's 5 in total so its very quick but they're all pretty run of the mill like forests, horror, snow, etc.

>>1418100 >60 dollars Jesus Christ