Indie shmup generates mp3 bullet madness

November 10, 2010

Header: Shmusicup

Ok, this is a bit different.

Shmusicup is a hybrid of a rhythm/music game and a shoot’em up. It’s a vertical scrolling shooter (of the bullet-hell variety) where the enemy bullet patterns are generated by any mp3 chosen from the player’s music collection.

Youtube trailer below.

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Netbook game-makers: BIG money! BIG prizes!

November 1, 2010

Header: Games for Netbooks competition

Remember when we covered The Game Creators ‘Games for Netbooks’ comp? Remember when we wrote about all the winning entries?

Actually, you can’t – because we haven’t… yet.
BUT THAT’S WHAT WE’RE DOING TODAY.

James York from TGC has sent through all the details… Keep reading for all the results, screenshots & luscious links!

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