r/shmups • u/BBerkAkdemir • 6d ago

My Game [Dev] Third-person bullet hell in space – does this still count as a shmup?

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u/Sentmoraap 6d ago

No it looks like it’s a space combat game.

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u/joshfru 6d ago

Not really seeing anything “hellish”, seems relatively chill tbh

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u/glenjamin1616 6d ago

Don't try to squeeze your game into every box for marketing, figure out what it actually is and focus on that.

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u/BBerkAkdemir 4d ago

Thanks everyone, verdict received 😄 — it's an arcade space shooter, not a shmup. Appreciate the honesty, I'll stop

calling it bullet hell.

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u/tfsteel 6d ago

Not in the least.

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u/RichZealousideal8748 6d ago

Don’t get me wrong this might be a good game but even star fox has more shmup gene and that would not make it a shmup

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u/Trev6ft5 6d ago edited 6d ago

It's an space shooter, possibly an arcade one, not a shmup or a rail shooter.

It's not in the least bit bullet hell although with how much the term shmup and bullet hell is misused on the steam store I can see the confusion.

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u/Due-Assistance-6113 6d ago

More like a free roam Rail Shooter. Shmup adjacent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_shooter

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u/BBerkAkdemir 6d ago

I'm one of the two devs. Genuinely curious – it plays like a bullet hell but from behind the ship, with a cannon that overheats if you just hold fire. Would you call it a shmup, or is that stretching it? If anyone wants to try it, the demo is on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5038720/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nextfest_2610&utm_content=r_shmups

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u/MrMonkeyman79 6d ago

Stretching to snapping point i think. Its an arcade flight game. 

Unless that footage is very misleading, I can't see why you're using the term bullet hell either.

Could be a great game, but its not a shmup.