User:Xx-Henry-xX

About Me

• Xx_Henry_xX
• Sometimes known as XHX-PGH
• Rookie Shmupper & Soon to be gamedev
• Lazy Bones
• My itch.io page
• My Youtube Channel

1CC List

Disclaimer: Scores may not be the true personal best

• Vimana 1-ALL (2,042,200 / 169% / Autofire On)
• Change Air Blade (Alpha Blade / 7,527,850)
• Guxt
  • Normal Game
  • Score Attack (17,380 / Autofire On)
• Cloudphobia
  • PLG-90 Easy (43,598,250 / 11:16.94)
• Blue Wish Desire
  • Heaven w/ Desire (70,629,800)
  • Heaven w/ Twinkle (37,279,350)
• Crimzon Clover World Ignition/Explosion
  • Novice Boost Type I
    • All Stages: 1,834,651,480
    • Stage 1 Only: 150,882,580
    • ★525951
    • 23:10.03
  • Novice Original Type Z
    • All Stages: 942,116,560,240
    • Stage 1 Only: 49,372,095,870
    • ★472297
    • x17209
• Blaynix
  • Normal (119,368,450)
• Steel Vampire
  • Very Hard
  • Genocide Hard (Anopheles, 21,189,584)
• Eschatos
  • Original Easy (8,074,211)
  • Advanced Easy (19,312,725)
  • Time Attack (25:18.49)
• Dokingan (72,786,692)
• Kiraijin (4,081,482)
• Blade Buster
  • 2 Minute (586,600)
  • 5 Minute (1,631,100)
• Assault Shell
  • Light (A-2 / 798,195,750)
• Final Soldier 5 Minute (2,059,600)
• Bullet Hell Monday (Challenge)
  • Easy (36,692,923)
• Bullet Hell Monday Black
  • Black Stages
    • Easy ALL (119,979,960)
    • Normal ALL (251,759,590)
    • Hard ALL (321,617,606)
• Vastynex (15,147,380)
• Eden's Edge
  • Heaven (Wait On / Guard On / Formation / 39,225,090)
• Eden's Aegis
  • Heaven (Wait On / Guard On)
    • Nanathy (37,643,260)
    • Maple (34,917,180)
    • Eve (46,257,840)
    • Ridmie (41,265,970)
  • Original (Wait On / Guard On)
    • Eve (53,144,910)
    • Nanathy (60,971,860)
• Battle Traverse
  • Easy (T.Neider)
• Omega Blast (909,700)
• Gunvein
  • Mild (Type B / 5,560,802)
• Kuroobi (Playdate)
  • Katsuo (3,071,788 / WR as of 7 Mar 2025)
  • Saki (3,213,400 / WR as of 7 Mar 2025)

Shmup Dev Tips for Aspiring Devs Out There

Because there's no shmup dev wiki (charlene pls add gamedev section i want resources)

The Holy Trinity of Shmup Design (or what I like to call these 3 as)

Consider those 3 rules as absolute musts, especially if you are starting out.

• No Player Inertia
  • For a game that requires reflex-based dodging, inertia equals input lag. And that's bad.
  • Q: but i want realism in my game
    A: Realism rarely equals fun.
  • Q: what about smooth movement
    A: Smooth movement comes from evasion of enemy patterns, player afterimage, option movement lag, etc.
• No Forced Damage
  • There must be at least one way out of a given situation that does not require using limited resources such as bombs.
    • That goes for all of the possible setups when getting into said situation: For example, playing with one weapon type may be easy while the other hard, but none of them should be impossible.
  • Some complex games may feature special abilities to assist surviving and/or scoring; only add them after gaining some experience, and if you do, think about what will count as limited resource and what will be unlimited "secondary shot".
• Keep the player busy
  • Never make passiveness be the norm; forced or not.
    • Examples of forced passiveness:
      • Bloated enemy HP
      • Lack of firepower to deal with the incoming wave
      • Any other cases when you just can't seem to deal with a given situation other than ignoring it
      • Dead air
    • Examples of non-forced passiveness:
      • Enemy giving too low threat (such as having limited threat zone) to be aggresively dealt with
      • Any other cases where being passive is the optimal strategy
  • Don't know how? Here are some of the tons of methods to do that:
    • Enemy aggression
      • Really fast enemies for attention bonus
      • Strategic choices from (but not limited to) when to kill enemies w/ revenge bullets & shottype changing
    • Pattern dodging
    • Item collection
    • Resource management like bombs and special weapons with a gauge
    • Charge attack timing
    • Scoring setups that may include a few from above and/or other stuffs
    • ...and so on.
    • Just be careful not to add too many mechanics without real depth. (You're not gonna make a Hellsinker wannabe for your first game, are you?)

Other Good Tips

(Todo: Pros out there feel free to make suggestions in the discussions)

• Go read Boghog's bullet hell shmup 101; it serves as an introduction to making shmups.
• Popcorns must not tank more than (player firerate in Hz / 10, 1~2 less if fast) hits.
• When including multiple shottypes...
  • All of them should be useful. (No OP or downright useless)
  • Each shottype should be unique enough to have low role overlaps with other types.
• Don't use world space movement for player. Always make movement speed consistant for all directions.
  • If normalizing diagonals isn't doable, at least make orthogonal & diagonal speeds consistant for each set.