User:Xx-Henry-xX

About Me

• Xx_Henry_xX
• Sometimes known as XHX-PGH
• Rookie Shmupper & Soon to be gamedev
• Lazy Bones

1CC List

Disclaimer: Scores may not be the true personal best

• Vimana 1-ALL (2,042,200 / 169%)
• Change Air Blade (Alpha Blade, 7,527,850)
• Guxt Normal Game
• 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 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)
• Battle Traverse
  • Easy (T.Neider)
• Omega Blast (909,700)
• Gunvein
  • Mild (Type B, 5,560,802)

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, 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.
• 100% Kill should always be possible
  • Being forced to pass enemy waves isn't exactly fun.
    • Bloated Enemy HP is never good. Players should be able to actually kill the enemy; otherwise it will be a big nasty wall that shoots bullets at you.
    • Be careful with enemy counts & placements too.
    • Unless your game is about strategic player placement (which isn't something you wanna go for when you are starting out), lack of player shot coverage also isn't good.
  • Those are fine:
    • Hi-Speed Enemies (Makes player pay attention & memorize their locations to maximize their kills)
      • Even if the player misses them, it's not forced. They're just missing the reward for paying attention.
    • Giving Strategic Choices (Examples include but are not limited to a set of enemies that spawn revenge bullets which you can just pass)
      • Player wasn't forced; it was their choice to pass enemies.
      • Just be careful not to throw players into impossible situations. (For the specific example above, revenge bullets should be avoidable without resource use.)
    • "Destructible rockets that shooot bullets" kind of enemies that keep coming endlessly (Example: Crimzon Clover Stage 5's Small Tanks)
      • Only allowed excuse where the player isn't expected to do a 100% kill: While somewhat contrary to enemy count statement above, but overpowering a mass attack of popcorns feels fun.

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.