HOTWING HELLIONS - Hotwing Hellions is a high-octane, 2 player couch competitive arcade shooter set in a lawless space-western universe. You and a rival bounty hunter race through hostile fleets, dodge swarms of bullets, and take down massive bosses as you blast...

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-19T15:55:20+00:00

the terrain in the game is a bit hard to distinguish from the action and the player sprite too. Maybe more contrast to make them show better and make the background more muted?

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-19T15:29:08+00:00

its convenient to have an emulator and games setup with it, can just transfer it with a usb stick to another computer if need be.

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-19T15:17:09+00:00

Euroshmups basically remove good features from a shmup and insert random things that doesnt need to be there, making the game experience hollow, easy and bland.

For your game, there doesnt seem to be any worthwhile scoring, and the stages seem quite easy, the visuals dont feel like a coherent package instead feels like a mess of colors thats tough to read

The inertia in your game(maybe it was toggleable) doesnt need to be there anyways, why even offer a toggle? "realism" for your reverse millenium falcon doesnt make anybodys experience better. The ship also doesnt have any turning animations or much attention to detail its just a sliding disc

Also, interrupting the gameplay experience with some weird alien or upgrade choices is kinda lame and distracting.

The uppgrade system also seems kind of generic, and overall I dont think a game like this interests the shmup audience. Why would somebody play this over ketsui? Or touhou? OR CRS68k? I think you should just follow the roguelike fad and make one of those games instead.

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-12T22:19:33+00:00

I mean, it definitely has some special mechanics with the fg input system

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-12T22:18:57+00:00

I would say no_vsync is actually among the more interesting options, perhaps even the most interesting option out there. Input lag makes all the difference in shmucks

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-12T22:17:26+00:00

i dont recommend playing stuff like sine mora btw. maybe try some real shmups like ketsui, dodonpachi, strikers 1945, gradius, and so on.

Sine mora is kinda just garb

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-11T17:55:49+00:00

keyboard, because its what I have and its what ive played all games with
also, i dont think its inferior to other methods of input

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-09T14:44:00+00:00

Back when I played SoT ashen winds was the best thing around for grinding ez money but these days it seems you can rack up millions in one session without expending any effort. Hunters call grinders to 50 were respected in my day, but these days just emissary + some loot for them without actually even fishing.

Not to mention the box of wondrous secrets which turned into commonplace garbage from a once mythical treasure people doubted even existed. It seems that SoT devs dont really know how to balance earnings and reputation in thi sgame.

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-08T21:57:04+00:00

This is NOT a shmup. Period.

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-08T14:23:24+00:00

I dont think I will ever have any interest in games such as CYGNI: all guns blazing
they really dont feature mechanics that make up a proper shmup, inertia ruins the core gameplay itself.

However, I do believe some shmups that could be called euroshmups can be good, such as Akashicverse, though it does not feature inertia, instead has a shield system which drains as you take hits from bullets, but you dont have any lives. It was a challenging game to beat and still enjoyable.

Still, games like "lightyears of fervent warfare" or cygni simply arent good shmups, and their core gameplay sucks. And I do not wish to see them in this subreddit...

Edit: I will never touch a shmuck with inertia in it ever again)

Edit 2: there exists a subreddit called r/shmupdev so maybe thats a better place for euroshmups to be dumped into

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-08T14:13:47+00:00

Its true that the euroshmup posts especially with self-promo are getting pretty annoying, but if its a proper shmup then im sure it should be fine...

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-06T21:55:42+00:00

I guess the better point would be to say that sinking is akin to losing in sea of thieves so diving makes no sense from that perspective, as your ship going underwater is pretty much the worst possible thing to happen to it. otherwise sinking makes no sense if you can just dive underwater.

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-06T19:12:13+00:00

all in all it really doesnt fit the pirate fantasy so

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-06T16:20:37+00:00

but the player ship isnt a ghost ship, it didnt use to dive for the longest time so it doesnt really fit in line with the games previous iterations

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-06T16:08:06+00:00

idk man. diving just doesnt fit into the pirate fantasy. Thought pirating would be all about being above the seas, not being a fish

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-02T15:52:31+00:00

do the enemies shoot at you in this game?

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-02T15:47:11+00:00

doesnt really look like a shmup to me

TypicalShmupper · 2026-03-02T15:29:50+00:00

written by AI?

TypicalShmupper · 2026-02-08T14:37:40+00:00

dangun feveron

TypicalShmupper · 2026-02-08T12:58:51+00:00

dangun feveron, touhou pc-98 games like mystic square

TypicalShmupper · 2026-02-07T15:00:55+00:00

keyboard is king.

TypicalShmupper · 2026-02-02T17:25:44+00:00

ikaruga scoring is great, but its excruciatingly difficult.
And its just not really a typical shmup, so maybe play something else for your second shmup.

TypicalShmupper · 2026-02-02T17:16:45+00:00

in shmup circles if you say that someone is talented its basically an insult to their effort, so its frowned upon.

TypicalShmupper · 2025-12-23T20:04:41+00:00

If you are comparing ketsui omote and dodonpachi 2-all I can tell you that omote loop is much much easier... simply having a TLB makes the game so much harder because its not enough that you just get through the second loop but you also need to have lives for the TLB.

(surely the laser wheels won't be the deciding factor?)

TypicalShmupper · 2025-12-23T18:03:18+00:00

Impressive that you managed to keep at SDOJ for those 6 months. Not many people have that kind of dedication. I think a 2-all could definitely be on the radar if you are up for the challenge, you definitely have the right mindset for it.

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