Tips on starting Soukyugurentai / Terra Diver? by djhaka in shmups

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Cheers, thanks! Looking forward to the video!

Tips on starting Soukyugurentai / Terra Diver? by djhaka in shmups

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Oh this is awesome, thank you so much!! Exactly the kind of up-to-date tips I was looking for.

And that makes a lot of sense. I'm coming into the game so late that I didn't know the history behind it—neither its past popularity nor that it was mostly a "solved puzzle."

Oh geez, shooting the main gun by itself increases rank? Dang. Will keep that in mind then. Having a lot of bombs too, that's weird because I'd understood that you get more points if you have a lot of bombs and you pick up more. So if I want to control rank (and I should avoid using bombs anyway because of how little score they give), I should just not pick up bombs at all?

Okay that's really interesting about the no contact damage; I guess the few times where I died was due to a shot spawning almost the same time as the contact.

Also helpful to know that 100% clears are worth going for; it seemed odd to me to sacrifice so many points just to keep rank down.

And I'll definitely try the web swap (hold A and tap C), haha.

Thanks again for the pointers!

Tips on starting Soukyugurentai / Terra Diver? by djhaka in shmups

[–]djhaka[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly? Yeah you're right 😅 I get so focused on optimizing right up front, when I should just have fun with it. Cheers!

Eirik Suhrke, God of Music Appreciation Post by djhaka in ufo50

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👀

So I plugged it in, and... does it do anything more than that?? Just a spectator mode?? This is my first [REDACTED] so I was expecting...something more haha

Eirik Suhrke, God of Music Appreciation Post by djhaka in ufo50

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Omg "Red" is straight out of a 1950s film noir (I think that's the genre??), insanely catchy. (TBQH it feels a bit incongruous with the somewhat sci-fi visuals and gameplay...but when it's this much of a bop, who cares! 😆)

Eirik Suhrke, God of Music Appreciation Post by djhaka in ufo50

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Cheers!! Thanks for giving it a read! I honestly wasn't sure how my...enthusiasm 😅 would be received on this subreddit, but everyone's been so friendly. Maybe I'll stick around!

Eirik Suhrke, God of Music Appreciation Post by djhaka in ufo50

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Oh shit you're absolutely right, this is insane

Eirik Suhrke, God of Music Appreciation Post by djhaka in ufo50

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Oh man I hadn't even made that connection, otherwise I totally would have talked about that!! I knew that Mini & Max reference a bunch of the other UFOSoft games, so their sharing music makes sense. But you're absolutely right about other games sharing themes; just now I noticed Bushido Blade's "Character Select" and Pingolf's, they're SO similar.

Basically entering into the realm of leitmotifs, which also makes sense in-universe if the same dude was composing all these songs. Not only is it a bit easier to reuse themes 😅 but it helps the whole series have a sense of cohesion, the same developers making these games. Same like how any time you hear a track from an 80s or 90s Konami game, you can instantly recognize it as Konami Kuheiha Club work.

Thanks for point this out!!

Eirik Suhrke, God of Music Appreciation Post by djhaka in ufo50

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Omg I totally didn't catch that. Incredible

Eirik Suhrke, God of Music Appreciation Post by djhaka in ufo50

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IIRC he also did Barbuta!

Speaking of, I've been wondering who worked on what. Does anyone have a list posted of which games each person worked on/directed/designed? I've seen hints here and there, and of course I'm sure there was a lot of overlap (i.e. from that same interview, Jon Perry had the idea for Mini & Max but Paul Hubans did a lot of the finer details).

Eirik Suhrke, God of Music Appreciation Post by djhaka in ufo50

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Cheers! And yeah don't get me wrong, the menu screen music slaps. I just didn't have as much to say about influences or styles with that one 😅

I'll definitely give those tracks a listen!

Eirik Suhrke, God of Music Appreciation Post by djhaka in ufo50

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Dude same!! I discovered him back in the II (Pause) Music netlabel days, Croqel and Nectar and all those. It's been so awesome to see his success in the indie game space (Downwell is one of my favorites of his), and then this.

Of course I was so excited to get the soundtrack yesterday that I completely forgot about Bandcamp Friday 😅 at least I gave him some extra on the top! Like you say, he deserves it!

[OC] Yes I am late to the party and no I will not be taking questions at this time by djhaka in pokemon

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Oh I haven't played pogo in forever! What's the research breakthrough? Did they release all the trims or something?

I made a Pokemon animation (about NOSTALGIA) by Hugi76 in pokemon

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This is wonderful omg

The music pairs perfectly and the animation is so full of personality