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Night Mares, a shmup where you are a horse with co-op capabilities (nationalvelvett.itch.io)
submitted 1 month ago by Elevator7009@lemmy.zip to c/shmups@lemmus.org
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[–] Elevator7009@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have mostly just played Touhou Project, a few early mobile games back before everything was freemium whose names I forget, but… first shmup where I ever wanted the ability to shoot behind myself. Got my first clear with the Shoe Gun. Made the leaderboard for #10 with the Saxobeam on Normal and I'm surprised, because I don't consider myself any good at these games (maybe it being a small indie with not much competition helps)?

Enjoyable and cute art.