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SHMUP INDEX @shmupindex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Indies page now has 12 shmups, shared by the developers making them. Bullet Banshee, a roguelite with stacking items, lists September 29 as its release date. Ominous Descent, Plasma Sky, Cataclyzm and Wirehawk have open betas. shmupindex.com/indies

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Indies | shmupindex

New and upcoming indie shmups, straight from their developers: trailers, beta calls and store links.

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 28/09/2026

Whoa, I forgot the name of the series had an actual meaning in the first game #sages

Crescent lake sage says the fight against monsters is just a fantasy, hopefully the final one

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 28/09/2026

Dry assembly, next up is leg shaping! Speeding this up because apparently the plants need this to come inside for winter. #woodworking

A long narrow table on a woodworking bench with tools. The legs are thick and clunky for now

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Glitch Hunt @earlysun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They say plasma can take many shapes. In this example, it’s taking the shape of bot guts. #screenshotsaturday #indiegame

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 26/09/2026

Anyone else just poke their head the door a few times a day and sniff the air to see what’s going on out there? Am I a badger?

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Romain Macré - Wishlist Alexus 2040 on Steam @romainmacre.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No much to show, making the final changes for the demo (will be out next month). Showing a ship design made with the in-game editor. I'm pretty pleased with it, could have been in the game (very sped up). Wishlist Alexus 2040, if you dare. Thank you. #screenshotsaturday #shmup #indiedev

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 26/09/2026

I hear you all like snakes, so this week's seeded run of my shmup Plasma Sky is extra snakey! Wait, you don’t like snakes? Well there’s bombs for that. 🔊 Demo Oct 2! That’s next Friday!! store.steampowered.com/app/4951340/... #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 24/09/2026

There’s one mortise in 8 done. This’ll be a fancy lil plant stand!

A woodworking bench with tools and a table leg with one apron mortised into it

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Romain Macré - Wishlist Alexus 2040 on Steam @romainmacre.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Alexus 2040 is a 'fixed shooter' in the style of early 80's arcade. Release planned for end of 2026 (wishlist if you are interested): store.steampowered.com/app/3584730/... #WishlistWednesday #shmup #indiedev

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

YESSSS!! Took a couple days, but I now have one motor function that can lets penguins hit any point on anything with any point on any other thing. Probably one of the most versatile motor tasks I've made. SO happy with this! 🐧🐟🔨🙏🧊🚿🪵 #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I think I’ve posted this before, but I have a weird existential reaction whenever this is mentioned. I become genuinely angry and sad that a mini Star Trek theme park existed but at a time where I couldn’t go to it. Like. People got to sit in Quark’s ffs. And walk around the TNG bridge. Ffs.

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Peter Conti - Creative Director Conti Games @contigames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🎮 Screenshot Saturday! Having a little fun with one of the Stage 2 sub-bosses 😈 Sometimes you don’t need to rush the fight. Just toy with it a little first. 💥 store.steampowered.com/app/4282220/... #ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #shmup #bullethell #gamedev #bulletballet

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Asobitech @asobitech.com · 19/09/2026

When you love Game Boy, Japan, and SHMUPS. I am pretty sure that’s all the Japanese ones. How many of these have you played?

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 19/09/2026

This week's seeded challenge run of my shmup Plasma Sky. It's a good run until I get greedy at the end, and as a bonus it's in Japanese! Yeah I got it working! Are the fonts good? Worried they're Japanese papyrus. 🔊 Demo Oct 2! store.steampowered.com/app/4951340/... #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 19/09/2026

Garrrr, achievements need translation too? And rich presence? Y'all ever notice how features just keep kind of like creeping? I'm probably the first one. #gamedev #gameloc

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 18/09/2026

Got to travel without heavy smoke this week, such a relief

A lake with a plateau and clear sky behind

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Damien McFerran @damienmcferran.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Who in their right mind would launch a website NOW? Us, actually! 😀 Welcome to @steamhype.com! We've assembled a compact but talented team in @dominictarason.com & Noah McFerran (very much a relation) to keep you updated on the wild & wacky world of Steam! Visit and be sure to tell your friends!

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 13/09/2026

🆕🎮Plasma Sky is coming to Steam My 2013 shmup rebuilt for PC with a ton of new stuff! Weekly challenge gauntlet, friend leaderboards, score tracer, TATE and Steam Deck modes. It looks super pretty on deck! Demo Oct 2! Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/4951340/... #shmup #indiedev #gamedev

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 13/09/2026

Two concepts from the game I almost shipped are finalists for the Concept Art Awards! We had such great art for that game, and it played good too! That Star Bear could juuummmp. www.artstation.com/artwork/418roW www.artstation.com/artwork/2L8eQB www.conceptartassociation.com/caa-2026 #gamedev

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Starbear > Star Lancers, Vinod Rams

The Starbear is a creature created by the evil god that resides in the planet, it is not a naturally occurring creature, rather an aberration that intrudes on the landscape. I uses brute force and it’...

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 13/09/2026

Finally started playing Road Warden, really liking it. My character is definitely too nice and going to end up starving in the woods though.

Screenshot from the game, an illustration plus text describing the scene

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Flame, Forest & Flood @flameforestflood.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It’s #ScreenshotSaturday in the indie gaming world, and we wanted to celebrate with a sweet Garden snap 🌱 Flame, Forest & Flood is a cozy strategy game, but you also get a sweet Garden of your own to customize & chill in! 🙇✨ store.steampowered.com/app/3096460/... #indiegaming #cozygame

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 12/09/2026

I've made a lot of systems for "character wants to be near other character" but this is the only one I'm 100% happy with. In my shmup Plasma Sky your motion lines the wingmen up, or blocks a bullet as a last resort. Demo Oct 2. store.steampowered.com/app/4951340/... #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 12/09/2026

Progress on the plant table. My layout didn’t quite match my guide, but it won’t show so oh well. I’ll taper these legs later so they aren’t giant chonky blocks #woodworking #handtools

Wood pieces on a workbench, one with mortise holes chiseled on two sides

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Romain Macré - Wishlist Alexus 2040 on Steam @romainmacre.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The new final boss (final final). It takes some liberties with the colour palette: the 'hairs' use a gradient that wouldn't be possible using my 16-colour palette. It's the final boss after all. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3584730/... #screenshotsaturday

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🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I do not related to being bored. I have SO many things I love and want to do and never enough time to do it. Puzzles, games, baking and cooking, sewing, knitting, reading, etc etc etc... Overwhelmed? Yeah. Exhausted? Absolutely. Broke? Yup. Unmotivated? Sure. Bored? Never.

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 11/09/2026

Disaster! Steam has leaked our chievos. Why will anybody collect all the baguettes if they know in advance they'll be rewarded? What if we think of better stupid puns at the last minute? Is it too late to pay the ransom? #gamedev

Email from steam saying achievements have been leaked

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MorseAmalgam @shitposting.zone · 08/09/2026

The fact that the most coherent AI shit still looks like it was overseen by someone with your dad's level of understanding of your hobbies feels like it says plenty about the motivation and end goal of any project like this

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VoidBurger (AKA Jess) @voidburger.com · 08/09/2026

Everyone disturbed by Link looking moist are people with no imagination, no capability to fill in the blanks of the limited graphics of the time. He was always intended to be moist. I always imagined him moist. The boy is moist. Sorry you were left out of the moistness I always knew he posessed

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Rogue Duck Interactive @rogueduck.net · 09/09/2026

Between Adventures IDLE is OUT NOW in Early Access ⚔️✨ hunt creatures. bring home the loot. enchant your gear. train, craft, gather, repeat. store.steampowered.com/app/3702540/... #indiedev #indiegames

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 08/09/2026

I haven't beaten this week's Plasma Sky challenge run yet, but I'm learning its tricks. This try had a nice arc. Struggle, revenge and overwhelming power, decline and sacrifice, ignoble defeat. 🔊 Demo Oct 2nd! store.steampowered.com/app/4951340/... #gamedev #indiedev #shmup

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GODSCALE - Wishlist on Steam @pixelcrown.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Combat in Godscale is intense, a mix of blade strikes, destructive magic spells and use of tactical tools. Master the combos and leverage the environment to outsmart your foes. #Godscale #IndieGame #Gaming #ActionRPG #GameDev

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 07/09/2026

Recently mentioned to @extentofthejam.bsky.social how primitive my text handling is, and this morning I realize I'm showing steam user names on the in game scoreboard. Oh noooooooooooo #gamedev

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 06/09/2026

In honor of show season, here’s the entirety of the original Torchlight booth. Look at those fancy banners! I think we had to tear the perforated edges off them before hanging. #gamedev

Torchlight game booth at a trade show. Three computers, each with a monitor showing the game and a simple paper banner above.

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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just tap the link in the bio HERE: @etheringtonbros.bsky.social #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 05/09/2026

This boss is Skybreaker! In this clip I'm definitely losing wingmen on purpose, like those mobile ads that try to make you feel smart. It's not because I'm getting older and worse at shmups. #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev

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Wulo 👉 Wishlist Dwarf Legacy 🦇 @thewulo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

In my game you fight 1 Bazilion Bats to find the one who commited Tax Evasion. #indiegames #indiedev #steam

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 04/09/2026

Holy crap, the jukebox in my head still knows what day of the week it is? Probably just coincidence

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Friday I'm in Love

YouTube video by The Cure - Topic

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 04/09/2026

Somehow nailed it for me even though I only put in objectively correct answers. I’ve been wondering if I’m really from Idaho anymore but I guess that’s settled

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Adriaan @adriaan.games · 04/09/2026

Once in a while I remember that Japanese VTuber Inugami Korone (associated with HoloLive) played Hidden Folks for 9 hours imitating basically every sound, just laughing for the entire time. It was clipped a trillion times because it was sooooooo good. Here's one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_2d...

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Korone Laughs Herself Silly at the SFX in Hidden Folks (Inugami Korone/Hololive) [ENG SUB]

YouTube video by osakaki

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 03/09/2026

Hearing a surprising amount of Donald Rumsfeld quotes at SLICE today. #unknowns #gamedev

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Bat Galactic @batgalactic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Started working on this boss long, long ago. Now I'm finally going to finish it

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 30/08/2026

Just finished Cobalt Core, it was dope and the finally was rad. Such fun writing!

Screenshot from the game, character says to Use the power for friendship!!

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Sometimes people will discuss why indie devs are slow compared to arcade GOATs and there's a lot of answers to this but I think one aspect ppl need to talk about more is that so many indies learn development a lot but barely get to apply it cuz theyre always moving to new shit they gotta learn

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John Dunbar 🎮🔨 @spikepitgames.com · 29/08/2026

The new challenge mode got a lot more fun when I added the score tracer and tracker. They show current vs your best run per level, and also color code best for the level in any run. Shmup pros please tell me if there's a better setup! Would you want different info? 🔊 #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev

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