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Scowsh

@scowsh.bsky.social

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Musician, shmup/stg enjoyer, & educator. Creating music for games 🎶🤘🎶

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Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · Sep 22

Just 1cc’d Battle Garegga on a practice run. Unbelievable, I love it when that happens but what do I do now!? No way I’ll sleep anytime soon 😂 #shmup #stg #battlegaregga #1cc #glowsquid

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna stream the current state of affairs regarding the DOJ later today…

(by DOJ I mean DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou and by state of affairs I mean how stage 5 continues to beat me down in stream after stream of bullets)

I’m not sure where I was going with this ‘bit’

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 2d

Lovely pixels 🥹

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 3d

Would enjoy getting involved again - depends on sdoj progress though haha

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「ＹＡＳＥ」MasterWho @masterwho.yase.world · 3d

youtu.be/7llhqYNLQMU

I will be playing in Calice Cup 11! 😤
#shmup focused high score tournament throughout Nov.!

Free to join for all skill levels, if you're shmup-curious and looking to get some broad experience, or if you're a seasoned shooter- come play STG!

calice.snowcrash.fun/tournaments/25

La Calice Cup 11 Trailer

YouTube video by dent4f

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martydyr.bsky.social @martydyr.bsky.social · 4d

Doujin Discordancy!! - Newest edition of Shmup_Lyf is out now! Grab it on MagCloud or Itch (Links below). Hope you enjoy this newest exploration of the doujin space, looking at their very human discordant qualities.

Reposted by Scowsh

DrBossKey @drbosskey.bsky.social · 6d

Pixel Pilots shmup round up news drop is out, yay we had a spot and @djear.bsky.social game too! The shmup-o-sphere is alive and well friends!

youtu.be/DFozw5uPWns

#IS1 #Shmup #indiegame #ModernRetro #videogames🌟🎮

Shmup Drops: August / September 2025

YouTube video by Pixel Pilots

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 6d

Good luck on the journey 🤘

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 7d

Improvements were made! 573k

Star Gunner high score screen. Scowsh’s top score is now 573,485

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 7d

Very interesting game! Normal mode is kicking my ass, managed 390k. That was me scraping through to stage 3…

Star Gunner High Score screen. Scowsh’s score reads 394,910

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 9d

Haven’t played it!

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 9d

absolutely haha Even the zakos are like the trickiest little buggers. Took me a month to get used to looking at the player sprite too.. something about it makes it kinda tough to follow at first

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 9d

As much fun I’m having with it, there’s still the feeling I’m missing out on other shmups 😭😅

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 9d

If I’m being honest, I thought I’d have cleared sdoj by now… started playing it may/june time. Only just getting started on stage 5. Toughest game I’ve tried to clear yet.

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 9d

So there’s ´´bullet curtains’´ and then there’s this 😳 Maybe dial it back a bit 😂

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 10d

Absolute pleasure - judging from what I’ve played so far this really is gonna be something special. Best indie game I’ve played this year, good luck on the launch!

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 10d

Here’s a C rank clear of the demo for those interested: youtu.be/wTQfH94kNv8?...

Birdcage Demo - Normal Clear - C Rank

YouTube video by Scowsh

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 10d

Put the sdoj grind on hold to play the birdcage demo and wow! The sword feels as cool as it looks, the music by is sooo good and I had an absolute blast playing around with the normal mode demo. Now I can’t wait for the full game! #shmup #stg #birdcage

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Aaron Kraten @aaronkraten.bsky.social · 11d

Morning Sketchbook Drawing
6” x 9”
Ink on paper

Thanks for looking

#sketchbook #kraten #artist #illustration #drawing

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 11d

Haha yeah that’s really cool, my other fun time is catching people still in a takeaway at 5:30am still out from the night before, a real clash of worlds right there 😂

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 12d

Up at 5am to do a long run before work, felt like a little adventure. Really cool to see bits of Manchester totally empty, might run through more of the city next time #jog #outdoors

Oxford Road in Rusholme in Manchester very early in the morning.

Manchester Museum on Oxford Road in Manchester very early in the morning.

RNCM on Oxford Road in Manchester very early in the morning.

Manchester Library very early in the morning.

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Music Weeklies Challenge @musicweeklies.bsky.social · 13d

Diversion… let’s create one through music. This week’s prompt is 🎶diversion🎶 Create your track & post here, to our discord or tag us with the hashtag #diversion by next Monday 6th October #muwee

Snow landscape. In the foreground is a Diversion signpost.

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 14d

Oh yeah you gotta do what works for you! But also I’ll be here when the shmup/stgs arrive haha

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 14d

(please be shmups please be shmups)

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 14d

Maybe there aren’t enough… got a ‘hand’ cam, game cam, joystick movement, background art… perhaps I should add a face cam, heart rate monitor, eye tracking, current calorie intake, vo2 max, mic, internal joystick mic, weather tracker, current mood indicator & possibly cpu/gpu usage. That’d sort it.

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 15d

I need to look at my settings then, maybe I’ve got too many overlays running 😉