Scowsh
@scowsh.bsky.social
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
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My heart is racing. Crazy to see our game available on basically every major current video game platform.
#shmup #STG #indiedev #indiegame
#shmup #STG #indiedev #indiegame
Out from today on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, it's our bullet absorbin' indie shmup Schildmaid MX!*
Get it now at a 10% launch discount and stake your claim on the leaderboards.
*Switch版のみは日本にて11月27日発売
Get it now at a 10% launch discount and stake your claim on the leaderboards.
*Switch版のみは日本にて11月27日発売
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
My heart is racing. Crazy to see our game available on basically every major current video game platform.
#shmup #STG #indiedev #indiegame
#shmup #STG #indiedev #indiegame
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Episode 087 is available now! MetalFRO and Addicted delve into an oft forgotten Sega Genesis shmup that needs more love, Bio-Hazard Battle!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Vn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Vn...
Episode 087 - Bio-Hazard Battle (September 2025)
YouTube video by GameBoy Guru
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November 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Episode 087 is available now! MetalFRO and Addicted delve into an oft forgotten Sega Genesis shmup that needs more love, Bio-Hazard Battle!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Vn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Vn...
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Had fun streaming schildmaid this evening - got my best clear of the ExExer boss, some crazy patterns there! #schildmaidmx #stg #shmup
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Had fun streaming schildmaid this evening - got my best clear of the ExExer boss, some crazy patterns there! #schildmaidmx #stg #shmup
Had fun streaming schildmaid this evening - got my best clear of the ExExer boss, some crazy patterns there! #schildmaidmx #stg #shmup
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Had fun streaming schildmaid this evening - got my best clear of the ExExer boss, some crazy patterns there! #schildmaidmx #stg #shmup
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Schildmaid MX by @hitpstudio.bsky.social and @eastasiasoft.bsky.social is now available on all major platforms! Here is your chance to win a key for this incredible indie shmup.
Rules:
👉 Reply with "Weapon ready!"
👉 Share this post with your followers
Rules:
👉 Reply with "Weapon ready!"
👉 Share this post with your followers
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Schildmaid MX by @hitpstudio.bsky.social and @eastasiasoft.bsky.social is now available on all major platforms! Here is your chance to win a key for this incredible indie shmup.
Rules:
👉 Reply with "Weapon ready!"
👉 Share this post with your followers
Rules:
👉 Reply with "Weapon ready!"
👉 Share this post with your followers
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Out from today on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, it's our bullet absorbin' indie shmup Schildmaid MX!*
Get it now at a 10% launch discount and stake your claim on the leaderboards.
*Switch版のみは日本にて11月27日発売
Get it now at a 10% launch discount and stake your claim on the leaderboards.
*Switch版のみは日本にて11月27日発売
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Out from today on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, it's our bullet absorbin' indie shmup Schildmaid MX!*
Get it now at a 10% launch discount and stake your claim on the leaderboards.
*Switch版のみは日本にて11月27日発売
Get it now at a 10% launch discount and stake your claim on the leaderboards.
*Switch版のみは日本にて11月27日発売
Got myself a copy of Schildmaid MX to play in the go, if you’ve got a switch I recommend you do too 🤘Wish I had more time before work but at least it’s ready for my lunch break!
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Got myself a copy of Schildmaid MX to play in the go, if you’ve got a switch I recommend you do too 🤘Wish I had more time before work but at least it’s ready for my lunch break!
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This Wednesday, our shmup Schildmaid MX is finally arriving on all major current consoles!
To celebrate & pay homage to the games that inspired us, we'll be live streaming from perhaps the largest arcade on mainland Western Europe.
Join us on November 26 from 3PM GMT+1 at twitch.tv/mkstayontarget.
To celebrate & pay homage to the games that inspired us, we'll be live streaming from perhaps the largest arcade on mainland Western Europe.
Join us on November 26 from 3PM GMT+1 at twitch.tv/mkstayontarget.
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This Wednesday, our shmup Schildmaid MX is finally arriving on all major current consoles!
To celebrate & pay homage to the games that inspired us, we'll be live streaming from perhaps the largest arcade on mainland Western Europe.
Join us on November 26 from 3PM GMT+1 at twitch.tv/mkstayontarget.
To celebrate & pay homage to the games that inspired us, we'll be live streaming from perhaps the largest arcade on mainland Western Europe.
Join us on November 26 from 3PM GMT+1 at twitch.tv/mkstayontarget.
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Interview with Michiel of @hitpstudio.bsky.social, creator of Schildmaid MX, about retro shmups, indie development and the road to console release this Wednesday. www.bloggersander.nl/2025/11/inte... #shmup #xbox #playstation #nintendoswitch
Interview with Michiel Kroder from HitP Studio about Schildmaid MX
Interview with Michiel, creator of Schildmaid MX – about retro shmups, indie development and the road to console release.
www.bloggersander.nl
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Interview with Michiel of @hitpstudio.bsky.social, creator of Schildmaid MX, about retro shmups, indie development and the road to console release this Wednesday. www.bloggersander.nl/2025/11/inte... #shmup #xbox #playstation #nintendoswitch
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In about 1 and a half hour from now, at 1 PM GMT, we're going to be playing the soon-to-be-released #NintendoSwitch port of our #shmup #indiegame Schildmaid MX.
We would love to see you there at www.twitch.tv/mkstayontarget
We would love to see you there at www.twitch.tv/mkstayontarget
November 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
In about 1 and a half hour from now, at 1 PM GMT, we're going to be playing the soon-to-be-released #NintendoSwitch port of our #shmup #indiegame Schildmaid MX.
We would love to see you there at www.twitch.tv/mkstayontarget
We would love to see you there at www.twitch.tv/mkstayontarget
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Today at 5 PM EST (10 PM GMT), Jack of eastasiasoft will play more of our #shmup Schildmaid MX on Twitch.
And this time we will join the stream for a nice chat about the game and its development and to answer any questions you might have.
💥 www.twitch.tv/eastasiasoft
And this time we will join the stream for a nice chat about the game and its development and to answer any questions you might have.
💥 www.twitch.tv/eastasiasoft
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Today at 5 PM EST (10 PM GMT), Jack of eastasiasoft will play more of our #shmup Schildmaid MX on Twitch.
And this time we will join the stream for a nice chat about the game and its development and to answer any questions you might have.
💥 www.twitch.tv/eastasiasoft
And this time we will join the stream for a nice chat about the game and its development and to answer any questions you might have.
💥 www.twitch.tv/eastasiasoft
Think these photos capture how I really feel about my early morning runs…
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Think these photos capture how I really feel about my early morning runs…
Post call - got some wonderful stickers for my ‘mobile arcade station (wip)’™️ Some parodius, legendary wings & streets of rage - what an awesome service @joypadlad.bsky.social provides (not just saying that cos they called me rad promise 😅). On the lookout for more shmup stickers! #shmup #stickers
November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Post call - got some wonderful stickers for my ‘mobile arcade station (wip)’™️ Some parodius, legendary wings & streets of rage - what an awesome service @joypadlad.bsky.social provides (not just saying that cos they called me rad promise 😅). On the lookout for more shmup stickers! #shmup #stickers
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That's not all! The BIRDCAGE Original Soundtrack is out now! Featuring 40+ minutes of hyper-electronic, techno, rock and orchestra-infused sounds.🕊️🥚
nostoppingepoch.bandcamp.com/album/birdca...
nostoppingepoch.bandcamp.com/album/birdca...
BIRDCAGE Original Soundtrack, by Barry "Epoch" Topping
18 track album
nostoppingepoch.bandcamp.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
That's not all! The BIRDCAGE Original Soundtrack is out now! Featuring 40+ minutes of hyper-electronic, techno, rock and orchestra-infused sounds.🕊️🥚
nostoppingepoch.bandcamp.com/album/birdca...
nostoppingepoch.bandcamp.com/album/birdca...
November is turning into shmup month of the year for me: cleared sdoj, birdcage out today & schildmaid mx coming to consoles next week. Loving it!!!
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
November is turning into shmup month of the year for me: cleared sdoj, birdcage out today & schildmaid mx coming to consoles next week. Loving it!!!
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Only 10 days until Schildmaid MX is out for all current consoles!
Engage the Red Lanpherean Empire with your bullet absorbing shield... but be aware:
💥 you're extra vulnerable when your shield expires
💥 lasers reduce your shield's duration
💥solid projectiles will still pass through your shield
Engage the Red Lanpherean Empire with your bullet absorbing shield... but be aware:
💥 you're extra vulnerable when your shield expires
💥 lasers reduce your shield's duration
💥solid projectiles will still pass through your shield
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Only 10 days until Schildmaid MX is out for all current consoles!
Engage the Red Lanpherean Empire with your bullet absorbing shield... but be aware:
💥 you're extra vulnerable when your shield expires
💥 lasers reduce your shield's duration
💥solid projectiles will still pass through your shield
Engage the Red Lanpherean Empire with your bullet absorbing shield... but be aware:
💥 you're extra vulnerable when your shield expires
💥 lasers reduce your shield's duration
💥solid projectiles will still pass through your shield
Finally got the 1cc of DoDonPachi SaidaiOuJou on stream this evening 🥳 Still up now as I can’t sleep from excitement 😅 Been such a long journey with this game, so enjoyable but tough as nails! I had some great support from the community, so happy to get it 🤘 #sdoj #1cc #shmup #stg
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Streaming my sdoj 1cc attempts on twitch rn if you wanna stop by n watch the carnage. Be tgere and be square 🤘 www.twitch.tv/scowsh
scowsh - Twitch
SDOJ - 1cc Attempts
www.twitch.tv
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Streaming my sdoj 1cc attempts on twitch rn if you wanna stop by n watch the carnage. Be tgere and be square 🤘 www.twitch.tv/scowsh
Post a dramatic B&W selfie
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Post a dramatic B&W selfie
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Win a Steam key for Twilight Parade indie shmup by @super16bits.bsky.social 👹👺
Winners announced on SUN NOV-9 🎁
How to enter:
🧹 Reply with your favorite hori shmup
🧹 Repost this post
Winners announced on SUN NOV-9 🎁
How to enter:
🧹 Reply with your favorite hori shmup
🧹 Repost this post
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Win a Steam key for Twilight Parade indie shmup by @super16bits.bsky.social 👹👺
Winners announced on SUN NOV-9 🎁
How to enter:
🧹 Reply with your favorite hori shmup
🧹 Repost this post
Winners announced on SUN NOV-9 🎁
How to enter:
🧹 Reply with your favorite hori shmup
🧹 Repost this post
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Let's browse a bit through the eShop to see what games are coming out later this month on Switch and Switch 2 and oh..!
What's this?! 👀
If you come across Schildmaid MX as well, give it a wishlist add. You can do the same in the PSN and Xbox store!
#indiegame #indiedev #shmup
What's this?! 👀
If you come across Schildmaid MX as well, give it a wishlist add. You can do the same in the PSN and Xbox store!
#indiegame #indiedev #shmup
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Let's browse a bit through the eShop to see what games are coming out later this month on Switch and Switch 2 and oh..!
What's this?! 👀
If you come across Schildmaid MX as well, give it a wishlist add. You can do the same in the PSN and Xbox store!
#indiegame #indiedev #shmup
What's this?! 👀
If you come across Schildmaid MX as well, give it a wishlist add. You can do the same in the PSN and Xbox store!
#indiegame #indiedev #shmup
I’m just about the shmups.. ahem…. and mahjong 😅
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’m just about the shmups.. ahem…. and mahjong 😅