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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

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DrBossKey @drbosskey.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

Good luck on the journey 🤘

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 3d

Improvements were made! 573k

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

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 5d

Haven’t played it!

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 5d

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

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 5d

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

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 7d

Morning Sketchbook Drawing
6” x 9”
Ink on paper

Thanks for looking

#sketchbook #kraten #artist #illustration #drawing

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 8d

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 · 9d

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 · 10d

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 · 10d

(please be shmups please be shmups)

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 10d

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 · 10d

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

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 11d

I didn’t realise how bad that slowdown was till I put the sound on (I was playing whilst listening to music) but then the in-game soundtrack stuttered so badly. Are you playing this one? Be interested to see if there’s a way to get the mame one running right.

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 11d

Looking at some of my clips I was learning the SDOJ stage 3 boss back in June… 3 months later I’m finally getting to grips with the stage 4 boss. At this rate it’ll be 2026 before I clear this shmup! Still loving the journey though, even as tough as it is.

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 11d

Updated score (from ps4 port) 514,240 - slowdown on mame made the bosses way easier (comparatively 😅)

NebulusRay stage 3, game over screen - score reads 514,240. PS4 port of the game

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 11d

Cheers, I played on the ps4 a bit back, & then at Arcade Club. Not put that much time in, maybe an hour? I think the slowdown on mame really helped this score… might post ps4/mame scores separately. No scoring tips that I can share yet.

Scowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 12d

Funny old game this one, only tried the mame port so far, some weird movement swing as the screen moves but I dig the visuals and sound. Played this at Arcade Club a bit, but managed to beat my score this evening

Stage 3 of Nebulus Ray, game over screen overlayed. Score reads 634,460

Nebulus Ray Candy Cab, title screen.

Nebulus Ray Candy Cab, Stage 2 with game over overlayed. Score reads 200,610