Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Mar 16, 2022

  The app's UI & UX is very friendly & easy to use. There are many tools available and they can help creating enemies with complex movement & attack patterns. But it seems impossible to insert custom code - I only have played around with the software for 1 hour so I'm not really sure how will this impact on the game development experience later. (What if I want even more complex behaviors?)
• gamedeal user

  Mar 16, 2022

  I am just starting to get the hang of this intricate editor. So far I am liking what I am seeing, will write a more in-depth review once I figure out how to share my created games with my friends.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 16, 2022

  It is nice that shmup creator may fill the void of development tool specifically for shooting game. Very neat to create your own game, though some functions are still in lack, such as player speed shift, one-key flip and shoot as in Deathsmiles, player bullet which allows deflection along with joy stick etc, the tool itself is cool and has potential. Edited days later: The dev is working hard on bug fixing and various improvement, listening to users' feedback. The software is pretty easy to get on hand, not even more complex than some level editors in other games. You can go all out to make awesome level design or your merciless bullet hell without any knowledge of game development, all you need to know how each function works. Still, making high-quality levels requires thoughts and tons of testing and tilting, which is the source of pleasure of making your own shmup. Their are still a lotta things to be added, but it's totally worth it if you dig in right now.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 16, 2022

  After a short trail, I think the engine has an awesome user experience and it's easy to get started. Maybe I'm too lacking in experience,I fell confused when I want to make something more complex. I wonder if I can define more complex behaviors like bullets which shoot bullets or player with multiple weapons switched by specific keys or so. Sometimes not only enemies but also bullets I want them to move by waypoints. Sometimes I want to get parameters like how long an object have been allocated and more but I don't know where I can reach them. Also a code editor or morely editable objects can be considerable, for more techs, I think.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 17, 2022

  It has some really neat features that are incredible accessible. The tutorials are a nice touch. What it needs: click move (more mouse interaction in general) free scrolling (it currently only has follow the player but the camera moves by preset scrolling or waypoints) I want to make Diablo style action RPGs or action adventure game with it but there are a few features missing that would facilitate this
• gamedeal user

  Mar 18, 2022

  I love it! I hope the developers will include android export option and option to edit splash screen in the exported game.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 18, 2022

  Had to pawn my entire steam inventory and a few fingers to afford this software. Worth every penny. EDIT: Our team made a game with it! - https://teamvamp.itch.io/project-v Shameless self-plug, but I think it'll act as a nice presentation of the engine's capabilities, so you can see an example of what can be done with it. Cheers!
• gamedeal user

  Mar 19, 2022

  if you love STG and imagine that you can make an STG game but you don't have programming skill at all. you can make that happend! no need programming( just need logical thanks to trigger system) and you can make your own shmup easily! im highly recommend this tool for someone who want to be a gamedev for a first time.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 20, 2022

  Well as I now have used this for 20 plus hours time for a review. Firstly, this is what many, many people have been wanting for a very long time, it knocks the other "Shoot 'Em Up" game makers for six. Why? Simple, ease of use, powerful, you can see your ideas come to life within the editor and instantly, ultra smooth parallax scrolling, very, very fast bullet engine, importing assets is just a case of dragging your sprites, backgrounds etc, into the respective project folder, and as soon as you return to the editor it updates inside the "Game Box" ( the part of the editor that you choose your assets from ) Everything is changeable, bullet patterns, speed, scrolling, I could list them all, but do yourself a favour. If you have a shoot 'em up idea then just make the purchase, you will not regret it. Oh yes, the devs are always speedy and updates are always just around the corner, to date there have been 5 updates. Review Update 01: I have now been using this a lot lately and so far everything is falling into place, all the different editors, particles, weapons, enemies are so well laid out and easy to use. This really is a NO CODE option for all Shoot 'em up creators, 1st class software. Bugs are being fixed, but the bugs are no mega bad anyways. Still no crashes here either. Buy, Buy, Buy. Best purchase on Steam for a long long time. Review Update 02: Nearly 200 hours on this now and I have to say, it is still amazing. Updates are regular and not just bug fixes, new features, additions are being added. The devs are always helpful, and will respond to any queries and will engage with the user. Having a real blast, literally with this. Treat yourself even if you think you "might" want his, I'm sure you will be using it a helluva lot. Review Update 03: I have now over 300 hours on this. Firstly all that I said in my previous reviews is still true, but oh my has this software evolved. Now sound effects can have slight pitch variations, so when firing bullets or having explosions going off they can all have slight differences and that really is an awesome feature. Focus mode. This software just gets better and better, if your even just considering buying this, don't hesitate, just do it. The devs are always on hand to offer advice and bug fixes are getting much more rare now as the software is stable and almost bug free. Great stuff.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 22, 2022

  I'm gonna be a little harsh with this since there is a lot of reviews already pointing out the good things. (If you're looking into this for [b]Touhou[/b] reasons, please read the very last part.) First of all, simplicity is a huge upsite, but in this case it gets evened out by the limitations that come with it. There is no way of using complex ways to do things that aren't possible with this tool's simplicity. No costum code, no more than the slightest cosmetic changes for the 3 option Main Menu with a singular image for the title and a scrolling background behind it, aswell as similar things applying to the HUD of the game you're making. You can't truely costomize these things, rather only slightly reskin the evisioned preset design of the creator of this engine. The only places where you have full controll is the content of levels. As the examples show there is a lot of unique and interesting things you can do within these, despite the limited tools. But for me that exitement paled quickly as I realized that outside of these levels, you cannot create any kind of scene that isn't "a level" and have no real control over how different scenes connect. Game mechinacs are also something you can not truely control. There is basically only checkboxes for some features and if these are features are not something you'd like, you're basically sutck with having no interesting gameplay. With these flaws combined, any product made with this tool I'd come across I'd easily write off as "Oh, just some SHMUP Creator thing" and not look into it since I know, something made in this cannot truely be unique. [h1][b]My[/b] conclusion[/h1] is that this is fun to play around with and definitely someones passion project, but if you're looking into creating a serious and legit project, I'd recommend using less restrictive tools. Now, if you're interested into making any Touhou-related content with this I'd straight up recommend you to not buy. It basically lacks every single key feature you'd need to create anything coming close to Touhou's original formula. Starting with most basic ones such as speed variations on button press or a normal way to have power based shooting to set up of the screen. Alternatives are harder but look into them unless this gets big changes.