Uchūsen Gamma, a new game in development by usebox.net

Impressive graphics!

Indeed.. Looking forward to the final game!

Great, if you're thinking of doing a physical release, count me in!

Nice! Has bit of a Star Force vibe to it, but then with smoother scrolling :)

Awesome! Looks great!

A bit more progress, I have three stages ready!

https://twitter.com/reidrac/status/1173230839821406208

I'm aiming at 5, but because I moved to a 48K cart (32 was not enough), I may have space for more. It all depends.

I've been following your progress on Twitter and the game looks quite nice and colorfull. Looking forward to the release!

I enjoy it a lot when developers keep us updated on twitter. The previews, struggles and eureka moments are truly entertaining. So please, keep doing that

Thanks for your support!

I'll continue with the updates on Twitter, although as I get to the end of the game, there will be less things to talk about (other than the struggles, that is! ).

The game website is ready: https://www.usebox.net/jjm/uchusen-gamma/

I'll announce dates soon (few bits need to be confirmed), but things are looking promising.

Cool, I will be up for the cartridge.

Thanks. Looking forward to your new release!

The game has been released!

Hey, cool, congrats!

Played for a bit, some thoughts:

• esc to exit the demo is a bit odd (on MSX anyway), space is the common key for this;
• the bullets on the orange honeycomb backgrounds (stage 2) can be hard to spot (depends a bit on your monitor/gamma settings etc);
• perhaps you can alternate the green text with another color, like orange?
• perhaps display power-up level at top bar;
• also enable the N-key (easier to reach on some keyboards) (Konami-style )
• have you considered using a smaller hitbox? (though it's o/c certainly no bullet hell )
• consider a boss time-bonus (e.g. the stage 2 boss: you can be lazy, or aggressive, which could be rewarded )

The random speedy bullets makes sure you have to stay alert

Thanks/cheers!

You can do it by yourself! The form is here
https://www.msx.org/news/submit

Not sure if you care/appreciate, I played some more, some final remarks/feedback:

(Is the 1.0 rom you released also the gold master for the cart?)

• also allow power-up pick ups when you're maxed powered up, just reward with a nice amount of points
• yellow warning signs seem more 'cool' to me (more closely represent actual warning signs);
• bosses could be more dangerous if they feature these random fast bullets as well?
• use an alternate / more severe destruction sound if your own ship gets destroyed;
• bullet on pink backgrounds stage 4 can be difficult to discern as well.

Of course, pretty nice playing & well polished game anyway/already. The chain system is cool (damn it, 8 again ) can't recall an MSX game that features it? Now to play it w/o openMSX reverse.. Congraburation!

Welcome & thanks, I do realize it's perhaps a bit like mustard after dinner () (when you've gone gold already )

I also only learned about Night Knight last week, very cool as well, digging the skeleton sprite

That one also reminded my a bit of Alter Ego, the originally for ZX game you probably know. There's an excellent MSX port (which was an MSXdev'11 entry) as well by TNI, which is based on the NES port by Shiru. Check it out, plays really well :)

Keep it up!