How I Made My FIRST EVER Bullet Hell Game For #BulletHellJam2021

Thrills, spills, drama, suspense, action, danger; my first ever bullet hell game for #BulletHellJam was an experience containing none of these.

Instead, I worked with an amazing artist (who happens to be my partner) in creating one of the best-looking games I've ever had the pleasure of working on. IN A WEEK.

[FullMoonGame]

This looks like a fleshed out game already, great job!

[Dying-chambers]

When you talked about a "proximity feature".
It reminded me of a very niche mechanic.
I think you'd know about "CAVE" and their bullet hell games.
Well, in one of them.
"Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi" (yes that's it's full name), there is a scoring feature, scores in the game are represented by green squares with numbers on them (called Chips).
The scoring feature is that the more closer you are to an enemy the bigger the score is.

[WallJumpGames]

This game was great! It was really awesome, can’t believe this was made in a week, even with 2 people. Also yeah, that video would be really cool! I hope you’ve gotten some sleep since then :)

[BigJDawg]

Harry is amazing. Jealous of each of your art abilities. Thank goodness for pixel art lol

[LTGD]

You can _draw_ ? Since when?! Also 'Square Fred Jumping Around Squaresville' better be coming to Steam soon.

[NamidaSai]

No one:
Me: *pew pew pew* hahaha

Really, really, REALLY amazing game and perfect devlog to go with it. You’re on a roll, can’t wait to see what comes next!

[thackestk]

You 2 did an amazing job with the time allocated
Can’t wait to see what you guys brew up next

[cargorunner]

Absolutely stunning game. Love the visuals. What a great I can code but I can't do art to save my life. I have never found an artist so I get stuck on the "squares" or "place holder" stage and give up. I am going to try again in 2024. Maybe I can find someone great to work with after hearing your inspiring story! Can't find a finished full game for sale. Shame you two didn't do the full game. It has so much potential

[floorbeardthepirate]

I love this so much! If H worked on this and added some more enemies and bosses, this would make a great mobile game!

[HellsnakeMusic]

This game was one of the best from the jam! Congrats! :)

[XanderwoodGameDev]

Great devlog dude. A bullet hell jam sounds fun. Maybe I'll see you in the GMTK jam 👍

[calinvlad]

Boy, this game looks amazing!
Visually it reminds me of older PopCap games (good stuff).

[anaibrahim]

Wich tjat the vid didn't end
I enjoyed every step of it
Great work

[RewdanSprites]

Damn. This channel needs more subscribers. I'd like to hear your viewpoints on the mechanics of bullet hells.
Subbed and looking forward to more content!

[ikagura]

The animal useage reminds me of Agony.

[Playburger]

Hope you won this jam :)! It is a really good one, should be on steam already i gues :)? Such Pieces should not only be used for a game its about 2 years - whats up - whats new :)!?

[timestopgames]

No way this is so cool! I remember participating in this Game Jam and also making my first bullet hell game. I've been continuing to work on it for 2 years now and it's close to releasing as a full game! I would much appreciate it if you checked out the demo and gave me some feedback. There's also a trailer on my channel you can watch! Thanks your submission was awesome!

[alfredkoehne]

Link is in the discription.

*Looks ind discription"

Aaah Shit here we go again.

[LumiLace]

What software did you use to make the game?

[FireButtonGaming]

10/10 would laugh as people try to kill me again.