Schildmaid MX out on all current consoles and PC

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

Shield based shmups UNITE

The latest on my friend and HitP Studio programmer @alterhaudegen.bsky.social is that he's showing "significant improvement" and that he's making great physical and mental progress in recent weeks. The treatment results have exceeded the doctors expectations, so it's all really hopeful! 🙂

Michiel Kroder from @hitpstudio.bsky.social shares his memories of discovering Street Fighter II The World Warrior on the latest podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/25pC...

Our brother @sonorode.com's danmaku Warding Witches is now out on Steam, with a 25% launch discount window! Get that shiiii... store.steampowered.com/app/3536520/...

It's never not fun to talk arcade games, especially with Wayne of Coin-Op Conversations! ❤️

I plugged some holes in my collection of #90shiphop #vinyl

I hope I have made @mkstayontarget.bsky.social proud. Earned my platinum for #SchildmaidMX today. It is my 53rd platinum earned and I hit Level 400 on my PS account. I’m ready for the @caneandrinse.com episode on it.

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Hey! I'm Sonorode - I make noise and code witchy bullets. I make ⚡EDM and 🎮VGM, but here on bluesky, you'll predominantly see posts and dev insights about my bullet hell shoot 'em up Warding Witches ✨🧹 Come join the discord if you're interested in either!

Need to hear me bang on about arcades even more? I was a guest on the mighty Coin-Op Conversations. Pick three #arcade games that shaped your life and games career! I went for Progear, GHOST Squad, and… 2p machines (AKA ‘coin pushers). open.spotify.com/episode/596H...

Michiel was invited to the Gangelt Games Festival to showcase our #shmup Schildmaid MX. This small event is focused on #retrogaming and local multiplayer, with collectors bringing in some of their more rare hardware and software for visitors to enjoy. We also made new friends and Schildmaid fans!

Listening to this right now and loving it!

With the boy Hans in Heidelberg. Send him all your spirit energy!

I had my PS2 Slim region modded and grabbed me a copy of Arika's excellent port of Espgaluda. Trilogy complete! I played it in MAME in the past, but now I'm naturally more invested and diving in.

Some of you know, but we haven't made a public statement yet... The past few months we've been going at 50% strength as programmer Hans (pictured left) has been hospitalized with a brain tumor. Results from his treatment are positive and I hope beyond everything that my friend recovers - Michiel

Game development Insight Story from @hitpstudio.bsky.social 💜 youtu.be/cuEP0JgdI6k?... #indiedev

Love that when Hans does something he does it right! Kudos to that man 🫡

irem #ドット絵

Windex Xenomorph 💦

I mentioned it as it was a perfect example for that part of the writing… a wonderful part of the genre’s evolution! Part of its history!

We made history! 😮 In the newly released book Arcade Adventures by @lostincult.co.uk, writer @spadgy.bsky.social graciously mentions our Schildmaid MX in an illustrious lineup of #indiegames that he thinks successfully build on the foundation of arcade #shmups to explore new directions.

So you are saying @mkstayontarget.bsky.social was there, he was in contact of what my childhood was even though I never set foot in Netherlands? Cool. Snake It was awesome. Everything Ronald Pieket Weeserik made was awesome. Hype had a BIG influence on me as a shmup developer.

Our @mkstayontarget.bsky.social was invited to the Local Dutch Institute of Sound & Vision to talk about preservation of his game Schildmaid MX. And while he was there, he got a tour of the massive media vaults... and stumbled across the works of the Byte Busters!

Catching up on some magazines that arrived this week, love seeing pixels in print! Always enjoy @spadgy.bsky.social copy & an article about my favourite @hitpstudio.bsky.social Schildmaid MX? Yes please! Lovely evening reading, whilst the little ones enjoy a movie #print #indiegames #mags #shmup

Becoming the guy who thinks the best thing a game designer can do is to pick a shmup they like and learn to 1CC it. So much game design juice there, just marinade in that stuff

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youtu.be/FF8rJHwcnlc?... Let's Travel To The Past!🤩 @hitpstudio.bsky.social @canalbitsman.bsky.social #retro #indiedev #8bit #16bit #nostalgia

We have very talented and cool friends. Check this and Schildmaid MX out.

Wicked selection there! Personally, I fell in love with the Mayflash F500 & never looked elsewhere 😅 I’ve swapped out various levers & buttons, only got new art for one though. Favourite lever right now in LS-40 with sanwa buttons, my shmup go to stick 🕹️

Schildmaid MX HAS PASSED Debug Magazine!

Yes - a great game and a great mag. What a pairing! (Print forever! :) )

We’ve been featured in a real life paper magazine yet again! And it’s in the beautiful quarterly #indiegames focused @debugmag.com Considering the amount of indie games that come out each quarter, we’re extremely happy that our #shmup Schildmaid MX got a 2 page spread in this cool publication 🙏🏻

We're in the upcoming doc "Press Start for Nostalgia" by Bruno Ramos, about the relationship and fascination of older gamers with the media of their youth. In this video we talk about the film, why Schildmaid MX is in it and about Bruno's profession as a colorist (EN subs). youtu.be/Hv0quKgd2Gs?...

I'm back in print again, this time for Debug #14! Grab a copy to read my reviews of Cairn (@thegamebakers.com), Into The Grid (@flatlinestudios.bsky.social) & Menace (@overhypestudios.bsky.social). Those reviews were joined by an ICYMI feature on @hitpstudio.bsky.social's Schildmaid MX!

R.I.P. to a legend

This weekend I’m recording a podcast about #PanzerDragoon II Zwei with @caneandrinse.com, so it’s time to pull my collection of games in the series off the shelf for a group pic… and play a bunch of Zwei, of course!

Press Start for Nostalgia. A doc about retro games and nostalgia feels is coming out soon! It will have a screening in NL first on may 3rd, after that also in Brazil and eventually on YouTube. Very professionally made, and it has me in it as well! A must watch, of course. #retrogaming

mod skills +1 cables, schematics & fitting all present & CORRECT woop

Debug #14 arrives like a blanket on a cold winter’s day with one of our most enchanting features to date… Join Vince Pavey as he dives deep into Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth with the team at Hyper Games! Available March 14: debu.gg/14

Why are we in an upcoming documentary by Bruno Ramos on what role nostalgia plays in the world of video games? He talks about it here. www.youtube.com/shorts/Hyk-3...

Some (but not all) of the games that were most important to me, over the years. #My9Games #私を構成する9つのゲーム my9games.com/s/9b7efc9c00...