Blood Ship

Devlog

• A little more bullet hellish...
  March 03, 2025 by Neurocrasher

  Liberty's got a new bullet pattern. Other than that, most of the stuff I've been working on this week isn't ready for prime time. I've been working on the second level a little, working on new enemy d... Continue reading

  
• Numerous Visual Improvements!
  February 23, 2025 by Neurocrasher#shmup, #shmups, #STG

  Here's what's new: I've changed some of the background colors, the little islets off shore look a lot better, waves subtly crash onto the rocks of Ellis Island now, and because defeating the boss was... Continue reading

  
• Touch controls are back, baby!
  February 14, 2025 by Neurocrasher#shump, #shoot 'em up, #shooter, #STG, #mobile

  BOMB = DOUBLE-TAP BLOOD WEAPON = TWO-FINGER TOUCH I want lots of feedback before I mark the game as mobile-friendly so let me know what you think! I've wasted spent about 4 days total working on touch... Continue reading

  
• Cutscene #2 is in!
  February 10, 2025 by Neurocrasher

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  #shump, #STG, #shoot 'em up, #shooter, #pixel art

  Just added a new cutscene introducing the player-character, Major Hack! The cutscene is placed between the title screen and the first stage, so don't impatiently skip it! I'm feeling some art burnout... Continue reading

  
• The first cutscene is here!
  February 02, 2025 by Neurocrasher#shmup, #STG, #shoot 'em up

  Meet the villain of Blood Ship! You can check out the introductory cutscene, in game, right now! There's going to be another skippable cutscene that slots in between the title screen and the first sta... Continue reading

  
• It's heeeeere!
  January 29, 2025 by Neurocrasher

  So Blood Ship is public now. It's not done—not by a long shot—but I think it's time to start getting some feedback, so let me know what you think so far and don't forget to follow me for updates!... Continue reading

  
• Brand New Music
  January 26, 2025 by Neurocrasher

  I've finally replaced all the placeholder music with music I created myself so I can finally say all assets in this game are 100% my own creation. This is important to me because I am conceited. The m... Continue reading

  
• Gettin' There
  January 18, 2025 by Neurocrasher

  The blood weapon is working better, the bomb has been added, and there's a brand new power-up system that was shamelessly, uh, "borrowed" from Cho Ren Sha. There probably won't be a significant update... Continue reading

  
• Joysticky Clicky (No more touchscreen support)
  January 15, 2025 by Neurocrasher

  I've spent too much time trying to make touchscreen controls work. I'm pulling them out entirely (for now) and developing strictly for desktop. Nothing about mobile gaming interests me and I doubt man... Continue reading

  
• Touchscreens Hard
  January 15, 2025 by Neurocrasher

  I spent today debugging, cleaning up unused and poorly written assets, and trying to figure out why the hell my game wasn't properly running after a game over event. Touchscreen controls are kinda-sor... Continue reading

  
• The Blood Ship is Thirsty
  January 14, 2025 by Neurocrasher

  Touchscreen controls not implemented yet, but it may (should) work on mobile devices that are paired with a gamepad. If your gamepad doesn't fire with A, close Steam or any other app which may be modi... Continue reading