Almost more interesting than their story itself is this sidebar over at TIGSource. "Serious game journalists needed!" it proclaims in the headline. Next sentence? A salutation to those very same self-stylized Pauline Kaels of gaming: "Hey bitches."
But I digress. If you follow PC shmups at all, you will be well familiar with the work of Hikoza T. Ohkubo, the lone programmer behind the excellent all-boss shmup, Warning Forever. He has an excellent new game out, called Ray-Hound, which sounds very neat... like a reflective shmup.
The latest release from Mr. Warning Forever, RAY-HOUND is an action game which requires no shooting from the player's part. Trapped in a room with enemies consisting of turrets, you can retaliate by clicking on the left mouse button to muster a shield and send their shots back at them. The other method is to move your ship towards the lasers rapidly to initiate a boost and repel the beams of destruction.
This guy releases quite a few quality freeware shmups, so this is well worth checking out.
Hikoza's New Game [TIGSource]
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