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Bullet Heaven
, also known as manic shooter, is a subgenre of shoot 'em up video games with large amounts of projectiles the player is required to dodge. Introduced in 1993 with ''Batsugun'' and initially limited to vertically scrolling shooters, bullet hell elements were later added to other genres. Pure bullet hell games remain a niche genre due to their high level of difficulty. History The origin of the bullet hell genre is attributed to Toaplan, a now-defunct Japanese video game studio that developed arcade shoot 'em ups. In 1993, the studio released ''Batsugun'', an innovative game that, after the first level, featured increasingly complex and hypnotic bullet patterns. In order to make the game more fair to players, only a small part of the player's ship served as the hitbox, rather than the entire vessel itself. This remains a tenet of bullet hell shooters, allowing players to navigate through seemingly impossible swarms of bullets. The company collapsed soon after, but former emplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ZUN (video Game Developer)
, known professionally as ZUN, is a Japanese video game developer and composer, known for creating the ''Touhou Project'' Shoot 'em up#Bullet hell and niche appeal, bullet hell shoot 'em up video game series through his one-man doujin group Team Shanghai Alice. ZUN developed the first five ''Touhou Project'' games for the Japanese PC-98, NEC PC-9800 computer series, with the first, ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'', released in August 1997; the series' signature ''danmaku'' mechanics were introduced in the second game, ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'' (also 1997). The release of ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' in August 2002 marked a shift to Microsoft Windows. Numerous sequels followed, including several spin-offs departing from the traditional bullet hell format. He has also collaborated with other circles to produce related Doujinshi, print works and Dōjin music, music albums. ''Touhou Project'' has become more particularly notable as a prominent source of Japanese ''dōjin'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enter The Gungeon
''Enter the Gungeon'' is a 2016 bullet hell roguelike video game developed by American studio Dodge Roll and published by Devolver Digital. Set in the firearms-themed Gungeon, gameplay follows several player characters called Gungeoneers as they traverse procedurally generated rooms to find a gun that can "kill the past". The Gungeoneers fight against bullet-shaped enemies, which are fought using both conventional and exotic weapons. ''Enter the Gungeon'' features a permadeath system, causing the Gungeoneers to lose all obtained items and start again from the first level upon death. Between playthroughs, players can travel to an area called the Breach, where they can converse with non-player characters and unlock new items randomly encountered while playing. Development on ''Enter the Gungeon'' started in 2014, when four Mythic Entertainment employees left the company to form Dodge Roll. Lead designer Dave Crooks gained inspiration for the term "Gungeon" after listening to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
