switch 'n' shoot
Switch 'N' Shoot (Matt Glanville)
"Blast and dodge your way through a neverending onslaught of alien badbutts in Switch 'N' Shoot" - Author's description Download on itch.io (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android)
shmup
DRM
Death Ray Manta SE (Future Of Videogames)
"Two sticks, one fish, some flashing lights. Death Ray Manta is, quite definitely, a videogame in the purest sense. Rejigged, rebuilt, remastered for Steam in the year of our Molyneux 2015." - Author's description Purchase on Steam (Windows) Purchase on itch.io (Windows)
Michał Rostocki
Thief of Bagdad: a flying carpet Arabian side shooter (Michał Rostocki)
"For both the story and visual style I took inspiration from "The thief of Bagdad" a 1924 classic silent adventure movie with Douglas Fairbanks." - Author's description Play / download on itch.io (Browser, Windows)
free
Star Claws Trilogy Arcade (1CC Games)
"a tribute to the greatest Sci-Fi films of all time, now with 100% more cats and Twitter" - Author's description Play / download on itch.io (Browser, Windows, Mac) [Via @1CCGames]
windows
XYDONIA (Breaking Bytes)
"a Japanese-inspired 2D arcade shoot 'em up." - Author's description Download demo here (Windows) [Via @Locomalito]
free
Gekidan Machina (フランスパンの魔王)
"撃弾マキナは弾幕シューティングです" - Author's description Author's note: "２面までの試作版です" Download demo here (Windows) [Via @ILDAGABAH1]
free
Bullet Space (Blank Box Games)
"a short shooter where you can battle 5 bosses in any order." - Author's description Author's note: "Complete various challenges to unlock a secret 6th boss" Download on itch.io (Windows) [Via Ashton]
free
Pew Pew Heads (orange)
"Battle and destroy 7 different bosses in this arcade action shooter game made in 72 hours for the Indies VS Gamers jam." - Author's description Download on Game Jolt (Windows)
free
Aviator Arcade II (Mark Hindsbo, Saul Cross)
"The first three of ten planned levels" - Author's description Download demo on itch.io (Windows)
free
LOBST★R BOSS (Andrew Shouldice)
"Made for the Winnitron over a weekend." - Author's description Download on itch.io (Windows, Mac) [Via @dicey]
free
INFINOS 0 (PICORINNE SOFT)
"TOOLcshooting game builder" - Author's description Download here (Windows) [Via @picorinne_soft]
windows
Space Cat (Yavin Levin)
"Your mission sounds simple - kill all the space mice using your intergalactic cannon, However to make it through to the next level your reflexes alone won't do - you must also find the most efficient way to win without running out of ammo." - Author&