New SHMUP Programming Site launched!!

[Matt McFarland]

A new website, http://www.shmup-dev.com , which is focused on development of modern shoot 'em Up style games and the innovation of new games related to blowing stuff up, has been released! The site is mainly there for discussion on creating them, showcasing them, marketing them, etc..

As the site is new and just launched today, we're still in the process of modifying the look and feel, applying a new logo, and feedback would be greatly appreciated.

It will be great to see anyone of you guys that are into shooters there, especially if you could drop by a few minutes a day and read up on our latest posts and / or post a message of your own!

I welcome anyone to post/upload their games over there as well, if they would like to (you can do so in WIP section too) as a bonus for being a member!! :)

Size limit is 10 Megabytes. So if you need a place to store your game and it isn't too big, you've got a nice little home for it!

I hope to see you there, thanks for reading!!

[Matt McFarland]

Thanks to everyone who has visited.

According to our forum stats (http://www.shmup-dev.com/index.php?action=stats) (which seem to be more conservative then the webalizer stats) - We've had about 30,000 hits in 7 days, We've had nearly 500 unique posts in 7 days, and We've gained 100 members. The first week has been very good. I'm glad that people are joining up, because I really think that this site could help push the shmup genre forward into a whole new level.

My goal is to bring a positive spin to shmup's by putting everyone that likes to make them together. We'll talk business, we'll network with each other, we'll help each other out, and in return the market will have better shmups on the shelves. With better shmups on the shelves, portals that are more into arcade / action games can expect more sales and everyone has nothing but benefit coming out of this.

If anyone is trying to improve the inventory of the casual market it is me!! ;) (I know just about everyone here wants to do the same thing, right?)