Chris O'Regan chats to Nathan Fouts of Mommy’s Best Games about the design and development of their shmup, Shoot 1UP DX.


Shoot 1UP DX updates the 2010 Xbox Live Indie multi-way scrolling shoot 'em up for modern platforms, but of course retains the central gimmick that collected 1UPs give the player actual on-screen extra ships.


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Music featured from Shoot 1Up DX and is by Hamdija Ajanovic and can be bought from here:
 
https://store.steampowered.com/app/408150/Shoot_1UP__Soundtrack/
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The Sausage Factory is an interview-based podcast that lifts the lid on the makers of videogames. It examines the way in which games are made by asking the very people who create them, though the questions asked aren't just about game design, they also cover how developers made their start and what inspires them as creators.
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