In development from Tzai Entertainment, Shoot Music Up (SHMUSICUP) is a vertical-scrolling PC shooter the generates enemy bullet patterns based on MP3’s chosen from players’ collections.
It’s unclear how stage progression would enter in at the moment, but Tzai released a trailer to help demonstrate the core music concept, which you can catch after the break.
You can also keep an eye on updates at the game’s site over here.
I have mixed feelings. More shmups are good shmups. However I’ve never been sold on the whole “create levels based on your music” genre. I’d almost rather the game have it’s own music and bullet patterns (Rez?) than choosing Iron Maiden’s Transylvania and having bullets shoot at me randomly. ;) Also I’d want a $10 XBLA game rather than a PC game.
Comment by Ujn Hunter — October 28, 2010 @ 2:10 pm