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  May 23, 2026·Genre

  Co-op second-player animation in 2D shmups

  Co-op second-player animation in 2D shmups. Step by step, with the gotchas solo devs hit at 2 AM and the fixes that survive the second build.

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  May 23, 2026·Genre

  Boss-pattern tells: animation as fair warning in shmups

  Boss-pattern tells: animation as fair warning in shmups. Step by step, with the gotchas solo devs hit at 2 AM and the fixes that survive the second build.

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  May 17, 2026·Genre

  Shmup character animation: keep it small, keep it readable

  Shmup character animation: keep it small, keep it readable. A working overview for indie 2D devs — the real moves, the real numbers, no Adobe-suite buzzwords.

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  May 16, 2026·Genre

  The screen-clear bomb: animating panic buttons in shmups

  The screen-clear bomb: animating panic buttons in shmups. Step by step, with the gotchas solo devs hit at 2 AM and the fixes that survive the second build.

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  May 8, 2026·Genre

  Animated pilot portraits in 2D shmups

  Animated pilot portraits in 2D shmups. Step by step, with the gotchas solo devs hit at 2 AM and the fixes that survive the second build.