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www.libsdl.org/

Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D.

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Shoot 'Em Up

Shoot 'Em Up or shmup games are a subset of shooter games where the player continually moves forward while waves of enemies enter the screen. Both shooting and dodging are critical to advancing. See also Bullet Hell.

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made with SDL tagged Shoot 'Em Up (28 results)

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Explore games made with SDL tagged Shoot 'Em Up on itch.io. Shoot 'Em Up or shmup games are a subset of shooter games where the player continually moves forward while waves of enem · Upload your games made with SDL to itch.io to have them show up here.

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Taisei Project
Open-source Touhou fangame
Akari
Shooter
Hildegarde & Lombard
Horseback arcade shooter
E. Lowell
Shooter
C-Hoot 'Em Up
This game is a shoot 'em up / R-Type game coded in C (hence the name).
Charatanuki
Shooter
LowRes Galaxy ZERO
Endless highscore space shooter
Inutilis Software
Shooter
Space Gamma
Endless shoot'em up
DamianLDF
Shooter
Mission 23
Spaceships and aliens for one or two players hell yeah
MascaChapas27
Shooter
Lemon Impact
Small minigame inspired by Kaneko Lumi and Space Impact
David_ca6
Play in browser
Protecc Squad
Fast action strategic conquest inspired by Defender and Killer Queen
Guitartheist
Action
Invader
Missiles & auto-cannons.
Anarchy R&D
Shooter
Timewave
2d space shooter in SDL, with time-changing mechanics
greg-kennedy
Action
Weak Point
Cut Up the Competition
Dan and Suman
Action
A-steroids
Press buttons and explode everything! Made for LISAA Jam #17.
pannocatto
Action
Play in browser
G.S.S.
Yet another shoot em up.
Tuja
Shooter
MeteoStorm
$5
A twist on the retro shoot 'em up
DarkMatter Software
Action
Bonnie Bee and the Pesticidal Tendencies
Eco bullet heck mini-game created for the Autumn Lisp Game Jam 2021
David Thompson
Shooter
Force From Stars
Classic arcade shoot'em up
AyNA Software
Shooter
FB Shooter Force 2019
Side scrolling shoot'em. Single player or 2-players local co-op.
CMC Games
Shooter
Starexcess
$6.99
Starexcess is a retro indie shoot 'em up for one or two players in a local ofline co-op.
super16bits
Shooter
Hummingz
$2.99
Up for some retro arcade action spiced with extra bullets and BOSS enemies?
preussie
Action
Neon Galaxy
A vector graphics roguelike shootemup!
Mayfly Studio
Action
SuperPiouPiou
A game that makes piou when you shoot, and that's hibou damn awesome !
AzStrocyte
Shooter
GIF
Target Xplosion
2D shoot'em up (manic shooter) game for Windows and Linux
Gumichan01
Shooter
C-Dogs SDL
Classic overhead run-and-gun game
congusbongus
Shooter
Toad On Fire
$2.99
Toad with flamethrower battles invading frogs.
Delta Code
Action
Normal SHMUP
$1.99
A very normal shoot 'em up game
HyperBitGore
Shooter
ShooDemUp
$1.99
A Shoot-em-up Shoutout to Arcade Culture
Michael Macha
Shooter
Play in browser
Return to Tyrien
Sequel to shmups like Tyrian where you are on the side of the enemies
z0rly
Action
xx42, A Working Title
An unknown Millenia, An unknown Decade
Flesh_Bag
Shooter
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