Lovely little shmup, art style is spot on, the juice is real - absolutely fantastic. It was a little tough, but that's just because I'm not great at this sort of game xD great job! I don't even really have any nitpicks, other than the title screen needing a bit of work. Gamepad support is a MASSIVE bonus, too.
The only extra thing I'd want is an online leaderboard - http://www.dreamlo.com is a great service for that. It would've kept me going for ages!
Thanks for playing! I agree that an online leaderboard would be great. Perhaps one of the first things I'll want to build if I'm going further with this! dreamlo looks great for ad-hoc use in game jams, although I'm not sure if an unverified leaderboard would be suitable for more serious projects. The code I'm using already has replay support (that I was going to make an in-game tutorial with), so I might just go ahead and invest in a custom solution with replay sharing and verification instead (that is, if I'm going to)!
