While looking around the internet for good Flash shmups I found a few and thought Ide put links here incase you havent played them.

The Last Canopy - This game is seriously good, but I found it very very hard. Even in easy mode with 99 lives I finished the game with like 20. The variety and tension is really fun. The upgrade system is cool - but frustrating. But I REALLY recommend playing this, just to experience it.

Alpha Bounty -  Ide have to say this is one of the best horizontal shooters Ive played. The fluid feel of the movment, the animation and art, the enemy variety and subtle stratergy when buying weapons and choosing what to shoot is perfect. Again I find it pretty difficult, and dying and having to go back to the start is frustrating. But its worth the pain - I found it very addictive.

Blue Shift  - I found this game weird, the gameplay is kinda odd and requires super fast reactions. The levels are very long, not to my taste. But the artwork is absolutly excelent. And I think with a bit of patience this game can be very rewarding.

Starfire - I thought Ide mention this game because the upgrade system is very in-depth, I really wanted to try it out, but the game, yet again was way too difficult. It has an ongoing storyline, and intricate background, animations and events. The boss killing system is also pretty cool.

Maybe im just really rubbish at shooting games but it seems all the shooting games that are very good, are also very hardcore. I mean not everyone has 7 hours to invest into a Flash game. I just wish I could get hold of the source code for all these games and add tiny little features that allow for a much easier game. Extra lives, not loosing everything when you die, not dying from one tiny mistake.. etc. Im not saying Flash games shouldnt be hardcore, just give the option for a quick layed back game, without having to restart a few times over.

Theres tons more shooting fun around the internet, some are just hard to find, and you find yourself filtering through rubbish. Some other good ones: Raiden X, Drakojan Skies, Project Inthri, Uchuwars. If I find more Ill mention them.

Im currently in the process of creating Frantic 2. I also have a few vague plans for different types of games.Frantic 2 should be quite different to the origional, with Frantic 1 I was quite lazy, cut corners and rushed things a bit near the end. So hopfully I can make Frantic 2 what I origionally intended for and better. Ive had sooooo much possitive feedback from all over, in fact barley any of the feedback is negative, which is suprising for the internet. So ill take all the feedback and critizism and make a giant list of stuff to make!

Erm… one feature I might possibly add to Frantic 2 is an episode system, each week a new episode of levels and possibly storyline, dialogue and content will be added to a server, which will update inside the game. So in the long run ill be able to make TONS of new stuff. Ive had no experience with PHP or MYSQL so that should be interesting. Also Im working on tools to make editing levels etc for the game much faster and more controlled. So I dont have to sit for hours altering numbers - not fun.

I decided to get a blog.. wooo.