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Cosmic Destroyer - Game Mechanics Update and Dev Roadmap - (Alpha 1r2) - Steam News New mechanics and features including grabbing and throwing enemies, a new lock-on missiles, grazing and more!

Cosmic Destroyer Alpha 1r2 is here for closed alpha users, and will be rolled out to the public demo next week on 8/14! This brings a host of new game mechanics including new weapons, grabbing enemies, grazing mechanics and more!

#indiegame #gamedev #shmup

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Development roadmap for Cosmic Destroyer includes many new mechanic updates, a public demo update on 8/14/25 and additional updates on 8/21/25 including new weapons and a new stage.

I'm excited to reveal the short-term development roadmap of features to be released before demoing Cosmic Destroyer at 2DCon! A huge public demo update is coming next week on 8/14/25.
#stg #gamedev #shmup #indiegame #retrogaming

I will be demoing Cosmic Destroyer with a booth 2DCon in Bloomington MN, August 22-24th. Includes demos on arcade controls and Steam Deck. Loads of new features and environments to share, plus a release roadmap which will be posted publicly soon. Game on! #indiegame #gamedev #shmup

It's here! The 2025 Digital Schedule is Live!

This is just a small preview of what 2D Con 2025 has in store. Over 250 scheduled events including concerts, dances, tournaments, parties, and more!

Take a look at 2DCon.net/schedule

Twist and turn through this handmade old school SHMUP - bring a friend Co-Op or smash the leaderboards in Cosmic Destroyer. Built by a solo developer embracing the quirks and fundamentals of fast, challenging arcade gameplay. Demo out now! store.steampowered.com/app/3712340/...

Thanks for the feedback! Putting a lot of work into the little details, so it makes me happy to hear that it shows through.

Working on some new medium cruiser enemies. One shoots spreads of aimed bullets, the other is a missile cruiser. Giving enemies lock on missiles is pretty brutal, a lot of tweaking needed to feel remotely fair. #stg #gamedev #shmup #indiegame #retrogaming

Cosmic Destroyer is a frenetic arcade-style SHMUP with twisting stages. Destroy together with friends in Co-Op, or "get good" and smash the leaderboards! Handcrafted with passion by solo dev. Demo released this week, Wishlist Now! #PitchYaGame #indiegame store.steampowered.com/app/3712340/...

Playing around with this idea - lock-on missiles inspired by Rayforce. They fire at the locked-on targets when you release the button. I think its a fun idea, although it seems like a re-balance of all enemies will be needed to support them. Let me know what you think! #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev

Heck yeah! That's the spirit that drives me to make these kind of things. Adding some shader palette cycling as well, to keep the color count limited. This project started all Cyan + Magenta in prototype and then broke out from that.

Adding in some creepy crawlies today. There's something so classic about these segmented style enemies that you used to see in so many old arcade games. Thinking I should probably make this guy longer - what do you think? Maybe various sizes? (Coloring is still WIP) #pixelart #indiegame #gamedev

I'm super stoked to be able to say - "Do you like CO-OP?!!!" Well, now you can destroy together! Assign Controllers/Devices to player slots, choose your ship, and dive into the destruction. #indiegame #gamedev #shmup Stay tuned, more major announcements coming this week!

It's been hard work in the dungeon this week, finishing up the tutorial with proper button call-outs based on the player's control mappings and supporting hot-swapping devices. That meant building a custom dialogue system - and some #pixelart pilots too! #indiegame #indiedev

Okay yeah, MAYBE the new reflection laser I made today is totally OP.. its also loads of fun! #indiedev #indiegame

Playing around with enhancing the options drones further - drones power up to do even more damage when absorbing bullets AND hitting enemies. So those wide-eyed, high-risk players are rewarded with extra firepower! #indiegame #indiedev #shmup

Mage-thief Khajiit all the way!

That's the song I'll always fuel to now

Cosmic Destroyer - Game Options, Settings and Training Mode - Steam News General and advanced options have been added to Cosmic Destroyer and a Training Mode. This includes options to display the player's hitbox, and more.

For #screenshotsaturday - Steam page went up this week and I'm focused on demo polish - including tons of performance improvements, adding options menus to the game like display, audio, control rebinding, and a new requested training mode!
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Over 200 fps!

SHMUP frame performance is key. This morning I went through and destroyed any allocations that code is making in frame update for Cosmic Destroyer, so it runs great even on an old potato notebook I have. Particularly behavior trees had some hurdles. It's now at 0 bytes for Update! 💪 YES!

Pixel dailies really helped me keep going and improving things with my pixel art too. It's great to keep doing it, forces some good habits.

What absolutely blew me away as a kid was experiencing FF6 with my childhood friend playing the 2 player assigned characters. We both were glued to the story but kept us engaged to play combos on turns, something that I just never saw again. Still a really cool feature even if so niche.

Heh when you start making scripts with names that you already have and do the same thing you know it's going real good!

Cosmic Destroyer on Steam Frenetic side-scrolling arcade shoot-em-up. Twist through chaotic stages, grab power-ups from wreckage, and unleash total destruction.

Announcing Cosmic Destroyer - Wishlist now on Steam! Frantic space shooter with its roots in classic bullet hell arcade games. Fast, flashy and brutal!
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#indiegames #steam #indiedev

Preparing to launch the Coming Soon page for Cosmic Destroyer on Steam today! #pixelart #indiegames #solodev

YouTube video by Coffee Maker Games Cosmic Destroyer Alpha Demo Trailer (Previously "Tiny Cosmos")

It feels crazy to be here, finally in the phases of setting up a steam page for a real game. Demo out soon. Check out the gameplay teaser trailer! #indiegame #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev #games #pixelart
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The water looks cool, and the overall flat style is awesome!

Cosmic Destroyer Logo in retro neon and chrome style with space ship blasting across the screen.

Side-scrolling section inside a space resource refinery with a turret firing at the player's ship.

Side-scrolling section inside a space resource refinery with a missile the player has fired streaking across the screen. Debris and collectibles scattered throughout the scene.

A battle between the player and the S67 Combat Jet boss in the SHMUP game Cosmic Destroyer

I have a ton of progress to share for #screenshotsaturday with an all new environment, new enemies and visual effects. Also, the working title "Tiny Cosmos" is now Cosmic Destroyer 🚀👾☄so here is the new custom made vector art logo splash screen I made yesterday! #indiegame #solodev #pixelart

Happy to see your game funded and moving along! I am anxious to do my first kickstarter. I will likely taking the plunge soon, I just fear I've not the community following to make it work. Would love to hear what worked and didn't work for you once you get through it!

The one with a glaive bc glaives are awesome