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Radiant Shmup: Space shooter

Retro bullet-hell shooter with bosses you take apart

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A solo-built retro shmup for phones. Every boss is made of destroyable weapon pods that expose weak points. 10 worlds, 3 weapons, wingmen, chain combos, and an original synthesised soundtrack. Levels 1-2 are free.

PH · launched Nov 3, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views

Niche: indie video games · 203 launches, 20 in the last 7 days ▼ -23% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Media & entertainment
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product
  • Android
  • Indie Games
  • Retro Games

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Could you build this?

Yes A retro mobile shmup with stages, weapons, and bosses can be built in Godot or Unity with AI assistance, and synthesized music can be generated with tools or code; game feel and balancing take iteration but are achievable solo.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 223 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #132 of 224 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 317 days after the earliest competitor.

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