Recent publications for Shmup_Lyf Zine collection
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Shmup_Lyf Zine - Doujin Discordancy Delving again into the world of doujin shoot'em ups with all their very human discordancy. With another list of featured games along with interviews with devs, stitching projects, shmup media and other jank. Published Wednesday, October 8, 2025 by Martin van de Weyer 92 pages
Shmup_Lyf - Backgrounds This time in Shmup_Lyf we are taking a wide banking turn to take a look at the backgrounds in shmups, what they mean and what they build upon. We also have an interview with the developers of BIRDCAGE and we get to see and hear about TropicalBits awesome collection. That and a missile tube of other stuff. LAUNCH!!! Published Tuesday, January 2, 2024 by Martin van de Weyer…
Shmup_Lyf - Cho Ren Sha 68k Exploring the world around the doujin shoot 'em up classic, Cho Ren Sha 68k - looking at the surrounding Japanese PC STG scene, influences, contemporaries as well as the game design, scenario and pixel art of CRS68k. And as always, a cargo hold of other stuff! Published Sunday, August 20, 2023 by Martin van de Weyer 64 pages
Shmup_Lyf - Dezaemon Dimensions In this edition we fly though the Dimensions of Dezaemon!; showcasing the amazing community shoot’em up games made with Athena’s STG building toolkits. Over 40 titles showcased, interviews with key developers and Dezaemon community members and tech hints for getting the games running. Published Monday, October 10, 2022 by Martin van de Weyer 122 pages
Shmup_Lyf - DoDonPachi Shmup_Lyf delves into the bullet hell of DoDonPachi. +60 pages of scanlines, narratives, craft and 'recipes'. And 13 hidden bees. Published Thursday, October 28, 2021 by Martin van de Weyer 62 pages
Shmup_Lyf - SP Issue - Doujin Depths We're back to continue our visual journey through the doujin (indie) shoot 'em up verse, featuring 40+ games. Links, tech tips and bullets galore! Published Saturday, June 26, 2021 by Martin van de Weyer 80 pages
Shmup_Lyf - Issue #2 In Issue #2 of Shmup_Lyf we unpack the aesthetics and fictions that exist around shmups and how they tie back to culture, history and human needs. Oh, and there is a bunch of other stuff too :3 Published Monday, December 21, 2020 by Martin van de Weyer 62 pages
Shmup_Lyf - SP Issue - Doujin Discoveries A visual journey through 30+ doujin (indie) shoot 'em up games. Links, tech tips and bullets galore! Published Tuesday, August 25, 2020 by Martin van de Weyer 82 pages
Shmup_Lyf - Issue #1 Shmup_Lyf is a zine about shoot em ups, a genre that emerged with videogames, surfed the peak of the arcade wave and now persists in the hearts of devoted acolytes. In these pages we consider the art of their visual design and game design, the culture(s) and history that surround them, the worlds of imagination they create and the skills that one can develop to get better at…
