Twin-stick shooter template
One stick moves, the other aims, and the room ends when it is empty or you are. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved (Bizarre Creations, 2005) is the arena. Nex Machina (Housemarque, 2017) puts people in it worth saving. Enter the Gungeon (Dodge Roll, 2016) borrows the sticks for a room. You should be able to walk one way and shoot another. The AI twin-stick shooter maker is those sticks. The AI top-down game maker is the view.
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What makes a twin-stick shooter
Twin-stick shooter: one stick moves, the other aims, from above.
The games that set the standard are Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved (Bizarre Creations, 2005), Nex Machina (Housemarque, 2017) and Enter the Gungeon (Dodge Roll, 2016).
What the template starts with
The twin-stick shooter template starts with one arena, one character and one enemy type. That is the smallest version of the loop that defines the genre: move, aim, dodge, clear the room.
What to change first
Move south while shooting north, into a crowd. If the character turns to face the shot and ruins the walk, the sticks are not independent.
2D or 3D
The twin-stick shooter template starts in 2D.
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