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Made a code example for : shooting bullets!

cxong.github.io/tic-80-example

Shmups are great because they are one of the easiest genres to get started with, but this took a lot longer to make than expected, because it covers lots of techniques:

- spawning bullets
- collision between bullets and enemies
- despawning on collision, out of bounds
- sound effects
- cooldown using counters

if you haven't done before, even if you're using an engine... it's not easy!