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Games in which the player shoots things to progress, usually with a variety of guns, and other times with bows and arrows.

Ludum Dare is a 48 and 72 hour game making competition globally hosted over the internet; Ludum Dare 29 ran from April 25th to April 28th, 2014, with the theme "Beneath the Surface".

Shoot 'Em Up or shmup games are a subset of shooter games where the player continually moves forward while waves of enemies enter the screen. Both shooting and dodging are critical to advancing. See also Bullet Hell.