Ludum Dare is a 48 and 72 hour game making competition globally hosted over the internet; Ludum Dare 30 ran from August 22nd to August 25, 2014, with the theme "Connected Worlds".
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.
