Can't wait to see it! Yeah, I'm very adamant at creating thigs from scratch, I feel you learn best that way, so when i got into game development I knew from the beginning to keep thigs small. so many time have I observed up and coming game developers quit because their ambitions were a little too big and they didn't realize the work and time it would take to fulfill those ambitions. I too have a shmups that I will be releasing on here soon! Very good genre to start off in.
Good luck on your projects too!