Hey SzechuanSteve...Best of success on your project! I'm personally a big fan of shoot-em-ups and I'm always interested in seeing new games out there that follow that general theme. Being that this is your first 'publicly-released' work here at TDC, I'll be following it with interest.
Thanks a lot! Very motivating to see people interested in my project already. I hope to have some Stage 1 screens and possibly a video up towards the end of the week.