Independent developer Charcoal Styles has released a playable demo for their side-scrolling shooter S.H.M.U.P, now available for download. The arcade blaster stands by the idea that pixel perfect positioning, lightening reflexes and bullet patterns aren’t what’s important. All you need to do is make stuff explode.

The title was recently announced as a finalist for the first-ever GDC China Independent Games Festival event, making it into a group of eight as one of the only two submissions to come from outside of Asia. Winners will be announced at the 2009 Game Developers Conference China happening next week, October 11-13.

The demo for S.H.M.U.P is available now on GamersHell.