It looks like our favorite parody/protest shmup game Game Type has received a major update that shoukd make the game much more enjoyable for those who splurged on the indie title. According to the developer, Mommy’s Best games, Game Type “has been updated with a slew of small and large improvements! Most of these improvements are in the shoot’em up portion of the game.”

For those that have been around for a little while, you’ll remember Game Type was released as a sort of protest against the new Xbox 360 dashboard that buried many of the Xbox Live Indie Games we’ve cpme to love so much.

Here’s the full list of changes:

• High scores properly share now for scores past loop 3.
• Weapons system changes: Normal shot now has up/down shots plus forward firing, and is stronger. Kick Beam is now powered by Cash drops. Also, new attack added via the Right Trigger called “Time Pulse” which slows time and lets the Kick Beam turn normal enemy bullets into cash. Add action buttons are remappable.
• New ‘How to Play’ screens (2), these are now shown via menu option during gameplay as well.
• New Score Multiplier system which works by increasing for every cash drop you grab, but drops if you don’t get them fast enough.
• Warning arrows are shown for enemy groups beginning to approach off screen.
• Players can “log in and log out” on the shmup sub-menu screen. Find the Game Type menu with box art showing (the menu in which you’re about to play the shoot’em up). Players can press A to join or press Y to log out. If two players are playing, and one needs to quit use this to get the second player to log out.
• Graphical touch-ups: green theme used on beam attacks and bullets. Background art touched up with more detail and highlights.
• Gameplay tips are now shown during loop starts.
• The wave spawning for enemies have been rebalanced for more consistent, interesting attacks.
• The ‘hint arrow’ in the fake dashboard now starts on by default (to make it easier to find the shmup game).
• There is a quick-start option now, just press Y to launch shmup game, if you’ve already found it and played it once.
• Pressing B repeatedly on the fake dashboard will eventually take you back to the exit menu.

It’s good to see that just because it was a protest game that doesn’t mean MBG won’t be giving updates to improve it.

[Mommy’s Best Games]