apropros of nothing I thought of and then obsessively searched for the teaser for this indie shmup for like two hours (after originally seeing it more than a decade ago) so now everyone who follows me can also appreciate it:
Dev's current website: https://zanrai.com/
ALSO! I fuckin trawled steam for like an hour trying to find their other game Stardust Vanguard (that i couldn't remember the name of) with such vague search categories as "indie" "pixel art" "local multiplayer" and still got zilch. Finally got a hit from twitter with the wonderful search query "indie einhander" lol
one extra entry in the Heaven Variant saga: the soundtrack ended up being used in this STG from a few years ago... and unlike damn near every other asset in their game, they actually licensed it from Zanrai instead of outright stealing it