I'm a new developer using GameMaker Studio 2 to make retro-style games inspired by the stuff I grew up with--NES, Sega Genesis, and the old Mac shareware games. My gaming philosophy is that games should be fun and never feel like work. My current batch of projects is the "StarStabber Zirc" series, inspired by quirky side-scrolling arcade shmups like "Parodius" and "Harmful Park", but with one crucial difference: instead of a gun, you only get melee attacks. The graphics and sound effects are collaged together from public-domain sources, pulled mainly from Wikimedia Commons and Archive.org.