Two interstellar travellers, a man and his dog (it seems to have become a quite common custom to take your pets on interstellar rides, if I might add), land on an alien planet. After a short conversation they encounter the first inhabitants, and, as it is also custom for interstellar travellers, fire their guns while some crazy funky music is playing and eradicate.

56kmodern17AMSoon the strangers make their way to the planet ruler, an unsightly creature. With an evil grin (at least as far as our two interstellar friends remember), he asks them: “Have you met my children yet? Hahahaha!”

Jan Willem Nijman and Jonathan Barbosa Dijkstra have built a nice little tale here that is bound to teach you some things about yourself, about humanity, and, above all, about the butt-ugly word shmup.