Running for your life through a grocery store isle, as you are caught in mouse trap, your friend valiantly sacrifices himself to buy you some time, as you are forced to cut your own tail out of the trap – scampering to freedom.

The Bullet-hell genre has been a staple of video games for decades at this point, and more than likely it was the first full game most aspiring game developers would have tried their hands at. So what does it take to make really good interesting, bullet-hell game, in this modern landscape?