Space Moth DX

Very simple game, but it's still a fun time. I got a hard 1cc, and I'll probably go for a higher score soon. :)

Looking forward to trying Lunar Edition in the near future!

TL;DR Only buy this game if it comes bundled with anything else or just stick with Star Hunter DX and Space Moth Lunar Edition instead.


Space Moth DX is the first commercially available game by the developers at 1CC Games, and while I applaud the effort they put into this game, it still does not hold up very well. When compared to their newer games, it both looks and feels incredibly dated to play. There are numerous ways to rack up points such as making heavy use of the soul drain mechanic or defeating a boss within the last couple of seconds, and while both are indeed satisfying to pull off, they are usually not worth the risk. Soul drained enemies become a lot more aggressive and will corner the player far more easily. This will usually result in a death or the player wasting a bomb, or worse, their entire stack of bombs if they have that feature active. The boss bonus is just about never worth the risk, as players will have to widdle the boss's health bar down almost completely and then stop shooting entirely only to finish the boss off within the final couple of seconds. It is very easy to lose a life when trying this, given how long you will have to weave around projectiles. Another thing that I would like to point out is that you don't get extra lives for racking up points like you would in Star Hunter DX (at the very least, I don't recall ever getting an extra life this way). There are also no online leaderboards, which only makes the bonus systems even more useless here. The last thing I would like to mention is the checkpoint system. If you run out of lives and you choose to continue, you will continue from a checkpoint. The problem with this is that you will start from that checkpoint with the number of lives and bombs that you had at that point. This can lead to situations where you could respawn with no lives and no bombs.

In conclusion;
This game was a learning experience for the developers. Personally, I'm happy that it exists, as without it, there would be no Star Hunter DX or Space Moth Lunar Edition. HOWEVER, I would still recommend that you get those games instead. If you must buy this, either get the 1CC Games Shmup Collection which includes this and their other 2 shmups or the Interstellar Insanity Bundle, which includes this, its soundtrack, Void Invaders and Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition.

difficult but addicting
awesome art and music
worth it on sale.
easily adjusts to portrait display but not in full screen, part of the image will be cut off you you need to run it in the next option over with it slightly reduced. You also have to set your main display to the portrait display in windows before loading the game.

Star Hunter DX by 1CC Games fixes everything that was wrong with Space Moth DX. Space Moth DX is very difficult. People are afraid to say it's difficult, and there needs to be an easy difficulty mode. I'm tired of replaying Stage 2 over and over, so I quit, as well as throwing a coffee mug across the living room. On a positive note, Space Moth DX is an all star shmup, and one of the best of all time mixing amazing visuals and top tier music. I just wish I could play Level 3. Shout out to 1CC games for listening to their customer base for understanding all the flaws of Space Moth DX. Honestly though, Space Moth DX could use an update to implement an easy mode. For the gamer though, pay the extra money and purchase Star Hunter DX, which is a side scrolling version of Space Moth DX with an easy mode.

Excellent Music, very nice gameplay, not too hard, its enough to keep playing again and again!! Very nice game

Vertical bullet hell with a space bug theme. Tight controls. Nice scoring, grazing and soul draining mechanics. Stylized, beautiful graphics style and great music. Quite challenging.

Listed on the Shoot 'em up Database

A cute game with a cutesy theme. Part of the reason this game attracted me were the aesthetics - drop dead gorgeous style influencing me.
In this game you can attack standardly with a wide shot and beamy - two types of attacks. Concentrated beam is like the laser from Dopdontzchi DaiFuckkatsu. As is customary in a typical vertical shut-em-upper you also get access to the BOMBER, which is a bomb attack that bombs which clears the screen which is an industry staple at this point.
Scoring is simple yet elegant. You attack and suddenly you beam for extra points.
Game can be cleaned with sheer skill and then entering a 2nd game, which is the same game exactly, but another time, for a, what's called in the community, an interlooper or 2nd loop. In conclusion I like. I still excite!

It's a good shmup game but the final boss is silly. I understand they were going for a hibachi thing but the thing is, hibachi is always an optional boss, not the mandatory final boss.

Great vertical shmup with and awesome art style and sound track.

I'm so old that some of the first games I ever played were coin-operated arcade games. There were many times in my life that I plunked a few quarters into an arcade game and played for a few minutes.

I paid two American quarters, $0.50, for this game. Oxford commas are free.

This is a gorgeous bullet hell shooter with a nice soundtrack and I've made it to the second level.

I only have a few minutes of playtime over a handful of sessions over a few years, but I'm totally happy with this small bit. Give these guys your quarters.

Neat visuals and interesting mechanics make for a neat take on a classic formula, especially at the price (particularly when on sale). Can't give it a proper go, because my hands are numb today, but it seems cool. Makes me wish I could turn my TV horizontal.

Looks like: Weird Rainbow colored bugs flying everywhere! Plays like: A Japanese 90's spaceship "Shmup" game, such as Raiden, or Do Don Pachi. Make sure to read the rules to get the most from the game, which is designed for players trying to get a high score, or 1CC = 1 continue complete.
The action is good enough, I wish there were a bit more variety. If you like strange stuff, go for it?

Your typical shoot em up game. Enjoyed it from start to finish. Soundtrack was amazing and the color style had a nice touch. The game is tough and most of the time you wont be able to dodge the enemys bullets

This game is absolutely gorgeous. You can tell in the spritework there has been a lot of love put into this game. At times I have found myself quite afraid due to how detailed the enemies are. Not recommended for people who are scared of bugs.

I am not that good at shmup games but geez this game is very fun. Take note that you need a controller to play this game. Good deal when it's heavily discounted.

A fun Shoot 'Em Up game that has a good amount of challenge will tons of projectiles coming at you. The music is very enjoyable and fits the right tone for a game like this. Every level has its own set of enemies, boss fights, and art design. I only wish that by killing some enemies they would drop power ups instead of just points but still a fun game worth a few minutes for.

Rating: 7/10

classic shoot 'em up!
I always love this kind of game
and to be honest I always suck at playing bullet-hell xD

this game is really challenging, I really enjoy watching an uploaded video contain a player beat all stages and bosses

for those guys who like bullet-hell, it is must a have!

Pretty bullet hell thing. Fairly unique looking, to be honest.
It is fairly fun, and the altering the large enemies, making them more aggressive, but also providing more points. That is fairly neat.

If you have a phobia of butterflies or moths, like my sister does, stay the hell away from this, haha.

That is just a very bad made Dodonpachi rip-off, where you even spoiler the existence of "hibachi" or whatever the secret is. And if it isn't enough, the music makes the game even worse. It's boring and it doesn't fit into the atmosphere of a bullethell-shooter (if it is supposed to be one). I've also tried DX-Mode. I didn't see you effort put into the hard difficulty, it's just Normal-Mode with after-death-bullets coming out of enemies.

And i have to tell you, that this is my first bad review i've ever given on steam. I am always fair and give even better reviews than the game deserves. And i'm also a big fan of Shoot' em' ups. Sorry, but this game has no effort included, and the prize for such a game is too high. It seems like i've wasted 8€ here. At least I should have waited for another Steam-Sale...

This is great. Has a lovely, hypnotic, trancey, laid back feel to it.

Has a really good scoring mechanic where you "soul drain" larger enemies by hitting them with your wide/rapid shot until they turn black, and then finish them off with your laser to score higher.

soul drained enemies become more aggressive, firing out more bullets, so it's a lovely risk/reward system.

A lot of bullets home in on you in this game so you can't just be flying all over the screen, you have to stand still when you need to.

Nice bright, chunky, primary coloured graphics take you back to playschool.
Some great, tricky bosses, especially that final one.

Really good game, though some of the bosses can't be good for my blood pressure. I'd like to meet the guy who thought up the final boss and shake him by the neck. Finally beat it today though :D

The game is pretty good, at this price it's definitely giving a try if you like scrolling shooters.

It is a huge ripoff of Cave games, it's up to you to decide if that's a bad or a good thing, but you'll be able to tell right away that you've fought every single one of these enemies before. Except for the bosses, those are original as far as I can tell. Coincidentally the bosses aren't all that great.

For difficulty, I only played a few credits so far and haven't beaten it, but I'm under the impression veteran players would consider it too easy. Can't say I've had that problem before.

Scoring is pretty simple, you shoot stuff with the shot, when they turn black you finish them off with the laser, they call this soul drain and it gives you a set bonus per enemy. There's an audio cue when the enemy turns black and they will still have a good chunk of health left at this point, so it's not necessary to memorize how long it takes to kill each enemy like you would on ESP Ra.De. or Ketsui, it's a lot more lenient. There's also a 2x bonus for killing bosses on the last 2 seconds of the timer, point pickups hidden around the stages, and bullet grazing. Save for bullet grazing which is more fluid, all of these are very discrete mechanics, you either get the bonuses or you don't, and it's not all that hard to soul drain every enemy in the stage. I imagine it's very possible that a good player could with enough practice come very close to the theoretical max score of the game, which is weird.

Anyway, it probably won't keep you interested for years but it's a good game. I've never heard of 1CC Games but I hope they make some more.