Kevin Fishburne has been hard at work on the SA-08, the mainstay starfighter of his upcoming SHMUP for Linux, Sylph: Project Miyaji. This has mostly taken the form of work in Blender:

http://t.co/y1jdE14MCL down for maintenance, but have a peek at the SA-08's texture mapping progress. #Sylph #gamedev pic.twitter.com/Jr5niv0bKG

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) March 29, 2015

The SA-08's stabilizers are finished and the fuselage is prepped for a callsign. What would be appropriate? #gamedev pic.twitter.com/je60OwiI5l

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) March 31, 2015

SA-08 fuselage has been textured. I see now why studios have dedicated personnel for this. #Sylph #gamedev #indiegame pic.twitter.com/iYoRU9DhAV

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) April 2, 2015

However, some of his work has concentrated on the implementation of the ship in-game. In particular, he has put some work into the damage the ship takes:

Implemented SA-08 barely-clinging-to-life weapon and engine damage. Can you lose both cannons and win with missiles alone? #Sylph #gamedev

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) April 4, 2015

#Sylph gameplay demonstrating SA-08 weapon and engine damage: https://t.co/FYoV11VvHb #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/AqzFF7KrXE

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) April 5, 2015

And most recently, he cleaned up the canopy on the 3D model a bit:

I remodeled the SA-08's canopy using a Silpheed cut-scene as a reference. #Sylph #gamedev #shmup pic.twitter.com/PfHmpCwhly

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) April 7, 2015

I can probably count the number of SHMUPs I’ve played on one hand, but I have to say that I think I might just have to give Sylph: Project Miyaji a spin during one of its future pre-alpha tests.