Hi guys,
I'm from the University of the West of England, Bristol doing Games Technology.
It must be that great minds think alike because my initial idea was also on the line of magnetic spaceship attracting and pushing objects around but I think we will end up with very different games in the end... Now i'm also playing with the flocking mechanic a bit and trying to find out how many boids i can have on the screen at once, just to get an idea.
Anyway, Good Luck everyone!
Gualtiero