I have decided to go with "Gravity" for my theme. I have always loved the arcade game Galaga. I would like to create an homage to this classic shooter. I spent a few minutes working on a ship design. I'm not sure if this is for an enemy or the player yet. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pf0...
Day 1 Progress. Decided to create a side scrolling shooter instead of vertical like Galaga. Also trying to figure out how gravity comes into play. Any suggestions? Here's what I've got done so far: http://imgur.com/a/RHDnd
Those small particles look like stars but are moving faster than the closer planets. Are they particles or did you mess up the parrallax? :P
As for a use for gravity, maybe your bullets/rockest/etc could be effected by the bodies. The bigger the body the larger the gravitational effect. It would make aiming difficult against particular targets... But would just look cool when you're just spraying bullets everywhere. :P
Day 2 Progress. Fixed background issues. Tried the Low Intensity Pallette #0, but decided to stick with the High. Added another background layer. Next I plan to add a foreground layer and start on some object sprites. http://imgur.com/a/ks3S5
Day 3. Added foreground, drew player sprites, implemented simple controls, and animated player sprite. http://imgur.com/a/SFP33
Day 4. Drew and animated first enemy sprites. I made three variations of one sprite. I call them The Tormented. http://imgur.com/a/8fsEM
