Graphical improvement ideas

[corfe83]

General

• Thruster effects
• Improved shield graphic (not round white circle)
• Damaged shield graphics
• Reduce static ‘rush, pause, and fire’ combat, even if only aesthetic (causing ships to orbit/encircle each other in some conditions, at least)
• Graphical effect as items such as stun, shot repeller, knockback, spike trap, spikey death,and counter effect activate.
• Successful attacks should display a ‘strike’ effect rather than simply be... absorbed.
• A background (preferrably moving or procedurally-generated)
• More variation in firing sounds
• Variation in bullet shapes by ship

Ship

• At level start, assassins should be invisible until first strike.
• Mothership spawns drones, each fast and inflicting a small quantity of its damage.
• Shields visually flicker upon being struck by drainer laser.
• Friendly lasers, enemy lasers and boss lasers should be of unique colours.
• Boss lasers should be wider with separate sound effect.