More breaking news: I'm making a game.
>:C
Haven't settled for a name yet, but here's the outline:
The game is a retro-esque vertically scrolling shooter set in the future. You control a ship yourself (obviously), and you have a fuckload of foes that will do everything in their power to stop you. The game is going to be fast-paced, but not quite Touhou-bullethell paced.
This game differs from many other vertical scrollers in that you won't have any lives. You have a big fat healthbar that can take some damage, but if you die, you go back to either the start of the level or the most recent checkpoint. In essence, this means you can try an infinite amount of times, but don't expect it to be easy unless you set the difficulty to be so.
There WILL be enemies that can kill you instantly (these might be disabled/nerfed in easy difficulty), but these will come with a fair warning before firing, though you shouldn't linger in their crosshairs for more than a second. Bosses will come with an arsenal of dangerous weapons, later ones including instant-kill weapons. I can already tell you now that these weapons are going to be a major pain in the ass, because very few games where you can survive multiple hits are cruel enough to kill you instantly. This game, however, is.
There's going to be a fair few levels, though it's likely that i will add more levels and features after releasing the game publically. As can be expected, the difficulty of the levels will increase as you pass more levels, but i'm planning to add some sort of shop function that can even it out a bit. The later levels will be harder than the earlier ones, though.
Too early to say much more (game still in ultra-mega-monster alpha phase where almost everything is subject to change), but it's going to be free. Maybe (ONLY MAYBE) it'll come as far as me accepting donations, but i shouldn't get ahead of myself. :U
Oh yeah, current player sprite:
durp