I decided a few weeks ago, that I'll be doing a little one man project, that will be a reminiscence to my favorite 16-bit shoot em up - Axelay. this is not a screenshot, but a mockup.
I actualy mimicked the hud and it's font pixel by pixel from a screenshot I found on google - especialy that catchy life icon had to be there ;)
oh and I tried some new color combinations, primarily on the platforms and the space bg. ( you might recognize the walker from earlier)
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Love it. Axelay is also one of my favorites. The yellow edges would really help the player not to collide with the background. Its definitely something different than your usual stuff.
Heh, I was about to say, "This reminds me of Axelay" then I looked at the title! XD
I'd say the color choices don't make it seem like something out of the SNES. That's not really a bad thing though, since what you've got here gives it it's own neat style.
I also think it's funny how just about every shooter mock up I see always has that, "R-Type level 1 door" into the mechanical area. :P Personally, I would have liked to have seen a different tile layout to break from the norm, but it's not that big a deal.
Really, this looks great, and there's really nothing for me to complain about! :)
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AWESOME! I wanna play this game!