HIII - Hyperspace Invaders II (under heavy construction)

[Atomhead]

Hi guys (n girls)!

I just discovered this forum so I thought I'd post something about my in development shmup, Hyperspace Invaders II.
Before this came HI0 and HII. (Both of which have demo versions!)

This time I mean to focus on a good audiovisual connection between soundtrack and gameplay. In other words I want the game to be synced to the beats.

Here's some shots of what I have so far (alpha footage!):







Enticing? Rather not? Comments are welcome

[emwearz]

Looks fun, you should try using bright colors on a dark background, people love that.

[Atomhead]

Actually I'm tweaking away at about 20 different background effects, some dark, some brighter, most of them quite psychedelic and colorful. But then those should be used in less "intensive/overwhelming" game situations.
Lower-end machines will be able to disable them and simply show the scrolling starfield.