Today I've been working on the design of my enemies in my SHMUP.

I've decided to go with the theme of nature.

My ship, instead of being powered by engines, is powered by giant wings, and instead of fighitng evil robots, or mechanical creatures, you fight alien creatures(well alien to us but not the world the game is set in), which are based on insects, (at the moment, that is, I could move on to different types of creatures)

i've animated the ship, (which I thought I did quite well, considering I don't do much animation..) and created 4 types of enemies, with their animations, (i have a bee-like, 2 ant-like and a worm-like creatures)

(I would show them but I'm afraid someone will steal them, or some n00b will say there stupid or crap, as I have a very simple spriting style)

At the moment I haven't work on the engine. But I like to make alot of the sprites first before making the engine. (I hate placeholders…)

Still haven't come up with a story yet, but many shmups have no real story and they manage to get away with it, so its low on the priority list…

The only thing I'm having a problem with at the moment is the background…

I want to have a scrolling background, with a few layers, but creating scenery, has proved very difficult.

I've also had the idea to make the scenery kill the player, but this will only become apparent later on in the game (so if I had a mountain/cave themed level, i could have rock tunnels, and rocks falling from the ceiling).

So progress has been good lately, but its still a long way until I get a demo released…