@ Germanunkol:
Well I need to make a whole editor from where you can select objects and put them on screen and since 3dgs always screws up the z-order and interaction of panels, I'm al-ways having trouble with it, it seems I just can't make a GUI in an easy way but oh well, gotta take a little longer then. And the mathematics aren't that complicated once you get into it .

I will make some different planets and stuff, no worries about that but artwork will be done later on. Functionality first

@ Damocles:
Anytime without dynamic panels it would have token ages to get me this far, plus the maximum amount of duplicated objects wouldn't be much. Though for the GUI itself, the interface, i'm using normal panels as that is easier to use.

Oh p.s. got a small video set up from the current demo, no update yet tho, still trying to get a simple folding menu to work and putting in some more objects.

Anyhow here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ufVOdl1e_8

Updating this asap.

Small update shot, added some more objects and the blue dots are ment to be picked up when the ball moves over it. Although you see lots of balls on this screen, in the final game you can shoot one or maybe two at the time. So just to give you the impression of what I want to make .

Currently implementing more objects which have different effects on the balls. (sun should burn the balls, they should crash on planets and asteroids, asteroids need to move around, and more items to pickup like powerups and stuff).

Also want to say that I did not paint these objects, I got them from the internet. I'll probably replace all the artwork by home made stuff when the game is finished.

Nice update Jostie
I like the effect off the shadow on the different planets, the asteroids are a great new option too

Cheers

Frazzle

Interesting. It's pretty cool to play with already.

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Also want to say that I did not paint these objects, I got them from the internet. I'll probably replace all the artwork by home made stuff when the game is finished.

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If you need some help with this, let me know. I'm a bit busy at the moment, but perhaps I can help anyways.

Cheers

Why not just a half-transparent sprite that always follows the planet, and the origin pixel always faces the sun sprite? (the origin pixel would have to be on the light side, of course.)

Yeah, that could work too indeed. With the shader thing though, you'd only need a sprite at the origin of the sun, instead of a sprite for every planet,

Cheers

Well, if I then place the planets further away, the light would fade too much to gray. I rather would see it bright at one side, dark at the other. So I'm guessing the only way to go is with seperate sprites on each object then... or am I missing a point here?