2D Shooter Fun - Pics

This is my second .plan on GG ever! This blog I am just showing some progress on a little shooter demo I am making with TGB and the existing shooterDemo. I am an artist and I have absolutely no coding skills, so I am just using the functionality that is already there to make my shooter work! This work took me roughly 4-5 hours spaced out over a few days.

My inspiration was a painting I did a few months ago:


I cut a lot of parts out of the picture for my backgrounds in my little shooter demo to save time. I put everything on different layers and speeds for some depth. I may go back and actually make new ones specifically for the demo, but people have told me they like the look =P

Used cutouts for the background


For the ships I just made them all freehand in Photoshop. I sketched a little shape and worked from there adding color and shadows. I wanted a sketchy sorta look to make it look like it was a moving painting.

Made Ships in Photoshop


I also made new effects in Photoshop, like the snow, clouds, and the pics used for the bullets. I made the clouds and snow scroll on different layers and different speeds to give the effect of distance and atmosphere.

Made Clouds, Snow, and Bullets in Photoshop


Then I just replaced some sounds and music to top it off... no way to show that in this plan though :P

Just another pic of the same stuff...


That concludes my short .plan. I plan on maybe finishing this one level demo and releasing it so everyone that is interested can check it out when its done. I am about to start a new job though (game studio here in Austin!) so I am not sure how much time I will have. But, this little 2d engine sure is fun!

My other work: www.blake-lowry.com

Thanks for reading!

EDIT: Pics are all gone from switching hosting companies.. I am going to find a pic and post it.. but it wont be the ones that used to be here.

PIC: