Off to a slow start in 2020 with plenty of room in the monthly leaderboards. I may need some help recruiting new pilots in the coming months while I finish up some pending updates!
It's nice to see long time player Flu Orid in the monthly leaderboard this time around, and taking 1st place with a semi-serious 34M score. morg556 who took 1st place last month, came in 2nd place this month with a score just shy of 24M. Weasel managed to "scurry up" and take 3rd place with 16M - sorry about the play on your name, I couldn't resist.

Mini Status Update

As I mentioned in a previous high score announcement, I'm working on several new updates. One of those is to introduce CRT style effects as an option in the game, that I hope will bring some additional nostalgia to old school players, or even the younger crowd that can appreciate what these old games looked like in the 80s. In the theme of High Scores here are two more shots, with two of the work-in-progress modes active. This first one is a relatively simple CRT effect that simulates the phosphor pattern of an Aperture Grill (aka Sony Trinitron) along with scanlines. The intensity of each will be adjustable via in-game options.
Click on this thumbnail to view the full HD image.
The 2nd one is a more advanced CRT effect that still needs a lot of work, as the fonts are getting butchered at the moment. It will be able to simulate several phosphor patterns common for CRTs along with scanlines as well. As seen in the screenshot, it will also be able to simulate the curvature of a real CRT, which will be fully adjustable as well.
Likewise, here's a thumbnail you can click on to view the full HD image.
Please let me know your thoughts... Whether you like where this is going, or have additional ideas.

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[ 2020-02-01 19:20:31 CET ] [ Original post ]