Add some moving elements to improve the feeling of movement

[Sogolumbo]

Add a background which moves at a lower speed than the foregroud.
Add texture to the bottom bar and make the texture move with the obstacles.

[bydariogamer]

I PROMISE I WAS GOING TO. It was in the first draft of the game... The problem is I made it in just some days for a game jam and I had to decide: the songs working or the fancy background. I will add it :)

[bydariogamer]

I will do it right now. What about adding some kind of stars 🤔 ?

[Sogolumbo]

Stars sound like a good idea. It already feels spacy anyways :)

[bydariogamer]

I have no idea for the ground however... The game jam was about high tech so I had planned to add that kind of elements, but now it seems definitely "spacy" yes 😂
I am not sure about what to put in the ground

[Sogolumbo]

Maybe mimic the moon surface by putting grey circles/ellipses in the ground.

[bydariogamer]

Good idea... I may do multiple planets backgrounds. I commit an hour ago a high-score record system (the save function in player.py) that could unlock stuff like changing background or character (current one is not bad, but some new ones won't to any damage).

[Sogolumbo]

I have one more idea:
We could make the obstacles drop a shadow onto the floor (slightly diagonally).

[Sogolumbo]

I like the stars!
Some of the stars seem to wander a bit, are they supposed to do that? If not I guess you introduced too much rounding errors, maybe switch to floats if needed.

[bydariogamer]

I tried to make them a bit 'not that coordinated' so the sky is a bit more realistic... However, I found that the randomness of sky creates an 'optical illusion' then the player stops moving... I felt it was still moving a bit but it is not... some kind of human eye or brain problem 😋

[bydariogamer]

Should the element in the ground move at a difference speed from the rest? (I mean, less than obstacles, but more than the stars)

[Sogolumbo]

I don't know. I'd say just try 100% and maybe 80% of the obstacle speed and see what's looking best.