Progress on the new game

So, my new game is a sort of platform shooter. So far I've got a basic engine almost done. So far it has the following features:

-Movement (including slopes)
-Animations for walking, jumping, etc...
-Variable Jumping
-Shooting
-A system which draws each part of the player's sprite (head, body, legs) separately, so that if the player gets a new helmet I can just switch the head sprite very easily

Anyway, I'll be on vacation for the next week, so don't expect my presence online.

What I've been Listening too

Over the last few weeks I've been listening to lots of different music. Here are some of my favorite songs:

-Future, and It Doesn't Work, by Starscream. These songs just scream out pure awesome, and it's some of the best chiptunes music I've heard.
-The music from Iji is great. My favorite song is probably Tor. After trying to beat that guy time and time again on the hardest difficulty, you would think I might get tired of the song, but I still get awesome chills every time I listen to it.
-The Flight of The Conchords have some hilarious music. This is one of my favorites.
-I also love the Decemberists. I can't stop listening to them. One of my favorite songs is 16 Military Wives.
-Stairway to Heaven. A little unknown song which is surprisingly awesome. It's by Led Zeppelin.

Theme Update

I decided to redesign this blog, and I have to say I think it looks quite a bit better. The old look was rather ugly, I'll admit. Lately I've been helping my brother in doing some web design for community service, and I've been using css a lot recently. This blog was a perfect chance to test my skills.

Please, let me know your opinions on the new theme, and whether you have any problems or suggestions. Thanks to everyone who's taken the time to read my ramblings!

Today

Today I started production on a new game I've had planned for a long time. It's looking pretty good.

I also picked up three new SNES games yesterday, for a pretty good price.
Shadow Run, which is interesting so far, although the controls are far from perfect.
Super Mario RPG Legend of the 7 Stars, which also looks good so far, although my SNES decided to mess up after I hadn't saved for a while.
Also, Super Metroid. I haven't played it before, but I've heard great things about it. So far it's been great.

Even though I have a Wii and all of that virtual console stuff, I still like playing games on my old SNES. It kind of feels like cheating on the Wii, and a lot of the time it's more expensive.