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I'm now replacing all the placeholder sprites from Phantasy Star with my own creation. These new water tiles definitely need some brushing up, but at least they are mine.

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Edge tiles for the alien planet tileset have now been replaced.

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I've changed the ocean tiles for the alien planet tileset from red to yellowish green (trying to make it look like some kind of acid) because the bullets and the player's crosshair blended in with the red oceans. I originally wanted to make the oceans yellow (color of sulfuric acid which could be an alternative to water for alien life forms) but the yellow oceans would've looked too similar to the sand tiles.

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I've added a debug menu (really just a level select) to make testing levels easier. I should've done this earlier, but here it is.

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Now you can change your power up status in the debug menu.

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I also added a fun little message to anyone accessing my debug menu.

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Hopefully this will be the last level I make for this game. I only plan on having 8. The old level 7 is now level 8.

And if you noticed, I didn't change the tile assets in the level editor.

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I guess this level is going to be about storming some alien base. I don't know. I never bothered writing a story for this game.

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I've programmed a freeze frame when you die.

Are you happy now, Sakurai?

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@xianc78 lol xD i think if the camera and other ships stop moving and your ship blows up and plays an exploding sound effect, then the screen just fades to black for a game over, that would be perfect. if you still have lives left, then it'll break up the flow a bit.

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@beardalaxy According to Sakurai in his video, a freeze frame is necessary in shmups because sometimes you die so quickly, you don't even know how you die. So it's best to have a freeze frame to show what hit you.

I could also replace the tile background with a solid color for an added effect.

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