"new stuff" sounds great! especially yours are gorgeous to see!!
We can arrange it according to you, so don't worry about timing, for the moment I really could use a starmap like 2048x2048 as backdrop, or you can send anything you would like to see in action,
It will take time for me too as well, so dont mind about it, you can check in anytime, and its possible to carry it further away,
for example;
• If you noticed there is a "scroller" layer between the ships and background and it moves according to speed, we may add other "scrolling" space debris, faint asteroids in background as eye candy, or anything you imagine,
• later on I can provide the basic coding stuff to you in case if you like to adjust the settings, (for example the atmosphere effect is an illumination map beneath the planet, where you can adjust blending and color channels according to scene or requirements)
www.s-combat.com/images/Others…• And I can code dynamic effects, for example I use Excel to create a polynom to address the illumination effect of an explosion, (which is uncalibrated right now)
www.s-combat.com/images/Others… (what about dynamic lightning storms in your gas giants!!)
So in the end, its possible to see a galactic battle upon our assets
who knows may be we can make money out of it,
I wish success to you in your bachelors degree!