A few ideas ....
How about the ability to morph your ship based on a a power up of sorts. For example ... on one level there is a small gap which your current ship cannot pass ... get the slimline pickup and your ship shrinks on the x axis and with careful manoovering you can slip through.
Rotating tractor beams on the surface which pull you in or push you away.
The ability to land with simple effects like landing gears coming down.
Rather than just picking up the pod ... how about mixing in some features of oids ... e.g. pick up some guys and take them to safety or pick up a package and deliver it to somewhere or collect meteors etc... You could have the weight of the ship affected by the cargo etc..
A last level boss where the entire landscape represents some form of mothership .. with death star style canyon, gun turrets ... allied ships assisting etc... Maybe a bit oTT ;)
Stevie
How about the ability to morph your ship based on a a power up of sorts. For example ... on one level there is a small gap which your current ship cannot pass ... get the slimline pickup and your ship shrinks on the x axis and with careful manoovering you can slip through.
Rotating tractor beams on the surface which pull you in or push you away.
The ability to land with simple effects like landing gears coming down.
Rather than just picking up the pod ... how about mixing in some features of oids ... e.g. pick up some guys and take them to safety or pick up a package and deliver it to somewhere or collect meteors etc... You could have the weight of the ship affected by the cargo etc..
A last level boss where the entire landscape represents some form of mothership .. with death star style canyon, gun turrets ... allied ships assisting etc... Maybe a bit oTT ;)
Stevie