The start so far

So far I am working on the bullet tracking system for my Unknown Project. It is a arcade style space / land shooter.

What it is being made with.

• Visual Basic Express 2010
• Truevision3D
• DirectX - DirectSound
• Developed for windows XP +

So far I have the following.

• You can use the space bar to shoot one bullet up to the top of the screen
• It keeps tack of how many bullets are being fired
• It can keep track up to 500 bullets for each player 1 and 2
• The bullets shoot at the same speed on both high end and low end video
• The bullets are billboards with the classic orange sphere texture.

What the plan is to have done by the end of this weekend.

• I would like to have it be able to do a sing to 5 bullets scatter shot in  a 1/4 circle formation
• Would like to be able to move around the screen while firing 
• Have the bullets stay on the correct path. 
• And have a starting of collision detection on random objects that appear of the screen
• Give the bullets boundaries  so if they are off the screen they will be voided and no longer active.

So I hope I can get this far by Sunday evening. We will see.