Sounds great! One thing that could be an alternative though, and tell me what you think. If enemies will be easy to kill... then could you link up 5 enemies with variables and such and when you kill 5 enemies then it drops a powerup? Or groups of enemies of the same type? Like in wolfpacks? Do you understand? Just because i know on gradus they will have lines of enemies.. if you kill all the enemies in that line.. you get a powerup... If you dont kill them all, you dont get anything heheh. Ok, let me know. if not then i will start on the hud after your post .