I'm taking a short break (two weeks) from my current project and moving on to a slightly different flash game format. I'm going to use sprites for this one and I was thinking of a flash version of Metroid.

BUT, I want to do it well, it'll be shorter than the current project I'm working on (untitled atm). Doing something like a flash game of metroid will allow me to find out how to do the code for shooting ( I'd imagine loading a MC at a certain speed with an offset to the player).

It might be Metroid, it might not be but want I'm planning on doing is a 2D shooter with sprites (cause then I'll have one hand drawn project and one sprite project.).

Anyway here is the current status on the first projects platforming elements
Plains: 7/8, 87.5%
Jungle: 12/14, 85.7%
Sub Zero: 5/16, 31.25%
Space: 2/16, 12.5%
Spaceship: 2/16,12.5%
Overall, 28/70, 40% Complete!

So as you can see, there's a long way to go on this one but I'll get there as I'll be working on both at the same time.

This will also give me a chance to get influence (not rip-off) from the sci-fi graphics of metroid.

Any suggestions for either project is welcome.