follow-up while i'm at it: plan is to also add a "stains and smudges" effect on top, to approximate what this might look like in an actual arcade with people touching the glass with greasy fingers etc. haven't coded that yet - only did this mockup in photoshop to get a sense of what i'd have to do in terms of image processing to get there. and the actual game will have "destructible asteroids" that can be used for cover or to mine for materials / explore for loot etc, kind of like "dungeons". https://youtu.be/mLKnI1saXno https://youtu.be/Gh1DuMhDjqo