The AT game Brainstorm, Ideas for the game and story Options

[AC9breaker]

I was thinking about possible scenarios and ideas for the game, and thought maybe making this thread would be a good way to get things rolling. I think it was agreed that the game would be a 2d scrolling action game.

Story: I've been trying to come up with original ideas but end up hating them. Someone proposed that it be set in a futuristic setting, I think its a cool idea too. I was thinking something post apocalyptic too such as Fist of the North Star or Mad Maxx.

features: Several AT personalities could be bosses. Example Cushinator could be a ninja robot that dances and melms you while you try to figure out his weak points or SCU could be some huge robot thats chases you while fleeing on the back of some truck all the while the characters have to chuck things or shoot him.

Also each selectable character could have their own special move of sorts. Such as the ninja vanish from Dive's mock up

Lastly on the ideas a stage involving vehichles of some sort. Well those just a few of the things Ive been thinking.

[unitself]

this is getting interesting!!!

I think we need to (finally) get technical now.
1. Number of colors and a set palette?
2. Character size?
3. Background (level) size?
4. Buildings, street, grass, landscape - that kind of thing?
5. Assorted background do-dads that will be interacted with - barrels, weapons, windows, etc?
6. Various weapons and/or armor? Size and color?
7. SFX? !!

All of this art will be done sprite-like, right? If so, I would LOVE to help out on any and everything.

side extra icing type stuff -
1. Flaming barrels!
2. 'splosions!
3. dead bodies - memories of the poor victims before you arrived
4. homages to past and present AT'ers
5. Proj, does this engine of yours allow for parallax scrolling backgrounds? Did I use that phrase right? hehe.. For example - all early Sonic games.