u/Valuable-Finish-116

In Cursader you're the actual system cursor on a computer desktop, and the interface itself is trying to kill you.

Core loop right now: tap to fire an auto-aimed shot, hold-release for a piercing charged shot, spend a resource meter on two spells (an AoE pulse and a temp shield), and once a separate ultimate meter fills all the way, drag out a marquee select box to instant-wipe everything inside it.

The enemies are the bottom command bar's own buttons, (Help, Close, Open, etc.), which detach, telegraph, and rush you. Additionally, a corrupted variant start showing up later which will explode on a delay after you kill it, so you have to get clear before it goes off. Survive escalating waves, pick an upgrade between each one, see how long you last.

This is a prototype. One era, one enemy family. I've got a much bigger plan (Macintosh '84, Windows 95, the chaotic 2000s web, a final boss that will feel right at home in a chaotic classic era desktop bullet hell) but I'm not building any of that until I know the core loop is actually fun to the people playing it, not just to me.

So: try it, break it, tell me if it's worth continuing. That's genuinely the whole ask.

Play in-browser:

• https://esotericdelivery.com/cursader.html
• or on itch: https://fawkesware.itch.io/cursader

Fan art recreation of Lucy and David's moon scene from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Rendered entirely in Blender 4.5 using Cycles. Most of the work went into balancing the Earth lighting, lunar surface materials, and preserving the recognizable silhouette composition.

Let me know what you like, what you don't. How can I improve my composition and lighting more?

Just looking for feedback. Currently the wall texture in the background is generated by AI, but that will be replaced with real poster textures in the future. The image was made in Blender 4.5 and all models were made by me.

Overall my main question is if this image evokes a nostalgic feeling, or if it just feels like a cheap imitation of the classic early 2000s cg renders that felt so common in their day.