ratcatcher/todo

- animate players hanging from umbrellas ?


- make points worth chasing for something more than a high schore
	- bonus level teleport appears on next level once you
	  reach a certain amount of points ? 
	
	Test games to figure out good point values.
		Level 1-13 - 233k points

	Cutoffs for special stuff:
		500k?
		1m?
		5m?
		15m?
		30m?

	- bonus levels which give Diamonds which give random effect:
		- triple walk speed
		- spike boots to jump on monsters
		- from now on, 50% chance to skip two levels each time
		- shortcut to skip directly to start of next world

	- Collecting all the diamonds gives something special ?

- Make level editor work again in opengl
	- add help to level editor!

- why is top left tile is always blank?

- New powerups:
	- until end of level
		- [ ] treasure map- chest falls at end of level and shoots
		  out powerups
		- [ ] pipe? - bubbles rise from bottom to top
		- [ ] bubble bobble potion - shoot bubbles ala bubble bobble!
		- [ ] snowman - throw snowballs ala snow bros!
			(or a snowbros powerup image)
	- permenant:
		- [ ] wand - ladders ala rodland ?

- Draw graphics for between-level sequences.
	- draw and scan ?
	PLAN:
                - [ ] instrad of cloud coming, wipe screen
                - [ ] moviescript():
                    - [ ] picture filename
                    - [ ] pause secs
                    - [ ] caption ID "balh blah" x,y secs
                    - [ ] stopcaption ID
                    - [ ] fadeout
                    - [ ] picture newfilename
                    - [ ] ...

	  forest
		  - standing on dead king rat
			  - he: on rat
			  - she: punching air
		  - "yeah!"
		  - "right! now where's our dinner..."
		  - find footsteps and breadcrumbs
		  - "??"
		  - peer through bushes...
		  - zoom out to see it leads
		out of forest to beach!

	  beach

		- whacking king snail, shell exploding...
		  - he: whacking
		  - she: stomping
		- find note: "deliver the goods to king cat's kitchen/factory" (or note?)
		- shot of outside factory...

	kitchen

		- on building roof, king fly dead on ground
			  - she: hitting with swatter
			  - he: leaning on wall?  - "where to now?"
		- look up, see henchman flying up with cake
		- scroll across/up to snowy mountain...

	  snow
		  - top of mountain, king ant dead (and smoking)
			  - he: crossed arms
			  - she: standing on corpse, flexing.
		  - look down off mountain...
		  - "uh oh"
		  - "while we've been away...."
		  - "they've gone back to the castle for more!!"
		 - Shot of castle with "king cat and rats" flag flying.



- Compose original music tracks.
	- ingame (plus fast version)
		- Diff styles for diff levels?
			- [ ] forest - norm
			- [ ] sand - egyptian
			- [ ] kitchen - jazz
			- [ ] ice - plunks
			- [ ] castle - march
	- boss
	- hiscore


- New features
	- pipes
		nonsolid
		when you are fully inside one
		transport you along the pipe to the other end
		then auto-jump
		(or use teleporter linking)

- Review difficulty curve over all levels.
	1-5	little room in the middle is a bit tricky for level 5
		although the rest of the level is pretty easy.
		maybe move it slightly later 

	l 86 - earlier (dificulty easier than other castle levels before it)

	delay animated spikes until at least world 2 ?

- New tiles
	- destroyable tile
            - when a net hits it, it explodes into 4 pieces.  don't come back.
            - (net stops)
            - (maybe have a "strong net" powerup which makes it keep going?
            - only worth doing if i add lots of tese kind of tiles.
            - same if you SLAM onto it.
	- Tapestry (castle)

	
- falling icicle (regrows)
	- for snow world

- secret levels/worlds
	- totally underwater with currents towards spikes
	- all moving platforms

- sound delays after long play

- new level ideas
        - [ ] scales
        - [ ] box you jump in?
        - [ ] monsters come down from top
        - [ ] pipes
        - [ ] laundry
        - [ ] kitchen
        - [ ] level with traps