Moving star background

Questions
1

I am new to the Codea community and I am starting my first project, but I can’t seem to get a simple background to work. The background I am trying to create is a black background with white dots (stars) moving to like like they are going towards the screen. I have already spent a lot of time creating my own sprites and game music, so I don’t want to give up on this because of the background. If someone could give me some tips on how to create this background in working order, I would be greatly appreciative.

2

Try this

https://gist.github.com/Bri-G/2953333#file-starfields2-lua

3

The bit invader example has a scrolling star background, you could look in there

4

@Rekneps Here’s an example of moving stars towards you. It’s set up for white stars, but if you want colors, comment out the line that says white stars.


displayMode(FULLSCREEN)

function setup()
    col={color(0, 12, 255, 255),        color(107, 145, 171, 255),
         color(255, 243, 0, 255),       color(168, 169, 97, 255),
         color(255, 255, 255, 255),     color(255, 150, 0, 255),
         color(255, 0, 13, 255)}
    nbrStars=150
    st={}
    for z=1,nbrStars do
        c=math.random(7)    -- colored stars
        c=5 -- white stars
        table.insert(st,vec4(math.random(WIDTH),math.random(HEIGHT),1,c))
    end
    speed=75
end

function draw()
    background(40, 40, 50)
    for a,b in pairs(st) do
        fill(col[b.w])
        ellipse(b.x,b.y,b.z)
        xd=WIDTH/2-b.x
        if xd<.05 and xd>-.05 then
            xd=.1
        end
        yd=HEIGHT/2-b.y
        if yd<.05 and yd>-.05 then
            yd=.1
        end
        b.x=b.x-xd/speed
        b.y=b.y-yd/speed    
        b.z=b.z+.1
        if b.x<0 or b.x>WIDTH or b.y<0 or b.y>HEIGHT then
            st[a].x=math.random(WIDTH)
            st[a].y=math.random(HEIGHT)
            st[a].z=1
        end
    end
end
5

Thank you all so much!

6

@dave1707 Also, a huge thank you to you! This was exactly what I was looking for!