I signed up here because I myself was once interested in making a 2d cs... and realbot is the bot I use as well...

I was disapointed in the CS2D by Unreal Software. It was ugly, and didn't represent CS too well.

May I make a few suggestions?

- Use a new engine? Like using simple 3d levels, but with 2d objects. I think the best example of this would be Grand Theft Auto 2. I can send that game to you if you want, it is basically freeware now.
- Since it's hard to represent different levels of height in 2d, you could have the upper levels fade out when blocking your vision.

I have a lot of ideas in my head that would make a really enjoyable game... I'd really love to help with this. I have a good amount of programming knowledge, and I'm willing to learn.