Yes, I finally got parallax looking right in some areas. There are places, though, where it just doesn't work out; sometimes it looks as though what you have put in the background is following you around. Very disconcerting!
I'm trying to make most of the scenery and tiles from scratch on three of the four maps. Since I'm not yet up to par on scripting, the mod has got to
look interesting enough to pull people in and make them want to keep exploring.
The red stuff in the background could be pollen, or a virus, or whatever. At least it's not looking like balls of yarn any more.

Progress: Main map is finished, find energy map is finished, maze map is 7/8th finished, and strange map is 1/2 (maybe) finished.
Thanks for the link to TVtropes.

Yep, I'm aiming for scenery porn.