Regarding the option to make ships upside down, Brendon said in a comment on RPS that it is possible so that means that you can have the higher armor which is on top facing down.
soulgrindr: Why all the dislike of the Red and Blue ships? I rather like it... it gives it a more abstract feel like darwinia or something.
Textures would make it look just like every other space game out there...
I like that as well, it keeps things clean, simple and visible. Also, it would take longer to develop the game otherwise and the minimum system requirements would be higher.
SantaCruz: Looks interesting.. I will keep this on my watch-list.
One funny thing i noticed is that while he said it will be available for pc and xbox360 the video showed an amiga 500 besides the xbox.
What i don't like was the piano music playing in the background. I hope that the music in the final game will be different and more futuristic than that.
The Amiga 500 is a joke :D
Regarding the music (and visual style), we need to keep in mind that this is a one man development studio and he's the only one doing everything on the game.