Progress after approx 12 hours
I don’t yet have the pretty graphics I hoped for, but the physics is nearly finished, which is half the game anyway. The following things work
0) Character moving around the level and aiming FPS style (Thanks to the new release of BEPU physics with its character controller)
1) Floaty enemy who dies when you shoot him enough, and falls to the ground.
2) Physics debug renderer integrated, so I can see everything
3) Level loads from the tiled file format into linear batches of identical tiles
4) Physics side of weapon system finished, and waiting for me to code pickups