Character and Game Ideas

For the game avatar I thought it would be interesting if the character changes to a classic style 8-bit character during the game/dream sequence. 

For my level of the game I have the base of the game developed but I have to work on the theme and graphics. I want the snake to eat the dollar signs to gain points and the snake must eat all of the dollar points to win. The player must avoid running into economic woes symbolized by things like foreclosure signs and gas pumps. When a player wins an Occupy Wall Street symbol will overtake the screen. 

GameMaker- Snake

I started making a my own version of the classic Snake game. I need to work some things out. I want the snake to eat the objects, and have more objects to avoid. I haven't decided on a theme yet, but I definitely want to change the objects and change the snake graphics.