This is my solution to a "star map" extra credit assignment. It is based on the Donuts 4 example that comes with the DirectX SDK. The example also has hard coded support for the Wingman Force Feedback joystick. You control the upper left player using the keyboard, the upper right player using the joystick, and the other two cameras are attached to a random AI. The "star map" portion of the code includes the twinkling stars and the shooting star. (You can see the shooting star in the screen shot's upper left camera view.)
Not that the source code is not included because the class assignment is still "open". I'm simply making an example available to give people ideas.
I hacked this together for an assignment, so I'm not sure how it will respond to a computer that doesn't have a force feedback joystick attached.