At 19.29 06/01/98 -0800, Glenn Saunders wrote:
>> acting as an explosion. Maybe one or two more bytes for random number
>> generation, if there isn't one already.
>
>The problem with the missile is that it results in one big ugly box, which
>isn't much more appealing than the invader just disappearing.
I'm not sure it would be ugly, if there's also a good use of color cycling.
Imagine a bright red box smoothly disappearing..
If I can find the time next weekend, I'll try first to get some free bytes
simplifying the shields, then to add the explosion-from-missile thing.
P.
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