[stella] Re: Finally found some time to work on my gameX

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Phantom of the Opcodes writes: 

> The fade-out laser effect is nice, but behaves a little different than I'd
> expect.. if an object runs into the laser while it's fading out, I expect
> that to count as a hit.. Otherwise what's the point of the persistent laser?

Firstly as you said, it is a nice effect (and it makes it even less obvious 
that the laser flickers (the ball is used for both lasers)).
It is also meant as a visual clue to the player that they cannot fire again 
yet.
The fade is just 'persistence of vision'. 

Regards,
Andrew Wallace 
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