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No, I mean differentiate the gun, the barrel, from the hull and the cover.
Don't worry; I will. Every ship type has its own color scheme, and I don't think any of them use this particular puke-green. I just picked a neutral, 50%-level color for the purpose of throwing ideas together. Thanks for your feedback!
I really think you ought to make the gun a different color.
I can see how you came to that conclusion. Like I mentioned to Sir Veillance, this is a sort of liquid fire weapon, so it has a very weird splash effect. I think I'll have to revise its readability as development continues. Thanks again for your response!
The second option :) At first glance, I thought it was a stone mouth having a barf. Not until I read the description did I realize how wrong I was :D
Can't say I do know what you mean - not for certain, anyway. Do you mean the national sport of Ireland, the oft-used slang term for vomit, or something else entirely? Regardless, thank you for taking the time to comment! It's always good to hear from someone new.
As for the blast looking like a liquid, you've actually got that right: it is one. This isn't a laser, but a semi-controlled burst of superheated gas or other fluid, more commonly known as plasma. As you probably already know, plasma can take many forms, ranging from fusing hydrogen to common wood-fires to lightning. In this case, I decided to go with option number one.
If you're looking for a more conventional comparison, think napalm. The idea is that a core of the stuff vents through the cannon, which splashes what is basically star-stuff over the target, melting everything it comes into contact with. It's kind of like a much hotter breed of flamethrower, designed for close (by interstellar standards) distances and specializing in removing ships' armor. It can also fire through energy shields to a certain extent, making it useful if you've run out of other ammo.
Lasers, by contrast, will fire instantaneously over their entire operable range, with a certain degree of piercing against lightly armored targets. Energy shields deflect them something fierce, since they're effectively just directed radiation, and of course they don't have ammunition requirements aside from energy drain. And finally, slug-throwers pack a wallop on account of accelerating solid mass to a noticeable fraction of lightspeed, and can completely overwhelm an opponent's shields, but have the minor disadvantage of changing your ship's heading when fired unless you've got anti-recoil engines installed. There will be a bunch of other weapon-types as well, but for now I've just got those basic three.
I don't understand what I'm looking at, is it a turret popping out? If so the laser looks like a liquid because it's coming out so slowly, I seriously thought it was a liquid pouring out at first. If you made the laser move faster it might be a bit less confusing. Good work with the tiny size though!
Ah. I hadn't thought of that. That's a great idea. I'll have to give it a shot when I go back to rework this stuff later. Thanks again!