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Well, I think you could do that using a change graphic move event command, so I don't think it's that big of a deal. Plus, the animation would be MUCH smoother, too.
It looks neat, Darc. A tad simple, but simple isn't necessarily bad. Good work.
Err, it was actually...I'm prety sure it was animated. Plus you have the colors as vertical lines. What you want to do is slant them so they give the ilusion of being a cone - shaped object.