MouseChaser

Contest Mouse Chaser
I got an idea for challenges board. Let's program mouse chaser - the little picture that follow your mouse cursor. It shouldn't just be "glued" on it - it should follow it, looking like it has some inertia. One of well-known programs of this sort is Neko - small kitten chasing cursor. I see several possibilities to play with this idea. You could just make point following cursor Or something drawn with primitives (lines etc.) Or bitmap - or, better, sprite; You can recreate Neko in JBasic - code and bitmaps are awailable online (I do not think that is easy, though – code is in C and Neko has several sprites depending on orientation, and it runs animated); You can make you chaser react on mouse clicks - shoot or speed up or whatever You can run two of them chasing cursor AND each other (don't ask, I have no idea) You can make it leave a tail [trail] or convert it to snake-like thing. Can make that snake behave elastic (if trail section not just stays but moves also, "lagging" behind) Could make that thing animated, like Neko (sprite sequence?) Could think on idle animation - if it finally get that mouse. Could make it run not on white window but on some picture - or user selected bmp - or for Xp even on screencap. You see, there are plenty of things to have fun with. And most of them are really easy to implement. And that's best part of it.
 * Date** November, 2008
 * Hosted by** tsh73
 * Description**

Supposed time - week or two. I think to have it span for 2 weekends is good for folks who can program only on weekends.

Sample program. Just moving point, with some inertia, and clean quit on ESC key. Lot's of place for improvement. Let's play with it.
 * Let's play with it indeed!** You will be amazed, mesmerized, and maybe even hypnotized!

There were 3 entries, and the final vote was almost a virtual tie - 5, 4, and 5.


 * **Mouse Chaser by Rutger**
 * **Mouse Chaser by tsh73**
 * **Mouse Chaser by Sir David**


 * Congratulations to all 3 participants!**