# How can i make balls spread from my mouse

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**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [November 9, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-can-i-make-balls-spread-from-my-mouse/39644 "2022-11-09T14:20:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![returng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/97f17d/32.png) [@returng](https://discourse.processing.org/u/returng)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-can-i-make-balls-spread-from-my-mouse/39644/1 "2022-11-09T14:20:54Z")

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Hello currently I have a problem on how can i make a ball spread out from my mouse (like an explosion). I can make it spread in one specific location but I want it spread while following my mouse.

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**Author:** ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-can-i-make-balls-spread-from-my-mouse/39644/2 "2022-11-09T14:23:58Z")

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Check out mouseX and mouseY in the reference please

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**Author:** ![jafal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jafal/32/19112_2.png) [@jafal](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jafal)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-can-i-make-balls-spread-from-my-mouse/39644/3 "2022-11-09T15:03:29Z")

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Hi

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ibW4oA7-n8I/maxresdefault.jpg "3.2: Built-in Variables (mouseX, mouseY) - Processing Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibW4oA7-n8I)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UvSjtiW-RH8/hqdefault.jpg "3.3: Events (mousePressed, keyPressed) - Processing Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvSjtiW-RH8)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sap4suQbTso/maxresdefault.jpg "Programming Mouse Interaction in Processing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sap4suQbTso)

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