# Python Processing; Pacman
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-processing-pacman/17058
**Category:** Processing.py
**Created:** [January 13, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-processing-pacman/17058 "2020-01-13T02:17:23Z")
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### Author:  [@heyitsme](https://discourse.processing.org/u/heyitsme)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-processing-pacman/17058/1 "2020-01-13T02:17:23Z")
Hello!
I am starting the first step of my Pacman game, but I am having a problem with the Pacman moving. It seems that I’ve done something to my code to keep adding new Pacmans when I press an arrow. I want to remove the old Pacman whenever an arrow clicks.
Here is my code:
```auto
def setup():
global pacmanright, pacmanleft, pacmandown, pacmanup
global boxone
global incrx, incry
global x, y
size (750, 750)
pacmanright = loadImage ( "pacmanright.png" )
pacmanleft = loadImage( "pacmanleft.png" )
pacmandown = loadImage( "pacmandown.png" )
pacmanup = loadImage ( "pacmanup.png" )
x = 0
y = 0
image(pacmanright, x, y, 35, 35)
def draw():
boxone = rect (136, 362, 477, 159)
def keyPressed():
global x, y
if key == CODED:
if keyCode == RIGHT:
x = x + 35
image(pacmanright, x, y, 35, 35)
elif keyCode == LEFT:
x = x - 35
image(pacmanleft, x, y, 35, 35)
elif keyCode == DOWN:
y = y + 35
image(pacmandown, x, y, 35, 35)
elif keyCode == UP:
y = y - 35
image(pacmanup, x, y, 35, 35)
```
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### Author:  [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-processing-pacman/17058/2 "2020-01-13T02:37:18Z")
sorry, but i asked you already to format your code at your first post,
you did not do, so the admin had to do it for you.
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### Author:  [@tabreturn](https://discourse.processing.org/u/tabreturn)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-processing-pacman/17058/3 "2020-01-13T05:45:52Z")
You’re seeing the Pacman images from earlier frames. Processing does not clear the drawing space between frames. Add a `background('#FFFFFF')` function to your `draw()`. You can change the colour argument from white to whatever you prefer.
You’ll also need to restructure your code, so that the `image()` function is the last line of the `draw()` block. For example:
```auto
def setup():
...
global pacman
pacman = pacmanright
def draw():
background('#FFFFFF')
image(pacman, x, y, 35, 35)
def keyPressed():
global x, y, pacman
if key == CODED:
if keyCode == RIGHT:
x = x + 35
pacman = pacmanright
elif keyCode == LEFT:
x = x - 35
pacman = pacmanleft
...
```
\* Just an observation: I recall that Pacman’s movement is more like Snake, in that Pacman is always in motion. Of course, you don’t have to replicate the original arcade game.