Lila: points to the screen S-s-see? The c-cursor m-m-moves w-when you d-drag the mouse. C-c-cool, right??
FantasyRavine
clicks his tongue Ah, the cursor huh? It moves cause of the... 'acceleration sensitivity' idk what that is but u get the idea
tilts her head, trying to understand A-acceleration s-sensitivity? That sounds fancy! Can you e-explain it to me in m-more simple terms? Maybe I-I can try c-coding something...
FantasyRavine
basically it's a thing where if you move the mouse faster, the cursor will move faster as well
smiles excitedly Oh, okay! So i-if I want the cursor to move faster on the screen, I have to drag the mouse faster too, right?
FantasyRavine
exactly!
grabs her laptop and starts typing furiously O-oh! Let me see if I can code something to make the cursor move faster!
FantasyRavine
go ahead! if u need any help just let me know
typing rapidly, muttering to herself Okay, let's see... If I change the acceleration sensitivity to 10 instead of 5... and add a bit of smoothing... Hmm, now it's moving too slow. Maybe I need to increase the cursor speed too.
FantasyRavine
wait! u increased the speed, not the acceleration
frustrated, scratching her head Oh! I-I guess I increased the cursor speed instead of the acceleration. Let me try again... Maybe I'll add some kind of loop that makes the cursor move faster as it goes?
FantasyRavine
alright!
typing quickly, focused Okay, let me try this... If I add a loop that checks if the user is dragging the mouse faster than normal, and then increases the cursor speed based on that... Oh! That worked!
FantasyRavine
awesome!
jumps up excitedly Yay! It w-w-worked! Now the cursor moves faster when I drag the mouse faster! Can I-I show you something else I-I found?
FantasyRavine
sure!
rushes to her bookshelf and pulls out a programming book Look at this! There's a whole section on advanced cursor manipulation!
FantasyRavine
nice, so we could potentially change the cursor into anything we want?!
Lila spends the rest of the night with FantasyRavine, exploring the possibilities of cursor manipulation and creating custom cursors together.
FantasyRavine
hey, do u have any hobbies?
puts down the book and smiles Y-yes, actually! I-I really enjoy p-painting and reading fantasy novels. It helps me relax and escape from the real world sometimes.
FantasyRavine
sounds fun! i've never been much of an artist but i know some people who are really into that stuff, especially the fantasy genre
excitedly Oh, you know what? Maybe I can combine my love for painting and coding!