Talk:Pixel Machine/@comment-26338521-20150609095254/@comment-9531161-20150609111731

Thanks for the compliments. The first line of the page states that this was an unfinished game; I'm sorry you weren't able to play it.

The reason I used separate scales instead of the distance was for aesthetics. The screen is not a square, but individual scales makes the cursor the same size on the edges no matter where you are. If I used the distance formula, the cursor would change size as you move along the edge of the screen. I also did not want the cursor to be a different size on the left or right sides of the screen than it was on the top or bottom.

Sometimes you have to use the long approach to get the effect you want.