I made various versions of this project because even though I was starting to become more comfortable with p5, I still had to learn about many features in order to achieve the movement and interaction I envisioned

In this version of the code, I was experimenting with the snow fall movement and I was very satisfied with this movement so I moved to the next version of the code to create the snowglobe shaking effect

To create the snow fall effect I used arrays to store the data of variables I would need to refer to later such as the number of snowflakes (which are the circles) and the objects I would call to in the setup function. I used Perlin noise to give the snowflakes an organic movement when falling and I also used nested for loops to create a grid of snowflakes falling so the circles could be spaced out in a random way.

Next, I experimented with the user interaction in this version of the code. I made it so when the player holds the left mouse button, the snowflakes change color (Christmas inspired colors) and stay suspended in the air while still moving horizontally. I loved the effect of the snowflakes being suspended in the air because it gave a feeling of time stopping. Although I was satisfied with this, I wasn't able to move the snowflakes the way I wanted-the whole snowflake object would move when the mouse was moved. So my next goal was to make the each individual snowflake move based on which one was closest to the mouse.

Finally came the final version of my project. It was very challenging to achieve the push effect that users create when moving the mouse around the snowflakes but the end result was very worth it. I also added a filter to the background music using logic and made it so when the left mouse button was held down, the music would go from a normal sound to a filtered sound which created a dreamy effect.