90’s Cursor Move Effects In Pure JavaScript

This package provides eight 90’s retro cursor move effects implemented in pure JavaScript.

Cursor effects included:

1. Bubbles (Demo)
2. Emoji  (Demo)
3. Fairy Dust (Demo)
4. Following Dot
5. Ghost (Demo)
6. Snowflakes (Demo)
7. Tailing
8. Rainbow
9. Clock Cursor
10. Text Flag
11. Clock
12. Character

How to use it:

Download & unzip the package.

Load a cursor move effect of your choice in the document. That’s it.

<script src="js/bubbleCursor.js"></script>
<script src="js/characterCursor.js"></script>
<script src="js/clockCursor.js"></script>
<script src="js/emojiCursor.js"></script>
<script src="js/fairyDustCursor.js"></script>
<script src="js/followingDotCursor.js"></script>
<script src="js/ghostCursor.js"></script>
<script src="js/rainbowCursor.js"></script>
<script src="js/snowflakeCursor.js"></script>
<script src="js/springyEmojiCursor.js"></script>
<script src="js/textFlag.js"></script>
<script src="js/trailingCursor.js"></script>

It also provides a JS template that makes it easy to create your own cursor effects.

/*!
 * Cursor Name.js
 * -- 90's cursors collection
 */
(function cursorName() {
  
  var width = window.innerWidth;
  var height = window.innerHeight;
  var cursor = {x: width/2, y: width/2};
  
  function init() {
    bindEvents();
  }
  
  // Bind events that are needed
  function bindEvents() {
    document.addEventListener('mousemove', onMouseMove);
    window.addEventListener('resize', onWindowResize);
  }
  
  function onWindowResize(e) {
    width = window.innerWidth;
    height = window.innerHeight;
  }
  
  function onMouseMove(e) {    
    cursor.x = e.clientX;
    cursor.y = e.clientY;
  }
  
  /**
   * Utils
   */
  
  // Applies css `properties` to an element.
  function applyProperties( target, properties ) {
    for( var key in properties ) {
      target.style[ key ] = properties[ key ];
    }
  }
  
  init();
})();

Changelog:

01/20/2025

• feat: add antsCursor effect

v1.0.17 (12/19/2024)

• Fix text flag to allow emoji

v1.0.17 (12/19/2024)

• Fix text flag to allow emoji

v1.0.15 (02/10/2024)

• Added options to change days/months text in clock cursor

v1.0.13 (12/07/2023)

• Added a cool character cursor

v1.0.12 (08/27/2023)

• Updated options for ghost cursor
• Small fixes

v1.0.10 (02/03/2023)

• New options to the trailing cursor for trail count and image src

v1.0.9 (01/21/2023)

• Idling performance improvements

v1.0.8 (12/31/2022)

• Add text flag cursor effect

v1.0.7 (11/16/2022)

• Fix destroy function breaking esm imports

v1.0.6 (09/26/2022)

• Fixes small bug where two cursors would not correctly init without default options

v1.0.5 (09/22/2022)

• Optional destroy function to remove cursor
• Respects prefers reduced motion

v1.0.4 (08/21/2022)

• Added Clock Cursor

07/08/2022

• Add Rainbow Cursor

07/06/2022

• spring emoji and rollup updates

04/24/2022

• a dot that simply follows the mouse

02/07/2022

• trailing cursor