diff --git a/chameleonic.p8 b/chameleonic.p8
index 474c43a..2beb87d 100644
--- a/chameleonic.p8
+++ b/chameleonic.p8
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ function gsv(s,sep1,sep2)
  return ret
 end
 
+function cycle(tbl,period)
+ period = period or 1
+ return tbl[t()%period*#tbl\period+1]
+end
+
 mnames={}
 function names(root)
  local n=mnames[root]
@@ -1774,20 +1779,12 @@ function hints:init()
  end
  menuitem(1,"get hint",function() level.hintlevel+=1 end)
  menuitem(2,"hide hints",function() level.hintlevel=0 end)
- -- debug mode: enable mouse
- poke(0x5f2d,1)
 end
 
-hintflicker={7,10,9,8,8,9,10,7}
+hintflicker=split"7,10,9,8,8,9,10,7"
 function hints:draw2()
  pal()
- local c=hintflicker[t()%1*#hintflicker\1+1]
-  -- debug mode: mouse coord display
- if stat(34) != 0 then
-  local mousex, mousey = stat(32), stat(33)
-  print("x ("..mousex..", "..mousey..")",mousex,mousey,c)
- end
-
+ local c=cycle(hintflicker)
 
  local function body()
   for i,h in ipairs(self[level.ix]) do
@@ -1819,6 +1816,37 @@ function hints:draw2()
  pal()
 end
 
+-->8
+-- debug mouse support
+
+debugmouse = {}
+
+-- comment this out to disable debug mode
+add(real_modules, debugmouse)
+
+function debugmouse:init()
+ poke(0x5f2d,1)
+end
+
+debugflicker=split"5,6,7,15,14,8,2,4,9,10,11,3,12,13"
+debugchs = split" ,□,x"
+
+function debugmouse:draw3()
+ if (stat(34) == 0) return
+ pal(15,cycle(debugflicker,1.5))
+ local x, y, c = stat(32), stat(33), debugchs[stat(34) & 0x3]
+ if not c or c == " " then
+  spr(50,x,y)
+ else
+  print(c,x,y,15)
+ end
+ print(x..", "..y,
+       mid(0,x,97),
+       mid(0, y > 117 and y - 6 or y + 6, 117),
+       15)
+ pal()
+end
+
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