if you don't let the particles catch up w/ your mouse (and trace circles around them) the gather up in one place and turn white, resulting in some spectacular 'explosions'
I actually think this could become a game; maybe you show the player a pattern and then he tries to recreate it... or something among those lines.
http://www.ea.com/auditorium-iphone
Some of the levels are pretty hard!
if you don't let the particles catch up w/ your mouse (and trace circles around them) the gather up in one place and turn white, resulting in some spectacular 'explosions'