proc/Square(var/atom/A) //this proc draws a square up and to the right of the player
    var/list/square = new
    var/max_dist = round((A.radius+31)/32) + 1  // atoms with bigger radius need to include more tiles (radius is in pixels)
    var/X
    var/Y
    for(X = A.x+1, X <= A.x+max_dist, X++)
        for(Y = A.y+1, Y <= A.y+max_dist, Y++)
            square += locate(X,Y,1)  // loop adding the tiles to the list
    Distance(A, square, A.radius + 32)  // do i need to say list/square?
// pretty sure this works so far


proc/Distance(var/atom/A, var/list/L, radius)
    for(var/turf/T in L)  // for only the turf contained on the list  // do i need to specify that these are turfs?
        var/list/circle = new
        var/closest_x = ((T.x - A.x) * 32) - A.tile_x + 1  // the closest pixel 1,1 is checked
        var/closest_y = ((T.y - A.y) * 32) - A.tile_y + 1
        if(closest_x^2 + closest_y^2 < radius^2)
            circle += T  // adds the tile to the new list, which should be the upper right corner of a circle


client/verb/circle_test()
    Square(usr/mob)

// i need a better verb for testing, i got no output.  maybe making tiles inside the range luminous?