Similar sites to OWOT: Difference between revisions
| (20 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
'''''<small>*See also: [[Ways People Discover OWOT]]</small>''''' | '''''<small>*See also: [[Ways People Discover OWOT]]</small>''''' | ||
Sites similar to OWOT, namely in being infinite canvases editable by anyone(''or by being | Sites similar to OWOT, namely in being infinite canvases editable by anyone(''or by simply being collaborative websites''). | ||
Some of the items on this page were taken from | Some of the items on this page were taken from [[AndreiXYZ]]'s world [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot_type_websites /owot_type_websites]. | ||
[[Mr.Guy]] is also working on compiling a larger list of sites similar to OWOT. | [[Mr.Guy]] is also working on compiling a larger list of sites similar to OWOT. | ||
| Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
{{main|Our World of Pixels}} | {{main|Our World of Pixels}} | ||
YWOT but with pixels. | YWOT but with pixels. Formerly known as Your World of Pixels<ref>[https://2s4.me/public/owop_screenshots/ 2s4.me/public/owop_screenshots/]</ref>. | ||
Launched by [[Eldit]] in 2016, hosted by [[InfraRaven]]. | Launched by [[Eldit]] in 2016, hosted by [[InfraRaven]]. | ||
| Line 82: | Line 82: | ||
== OWOT clones/instances == | == OWOT clones/instances == | ||
OWOT is [[NodeWorldOfText|open source]], meaning that many people have [[Running from source|created their own instances]] of the site, some with significant modification. See [[NodeWorldOfText#Currently active NWOTs|here]] for a list of current and historical OWOT instances. | |||
OWOT is open source, meaning that many people have created their own instances of the site, some with significant modification. | |||
[[ | |||
=== My World of Text === | === My World of Text === | ||
[[File:Mwot | [[File:Mwot home.png|thumb|278x278px|[https://web.myworldoftext.com/home The MWOT homepage]]] | ||
Created by bmp7458 in October 2025. It was initially located at [http://mwot.mcsn.online:8080/ mwot.mcsn.online:8080/], but was later moved to [https://web.myworldoftext.com/ web.myworldoftext.com/]. | Created by bmp7458 in October 2025. It was initially located at [http://mwot.mcsn.online:8080/ mwot.mcsn.online:8080/], but was later moved to [https://web.myworldoftext.com/ web.myworldoftext.com/]. | ||
On October 28th, 2025, MWOT briefly disabled pasting after a user wiped the entire canvas. | On October 28th, 2025, MWOT briefly disabled pasting after a user wiped the entire canvas. | ||
bmp also created [https://piano.myworldoftext.com/ piano.myworldoftext.com], a clone of Multiplayer Piano, and [https://thread.myworldoftext.com/ thread.myworldoftext.com/], or My World of Thread. | |||
As of late 2025, MWOT is the only active OWOT instance. | |||
[[File:Mwot spawn.png|none|thumb|534x534px|MWOT Spawn on October 26th]] | [[File:Mwot spawn.png|none|thumb|534x534px|MWOT Spawn on October 26th]] | ||
| Line 153: | Line 150: | ||
{{main|TextWall}} | {{main|TextWall}} | ||
Textwall was a 2020 text canvas that was inspired by YWOT, though it ended up having many OWOT features such as text colors and teleportation. Rather than having distinct URLs, [[worlds]] were located at specific coordinates on the Mainpage. The canvas also technically wasn't infinite, and was limited to 100,000 coordinates on all sides. | Textwall was a 2020 text canvas that was inspired by YWOT, though it ended up having many OWOT features such as text colors and instant teleportation. Rather than having distinct URLs, [[worlds]] were located at specific coordinates on the Mainpage. The canvas also technically wasn't infinite, and was limited to 100,000 coordinates on all sides. | ||
The site garnered a bad reputation for the sheer toxicity of its (predominantly underaged) userbase. However some Textwallers have since become well respected members of the OWOT community, with [[Lime.owot|Lime]] being the most notable example. | The site garnered a bad reputation for the sheer toxicity of its (predominantly underaged) userbase. However some Textwallers have since become well respected members of the OWOT community, with [[Lime.owot|Lime]] being the most notable example. | ||
| Line 165: | Line 162: | ||
The canvas was infinite just like YWOT and OWOT but had a vertical height limit. It was very sparse in content due to limited advertisement, but one YWOT user did make a road all the way to Y:1000. There were also a number of simple three dimensional ASCII drawings, which SuperQGS stated to be an entirely new art form<ref>SuperQGS once considered reaching out to [[Meimei]] on her [https://www.deviantart.com/kiki-ascii Deviant Art page] in order to commission her to make 3D ASCII art in ''Anchored''.</ref>. ''Anchored'' was mostly identical to YWOT with the exception of the 3D aspect. It did not have teleportation or color, nor was pasting enabled to any capacity. | The canvas was infinite just like YWOT and OWOT but had a vertical height limit. It was very sparse in content due to limited advertisement, but one YWOT user did make a road all the way to Y:1000. There were also a number of simple three dimensional ASCII drawings, which SuperQGS stated to be an entirely new art form<ref>SuperQGS once considered reaching out to [[Meimei]] on her [https://www.deviantart.com/kiki-ascii Deviant Art page] in order to commission her to make 3D ASCII art in ''Anchored''.</ref>. ''Anchored'' was mostly identical to YWOT with the exception of the 3D aspect. It did not have teleportation or color, nor was pasting enabled to any capacity. | ||
The beta for Anchored was released in April 2023 and taken offline later that same year, but the creator plans to revive it at some point in the future. In the meantime, you can find the source code [https:// | The beta for Anchored was released in April 2023 and taken offline later that same year, but the creator plans to revive it at some point in the future. In the meantime, you can find the source code [https://github.com/SuperQGS/superqgs.github.io/tree/master/Anchored here], or access incomplete versions of the site at [https://superqgs.github.io/Anchored/ superqgs.github.io/Anchored/] and [https://superqgs.github.io/client/ superqgs.github.io/client/]. SuperQGS returned to the project in December 2025 and plans to release it again sometime in 2026. | ||
The developer discusses the inspiration behind typetobuild [https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=4266&v=egDADIYE5r0&feature=youtu.be here]. He had previously created an ASCII survival game named The After with YWOT/OWOT style base building, | The developer discusses the inspiration behind typetobuild [https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=4266&v=egDADIYE5r0&feature=youtu.be here]. He had previously created an ASCII survival game named ''The After'' with YWOT/OWOT style base building. A survival mode for Typetobuild was also planned, but it was cut after SuperQGS realized that it was "''a mistaken vision outside of [his] capabilities.''" | ||
Before its shutdown, Typetobuild/Anchored linked to two subreddits at [https://www.reddit.com/r/typetobuild/ r/typetobuild/] and [https://www.reddit.com/r/Anchored/ r/Anchored/], along with a Discord server which has since been deleted.<gallery mode="packed" heights="120"> | Before its shutdown, Typetobuild/Anchored linked to two subreddits at [https://www.reddit.com/r/typetobuild/ r/typetobuild/] and [https://www.reddit.com/r/Anchored/ r/Anchored/], along with a Discord server which has since been deleted.<gallery mode="packed" heights="120"> | ||
File:Typetobuild cursor.gif|3D cursor | File:Typetobuild cursor.gif|How the 3D cursor works | ||
File:Dfjkisfjksdfljsdlfjdsklfjsdkl.gif|A user rotating the 3D canvas(''Note: A script was used to increase the rendering distance'') | File:Dfjkisfjksdfljsdlfjdsklfjsdkl.gif|A user rotating the 3D canvas(''Note: A script was used to increase the rendering distance'') | ||
File:Typetobuild spawn regular zoom.webp|What Spawn looked like at regular zoom | File:Typetobuild spawn regular zoom.webp|What Spawn looked like at regular zoom | ||
File:Type to build slashes.jpg|SuperQGS on rendering the "/" character to better facilitate 3D ASCII art | File:Type to build slashes.jpg|SuperQGS on rendering the "/" character to better facilitate 3D ASCII art | ||
File:Typetobuild highlight.png|Highlight feature | File:Typetobuild highlight.png|Highlight feature | ||
File: | File:Anchored logo.png|Anchored/typetobuild's logo | ||
File:Typetobuild concept color.webp|Typetobuild concept with colored text | File:Typetobuild concept color.webp|Typetobuild concept with colored text | ||
File:Typetobuild concept background.webp|Survival mode concept with an image background | File:Typetobuild concept background.webp|Survival mode concept with an image background | ||
File:Typetobuild end.jpg|alt=SuperQGS concerning the end of typetobuild.com | File:Typetobuild end.jpg|alt=|SuperQGS concerning the end of typetobuild.com | ||
File:Typetobuild rain.png|Using debug to render rain effect on the [https://superqgs.github.io/Anchored/ alpha] | |||
File:Typetobuild debug.png|[[Guest-1052]] messing with debug on the alpha | |||
File:Typetobuild client.png|[https://superqgs.github.io/client/ superqgs.github.io/client/] | |||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" caption="The (cut) survival mode with a player character that users could guide around the canvas"> | |||
File:Typetobuild survival.jpg|SuperQGS on the planned survival mode | |||
File:Typetobuild december 1 2025 1.webp|UI for moving the player character | |||
File:Typetobuild december 1 2025 3.gif|Various icons representing interactable objects can be found throughout the map | |||
File:Typetobuild december 1 2025 2.webp|The player character can interact with text, here it is seen standing on an ASCII ledge... | |||
File:Typetobuild december 1 2025 4.gif|...and here it is seen falling through a hole in said ledge | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| Line 208: | Line 214: | ||
''(wip)'' | ''(wip)'' | ||
'''— [[MothCultLeader|Catha'vi]] on the [[OWOT Discord]]'''</blockquote>Currently nonexistent, though Catha'vi has created a thread in the [[OWOT Discord|Discord]] for users to suggest features for the hypothetical World of Text site. | '''— [[MothCultLeader|Catha'vi]] on the [[OWOT Discord]]'''</blockquote>Currently nonexistent, though Catha'vi has created a thread in the [[OWOT Discord|Discord]] for users to suggest features for the hypothetical World of Text site.<gallery mode="packed" heights="180"> | ||
File:Cathavi owot.png|Concept art(''April 21st, 2025'') | |||
File:Cathavi wot test 1.png|Render test(''November 18th, 2025'') | |||
File:Cathavi wot test 2.png | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== 2w2t === | === 2w2t === | ||
[https://2w2t.org 2w2t]("''2writers2tiles''") is a YWOT clone created in September 2025. Its [https://github.com/xqyet/2w2t.frontend source code], along with [https://github.com/xqyet/2w2t.ASCII#teleport-script several basic scripts such as pasting and teleporting], can be found on Github. | [https://2w2t.org 2w2t]("''2writers2tiles''") is a YWOT clone created in September 2025. Its [https://github.com/xqyet/2w2t.frontend source code], along with [https://github.com/xqyet/2w2t.ASCII#teleport-script several basic scripts such as pasting and teleporting], can be found on Github. | ||
| Line 220: | Line 230: | ||
File:2w2t 1.png|2w2t's [[Center Console]] | File:2w2t 1.png|2w2t's [[Center Console]] | ||
File:2w2t 2.png | File:2w2t 2.png | ||
</gallery> | |||
=== Textly === | |||
[https://textly-ygd6.onrender.com/ Textly] is an infinite text canvas created by [[Hello]] on November 11th, 2025.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | |||
File:Textly colors.png|Color selection menu | |||
File:Textly chat.png|Chat(''Added November 12th'') | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| Line 229: | Line 245: | ||
=== pxls.space === | === pxls.space === | ||
[https://pxls.space/ pxls.space] | [https://pxls.space/ pxls.space] is a r/place clone whose canvas resets and changes shape every time it is completely filled. The timer for placing pixels is dynamic and changes depending on how many users are online. | ||
=== | === pixelplace.io === | ||
[https://pixelplace.io/ pixelplace.io] is formatted similarly to pxls.space. | |||
[[ | |||
=== pixelcanvas.io === | |||
[https://pixelcanvas.io/ pixelcanvas.io] is an infinite pixel canvas with a 60 second timer for placing pixels. A world map was added to the canvas background following the massive success of [https://wplace.live/ Wplace] in late 2025. | |||
[[Name]] found OWOT from this site. | |||
=== Tixtels === | === Tixtels === | ||
An infinite pixel canvas similar to | An infinite pixel canvas similar to OWOP. | ||
Tixtels was created around 2018 by an OWOT user named [[SuperOP535]]. | Tixtels was created around 2018 by an OWOT user named [[SuperOP535]]. | ||
| Line 280: | Line 300: | ||
'''— Description of Pixelex by a deleted account in 2019'''</blockquote> | '''— Description of Pixelex by a deleted account in 2019'''</blockquote> | ||
[[File:Pixelex.png|center|thumb|469x469px|WIP Pixelex screenshot from October 2019]] | [[File:Pixelex.png|center|thumb|469x469px|WIP Pixelex screenshot from October 2019]] | ||
=== wplace.live === | === wplace.live === | ||
| Line 288: | Line 305: | ||
{{hatnote|This page contains text from Lemuria's private wiki that he has willingly released.}} | {{hatnote|This page contains text from Lemuria's private wiki that he has willingly released.}} | ||
[https://wplace.live/ Wplace] is a pixel art website created by Brazillian developer Murilo Matsubara, and launched on July 21, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=People Are Using Wplace For Video Game-Related Protests |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/people-are-using-wplace-for-video-game-related-protests/1100-6533993/ |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US |archive-date=23 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250823224714/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/people-are-using-wplace-for-video-game-related-protests/1100-6533993/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brazil Turns Itself Into A Metal Gear Shrine On Wplace |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/brazil-turns-itself-into-a-metal-gear-shrine-on-wplace/ar-AA1Kgxg6 |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=www.msn.com |archive-date=19 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819031118/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/brazil-turns-itself-into-a-metal-gear-shrine-on-wplace/ar-AA1Kgxg6 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lemuria]] is one of the few OWOT users who also use Wplace. On the site, he has worked on numerous projects globally, such as multiple signs in {{wpd|Port Elizabeth}}, South Africa. Lemuria has considered starting a fan wiki for Wplace to document the occurences on the site, but has not found the time, or the computing resources to do so. | [https://wplace.live/ Wplace] is a pixel art website created by Brazillian developer Murilo Matsubara, and launched on July 21, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=People Are Using Wplace For Video Game-Related Protests |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/people-are-using-wplace-for-video-game-related-protests/1100-6533993/ |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US |archive-date=23 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250823224714/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/people-are-using-wplace-for-video-game-related-protests/1100-6533993/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brazil Turns Itself Into A Metal Gear Shrine On Wplace |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/brazil-turns-itself-into-a-metal-gear-shrine-on-wplace/ar-AA1Kgxg6 |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=www.msn.com |archive-date=19 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819031118/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/brazil-turns-itself-into-a-metal-gear-shrine-on-wplace/ar-AA1Kgxg6 |url-status=live }}</ref> The site became massively popular in the months after its launch, making it the second most mainstream site on this page(''second to r/place''). | ||
[[Lemuria]] is one of the few OWOT users who also use Wplace. On the site, he has worked on numerous projects globally, such as multiple signs in {{wpd|Port Elizabeth}}, South Africa. Lemuria has considered starting a fan wiki for Wplace to document the occurences on the site, but has not found the time, or the computing resources to do so. | |||
Wplace uses the Mercator projection. Pixels are not intended to map cleanly onto specific coordinates. Wplace divides the world into a 2048×2048 grid, making for 4,194,304 tiles. These tiles are 1000×1000 pixels, giving a total of 4,194,304,000,000 pixels; over 4.1 trillion. Wplace's coordinate system assigns four coordinates to each pixel; tile X, tile Y, and within that tile, pixel X and pixel Y. The official interface displays these in the format "(Tl X: 597, Tl Y: 783, Px X: 43, Px Y: 408)", though Lemuria uses a shorter format, "597.43, 783.408" (tileX.pixelX, tileY.pixelY). | Wplace uses the Mercator projection. Pixels are not intended to map cleanly onto specific coordinates. Wplace divides the world into a 2048×2048 grid, making for 4,194,304 tiles. These tiles are 1000×1000 pixels, giving a total of 4,194,304,000,000 pixels; over 4.1 trillion. Wplace's coordinate system assigns four coordinates to each pixel; tile X, tile Y, and within that tile, pixel X and pixel Y. The official interface displays these in the format "(Tl X: 597, Tl Y: 783, Px X: 43, Px Y: 408)", though Lemuria uses a shorter format, "597.43, 783.408" (tileX.pixelX, tileY.pixelY). | ||
| Line 308: | Line 327: | ||
<blockquote>''Messing with the SLC vectors for my PR gave me a random idea last night: Our World of Vectors, where you can draw lines (''and maybe curves? not sure how I'd do them tho) at virtually any point on screen (some rounding as to not make the DB infinitely large'') but it'd be a little too ambitious for me to make'' | <blockquote>''Messing with the SLC vectors for my PR gave me a random idea last night: Our World of Vectors, where you can draw lines (''and maybe curves? not sure how I'd do them tho) at virtually any point on screen (some rounding as to not make the DB infinitely large'') but it'd be a little too ambitious for me to make'' | ||
'''— fox''' | '''— fox on''' '''March 15th, 2025'''</blockquote>A WIP sandbox by [[fox]] where users place lines(vectors) on an infinite canvas. As of late 2025 the project has likely been abandoned. <gallery heights="140" widths="250" mode="packed"> | ||
'''March 15th, 2025'''</blockquote>A WIP sandbox by [[fox]] where users place lines(vectors) on an infinite canvas. <gallery heights="140" widths="250" mode="packed"> | |||
File:Owov 1.png | File:Owov 1.png | ||
File:Owov login.png | File:Owov login.png | ||
| Line 359: | Line 376: | ||
=== Infinite Homepage === | === Infinite Homepage === | ||
[https://infinitehomepage.com/ infinitehomepage.com] gives users an infinite amount of square textboxes which they can edit.<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | [https://infinitehomepage.com/ infinitehomepage.com] gives users an infinite amount of square textboxes which they can edit. | ||
Each user has a personal homepage of one million boxes which is located at a random point in the site. There is also an in-site currency named "rubies" which can be used to temporarily lock boxes. | |||
Boxes are arranged into eight columns with a theoretically endless amount of rows. Though like OWOT and TextWall, the site starts to break once you've gone beyond a certain point, as explained in the site's [https://infinitehomepage.com/about about] page:<blockquote>''After a certain point, boxes cease to be properly numbered and the rules change slightly. Boxes may still be locked and edited but the ordering becomes unstructured, if you edit a box then you might never see it again. You'll know when you're there as each box will show the word 'INFINITY' instead of a number. Be warned though, this section is a very long way down.''</blockquote> | |||
[[File:Infinite homepage box montage.webp|center|thumb|563x563px|The "Box Montage" feature, which shows a minimap of the first 40,000 boxes(''Screenshot taken October 28th, 2025'') ]] | |||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | |||
File:Ih 1.png|The top of Infinite Homepage, which is spammed with Marios as of October 2025 | File:Ih 1.png|The top of Infinite Homepage, which is spammed with Marios as of October 2025 | ||
File:Ih 2.png|"Space," one of the many user created landmarks accessible via the sidebar | File:Ih 2.png|"Space," one of the many user created landmarks accessible via the sidebar | ||
| Line 367: | Line 390: | ||
=== One Million Checkboxes === | === One Million Checkboxes === | ||
{{hatnote|See also: {{wpd-l|One Million Checkboxes}}}} | |||
The | [https://onemillioncheckboxes.com/ One Million Checkboxes](OMCB) was a viral experimental site created by [https://eieio.games eieio] in 2024. It was a public sandbox consisting of one million checkboxes, where checking a box checked it for all users. | ||
The layout of checkboxes varied according to browser size, so as to prevent trolls from drawing obscene content using the boxes. But despite this restriction, several users managed to hide images in the site by treating it as a 1000x1000 checkbox canvas. Those same users also figured out a way to write text in the site's source code by strategically checking boxes to encode messages in binary. | |||
The site was locked two weeks after its release. Its story is detailed in [https://x.com/itseieio/status/1829268247105138764 this Twitter thread]. | |||
OMCB was followed by [https://onemillionchessboards.com/#3534,2356 One Million Chessboards].<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | OMCB was followed by [https://onemillionchessboards.com/#3534,2356 One Million Chessboards].<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Omcb 3.webp | File:Omcb 3.webp | ||
File:Omcb 1.png | File:Omcb 1.png|Hidden images became visible when the checkboxes were arranged in a 1000x1000 grid | ||
File:Omcb 2.png | File:Omcb 2.png | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| Line 384: | Line 411: | ||
[[Mr.Guy]] once placed chalkboards in various social spaces as an experiment to replicate the OWOT canvas IRL. | [[Mr.Guy]] once placed chalkboards in various social spaces as an experiment to replicate the OWOT canvas IRL. | ||
[[File:Spread kindness.jpg|center|thumb|738x738px]] | [[File:Spread kindness.jpg|center|thumb|738x738px]] | ||
== Trivia == | |||
* Other websites that are heavily tied to OWOT, but that don't share in its collaborative nature, include [[Spooks]], [[Wokecat]] and [[Sleepycat]]. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||