Background images

*Not to be confused with Image Pasters

Admins can upload full resolution images to the backgrounds of text cells. This feature has only been used a handful of times and is not available to the general public.

There is an unspoken rule, however, that any user can request FP to add a background image to their worlds. All you need to do is provide him with an image of your choosing, though FP can deny your request for any number of reasons.

Background images have been a suggested feature since the inception of modern OWOT in 2017, and were realized not too long after the site's launch.

List of worlds with background images

With all of the following worlds, there is an added option in the menu that lets you turn off background images.

Background images can exist at a singular location on a world, or cover the entire page in an infinitely looping pattern.

FP can also modify the transparency of images uploaded to OWOT.

Worlds created by FP

• /changelog
  • Same as /Pumpkin
  • Same as /fp/halloween_2019_spawn_Test(Single image)
• /fp/christmas
  • Same as /fp/christmas_tree_wide_char
• /fp/back_test_634734758
• /fp/gridtest
• /unthink
• /owot/backs
• /Halloween23(Pixel art background by Poopman)
• /thanksgiving23(Pixel art background by Poopman)
• /fp/hallotest
• /fp/fpthinkaaa(Single image)
• /fp/(Single image)
• /emotes(List of all Discord/Chat emotes)
• /257254524824425(Single image)
• The Mainpage(For select events)

Worlds created by InfraRaven

• /toast(also one of the only worlds with built in sound effects)
• /oi

User worlds with custom backgrounds

After providing FP with an image to add to the background.

• /blugars_world(Requested by Colton on May 9th, 2019)
• /pizzatower(Requested by Colton on April 3rd, 2020)

Test server

• test.ourworldoftext.com/test2

Instances of background images on The Mainpage

• October 2017: Pumpkins shown on the Mainpage to demonstrate the background image feature
• April Fools 2020: Center Console replaced with a transparent quad
• April Fools 2021: Center Console replaced with a variety of images
• April Fools 2024: Elon Musk image at Spawn
• Earth Day 2025: Earth of Publicity

Gallery

• 
  A picture of Elon Musk was displayed at Spawn for April Fools 2024
• 
  "Earth of Publicity" for Earth Day 2025
• 
  Image uploaded to /fp in protest of OWOT's phishing warning, which was imposed by Cloudflare after a series of false reports

• 
  Pixel art background for /Halloween23
• 
  Pixel art background for /thanksgiving23

• 
  /unthink
• 
  /fp/christmas
• 
  /Pumpkin
• 
  /changelog
• 
  /oi
• 
  /pizzatower

• 
  Donut of Publicity for April Fools 2021
• 
  Mandelbrot of Publicity for April Fools 2021
• 
  Replicas of three other center consoles from the event, made by Cv in /center_console_history

Background image files

Admin interface for selecting background images

/static/files/backs.png

Most are located under the https://ourworldoftext.com/other/backgrounds/[image name] URL.

AndreiXYZ claimed /other in June of 2021 and is now technically the owner of all files stored under the namespace.

Worlds

• /other/backgrounds/bg_secret_0.png(/pizzatower)
• /backgrounds/blank_tree.png(/fp/christmas and /fp/christmas_tree_wide_char)
• /other/backgrounds/Can_u_dont.png(/unthink)
• /other/backgrounds/gradtransparent.png(/owot/backs)
• /other/backgrounds/pumpkin.png(/pumpkin and /changelog)
• /other/backgrounds/rgb1a.png(/fp/back_test_634734758)
• /other/backgrounds/purple_grid_1_50.png(blugars_world)
• /other/backgrounds/emote_ladder.png(/emotes)
• /other/backgrounds/cloudflare.png(/fp)
• /other/backgrounds/fpthinkaaa.png(/fp/fpthinkaaa)
• /other/backgrounds/orangeween.png(/fp/hallotest)
• /other/backgrounds/grid.png(/fp/gridtest)
• /static/files/grave.webp(/Halloween23)
• /static/files/thanksgiving23.jpg(/Thanksgiving23)
• /other/backgrounds/cubet.png(/257254524824425)
• /other/backgrounds/TileParchment/(/toast)
• /other/backgrounds/illusion.png/(/oi)

Mainpage

• /other/backgrounds/quad_prot.png/(Replaced the Center Console during April Fools 2020)

• /other/backgrounds/ask_for_special_chat_tag.png(Replaced the Center Console during April Fools 2021)
• /other/backgrounds/bigger_quad.png(Replaced the Center Console during April Fools 2021)
• /other/backgrounds/iphone_x.png(Replaced the Center Console during April Fools 2021)
• /other/backgrounds/unloaded_question.png(Replaced the Center Console during April Fools 2021)
• /other/backgrounds/circle_prot.png/(Circular Center Console for April Fools 2021)
• /other/backgrounds/nelson_mandelbrot.png(Replaced the Center Console April Fools 2021)
• /other/backgrounds/me_pointing.png/(Elon Musk image for April Fools 2024)
• /other/backgrounds/eop.png/(Background pattern for the Center Console during Earth Day 2025)

Test server

• test.ourworldoftext.com/other/backgrounds/bubbles.png/(/test2)

???

/other/backgrounds/center-console-exposed5.png

Mostly consisted of unused background images. Found using the Wayback Machine.

• /other/backgrounds/center-console-exposed.png(3D Center Console)
• /other/backgrounds/center-console-exposed2.png(3D Center Console)
• /other/backgrounds/center-console-exposed3.png(3D Center Console)
• /other/backgrounds/center-console-exposed4.png(3D Center Console)
• /other/backgrounds/center-console-exposed5.png(3D Center Console, only unique image in this series and also the only one to ever be used)

• /other/backgrounds/center.png/(Image of the Center Console, also used for a Discord emoji)
• /other/backgrounds/the-password-is-role.png/(Green overlay for the Center Console)
• /other/backgrounds/Bliss.png(Windows XP background)

Background image script by FP

You can render images on any world by pasting the following script into the console:

state.background = {

    path: "[image URL]"

};

loadBackgroundData(function() {

    w.redraw()

}, function() {

    w.redraw()

});

The image will only show up on your end, of course.

• 
  Using /other/backgrounds/eop.png/.
• 
  Using /other/backgrounds/Bliss.png.
• 
  Using a gif by Jamel. Only the first frame is rendered.
• 
  Using a large screenshot of the YWOT mainpage.
• 
  Using an image from the internet.

Trivia

• Fern once considered displaying a pride flag on the center console for Pride Month 2025.
• Scar32 once requested FP for a background image, but all his submissions were denied for various reasons, such as the fact that one of them was hundreds of megabytes in size.
• There is a bug where background images stay on the screen after teleporting to another world using the /warp command.
• Animated gifs cannot be used as background images.