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'''''*For animated scripts on YWOT, see [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Moving_Text_Objects Moving Text Objects]'''''

'''''*See also: [https://ourworldoftext.com/tileanimator /tileAnimator], a world that allows users to create small ASCII animations'''''

'''''*See also: [https://ourworldoftext.com/tileanimator /tileAnimator], a [[Unique worlds|unique world]] that allows users to create small ASCII animations'''''

Scripts that create the illusion of movement by rapidly pasting and deleting text.

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== FP ==

=== New Year/Christmas countdowns ===

[[Fp|FP's]] New Year and Christmas Countdowns feature multiple animated elements. See one of these events in action [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avAYxAhByzw here].<gallery widths="400" heights="200">

File:2024 countdown.png|[https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/2024countdown /owot/2024countdown]

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=== Fireworks ~~Script~~ ===

=== Fireworks script ===

The animated fireworks script from the New Year countdown has also been used by spammers for [[Spam|more destructive purposes]].<gallery widths="400" heights="200">

File:DisIsFuckinInsane.jpeg|Firework spam by a anon called ourworldoftest

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=== Town building script ===

[[File:Fp town building script.gif|none|thumb|432x432px|FP showcasing the script in the <code>#scripting</code> channel of the [[OWOT Discord]](''December 18th, 2021'').]]

=== Bomb script ===

A script that places a bomb emoji on the canvas, which explodes after a brief countdown and scatters all text in its vicinity.

[[File:Fp bomb script.gif|none|thumb|428x428px|From the <code>#scripting</code> channel of the OWOT Discord(''December 20th, 2021'').]]

== Mr.Guy ==

[[File:Mrguy script list.webp|thumb|310x310px|Script list]]

See [https://files.catbox.moe/5qk1z4.mp4 here] for a similar running stickman script from 2025.

tbd

tbd<gallery widths="200" heights="200">

File:Mr guy follower.gif|"Ballman," a stick figure following the [[physics cursor]](''July 7th, 2022'')

File:Mr guy doom fire.gif|The ''DOOM'' algorithm for fire being run in OWOT(''September 7th, 2022'')

File:Mr guy doom fire 2.gif|Reprised version of the script from September 2025

File:Animated pattern september 9 2025.gif|[[wikipedia:Metaballs|Metaballs]](''September 9th, 2025'')

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=== Video player ===

[[File:Mr guy video player.png|border|frameless]]

File:Mr guy video player owot.gif

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== Lime ==

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File:Lime elevator animated.gif

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== Prophetbot ==

A bot created by [[TheUltimateKatanaMaster]] in July 2023. It is primarily a [[chat]] bot, though the name "Prophetbot" is also attached to an animated scrolling text display that would appear at [[Spawn]] from time to time.

[[File:Prophetbot_scrolling_text.gif|center|thumb|Sped up 5x]]

[[File:Prophetbot_scrolling_text_english.gif|center|thumb|342x342px|English version(''Sped up 5x'')]]

[[File:Duolingo taught me french.gif|center|thumb|366x366px|Sped up 5x]]

[[File:When my pcs in light mode.gif|center|thumb|379x379px|Sped up 5x]]

[[File:I_will_be_coming_back_to_chat_soon.gif|center|thumb|396x396px|Announcing its return to chat(''Sped up 5x'')]]

[[File:Pkk_spammed_fuck_jujublob.gif|center|thumb|414x414px|Regarding [[PKK]] and Jujublob(''Sped up 5x'')]]

[[File:Dupy is sleeping.gif|center|thumb|439x439px|[https://files.catbox.moe/2qg79a.webp files.catbox.moe/2qg79a.webp](''Sped up 5x'')]]

[[File:Dont_want_to_be_destroyed.gif|center|thumb|450x450px|Running alongside another bot by Marvideo(''Real time'')]]

== Catha'vi ==

=== Roombas ===

[[File:Moth roomba ywot.gif|thumb|288x288px|Catha'vi's roomba on YWOT(''Sped up 30x'')]]

In their early days on the site, [[Catha'Vi]] was known for creating ASCII roombas which would move around the canvas and delete everything in their paths.

These roombas were initially deployed on [[Your World of Text]], where they were seen as a nuisance by much of the site's users. Catha'vi's roombas were inspired by an [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Roombas earlier script] from YWOT which was also abhorred by the userbase.

The roombas suffered a similar level of backlash when they were eventually ported over to OWOT. On one instance, [[Fp|FP]] himself ordered Catha'vi to shut down their script, complaining that they needlessly erased text and left ugly patterns all over Spawn.<gallery widths="200" heights="200">

File:Moth cult roomba.png|March 27th, 2024

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=== /movienight ===

[https://ourworldoftext.com/movienight /movienight] was a world which hosted scheduled broadcasts of various movies.

It played films at ~5 fps using a grid of 80x25 characters. Graphics were initially rendered using colored full blocks(█), but later updated to a combination of half blocks(▀, ▄) and cell background colors for double the resolution. Subtitles were included to make up for a lack of sound, though they were often out of sync with the scenes.

/movienight shut down in August of 2024, but Catha'vi hinted one year later that the world might return sometime soon.<gallery widths="200">

File:Movienight 1.png

File:Movienight 2.png

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=== /movienight2 ===

On August 18th, 2025, Catha'vi created a [http://ourworldoftext.com/movienight2 sequel] to /movienight which rendered footage using [[Octant|octant characters]]. This newer world animated on a smaller grid(''40x12 characters'') in order to improve the frame rate(''and also because octants allowed for higher resolutions to be achieved using fewer characters'').<gallery widths="200" heights="200">

File:Movienight2 test 1.gif|Test 1(''August 18th, 2025'')

File:Movienight2 test 2.gif|Test 2(''August 18th, 2025'')

File:Movienight2 minecraft.gif|Test 3(''August 18th, 2025'')

File:Movienight2 minecraft no color.gif|Playing with colors disabled(''August 18th, 2025'')

File:Movienight2 minecraft movie.gif|/movienight2 premiering with a screening of ''A Minecraft Movie''(''August 19th, 2025'')

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== Mr. Black ==

[[Mr. Black]] was active for only a few weeks in late 2024, but during that time he attracted a large amount of attention for deploying various animations at Spawn.

=== Toy Car ===

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File:Mr black bad apple.gif

File:Owot pacman.gif

File:Owot pacman.gif|Sped up

File:Pacman duplication.gif

File:Pacman duplication.gif|Sped up

File:Waterpark prototype.gif

File:Surfing1.gif

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== Echoden ==

[[Helloyanis]] created something similar to the rocket script in 2022.<gallery heights="200" widths="200" caption="">

File:Fox gravity script.gif

File:Fox rocket.gif|Rocket script by [[fox]]

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== Daydun? ==

A set of animated spinning graphics that were occasionally broadcasted to Spawn, most recently in August of 2025.

File:Spinning graphic 1.gif|August 9th , 2025

They were likely generated with an octant-based implementation of [https://daydun.com/random/ daydun random]

File:Spinning graphic 2.gif|August 10th , 2025

File:Spinning graphic 3.gif|August 10th , 2025

These graphics were attributed to [[DayDun]]<ref>Awaiting confirmation</ref>, a founding member of OWOT and its sister website [[OWOP]].<gallery widths="200" heights="200">

File:Spinning graphic 1.gif|August 9th, 2025

File:Spinning graphic 2.gif|August 10th, 2025

File:Spinning graphic 3.gif|August 10th, 2025

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File:Owotception.gif|OWOTception(''August 16th, 2025'')

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== e_g. ==

[[e_g.]], also knowns as Meowcer, is a veteran scripter within the community.

=== /orpvpboss ===

Inspired by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH951OcqqYY.

[https://ourworldoftext.com/orpvpboss /orpvpboss] was an interactive game that allowed users to play a ''[[wikipedia:Candy_Box!|Candybox]]''-esque side scroller. It was released by e_g. on October 18th, 2025.

Users could use [[comu]] links to control the player character, executing actions such as moving left/right, attacking and defending. There was also an admin panel that let players spawn enemies, adjust healthbars, and increase/decrease difficulty.

Three enemy types existed:

* Red stick figures that moved from right to left. These enemies would taunt the player and call them a noob during a game over.

** Clicking the "defend" comu link placed a barrier in front of the player character, which would block attacks from the red stickmen and gave the player time to recover health.

* Planes that dropped bombs as they passed overhead.

** Clicking the "up" comu link placed a barrier above the player character, which protected against bombs being dropped from overhead.

* A massive (''compared to other enemies'') [[Image pasters|braille image]] of a ''Minecraft'' zombie that moved from right to left and bulldozed everything in its path.

** These enemies had an absurd amount of health and are mostly intended as an absurd gag, i.e. impossible to defeat.

There was also a score(tick) system that constantly increased so long as the player character was alive. On the night of the world's release, e_g. and [[Falling1]] were able to achieve a high score of 1378 without cheating using the admin panel. <gallery widths="300">

File:Orpvpboss game over.gif|Game over(''Real time'')

File:Orpvpboss.gif|The ''Minecraft'' zombie enemies can be seen at the end(''Sped up 3x'')

File:Orpvpboss_many_enemies.gif|Spawning massive amounts of enemies(''Sped up 4x'')

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=== Pou ===

[[File:Egg pou food.gif|none|thumb|438x438px]]

== NextOS ==

Scripts by [[NextOS]].

=== Nossia News ===

Another scrolling text script.<gallery widths="200" heights="200">

File:Nossia news november 15 2025.gif

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=== Stickman ===

[[File:Nextos stickman 3.gif|border|right|frameless|235x235px]]

A purple stickman that runs around the canvas and destroys text by firing projectiles.<gallery widths="300" heights="200">

File:Nextos stickman 1.gif

File:Nextos stickman 2.gif

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== /lifetest ==

[[File:Lifetest commands.png|thumb|225x225px|Chat commands were used to change the rules of the game]]

[https://ourworldoftext.com/lifetest /lifetest] was created on November 27th, 2025 by [[gimmickCellar]]. It hosted several variations of [[wikipedia:Conway's_Game_of_Life|Conway's Game of Life]].

[[File:Lifetest 2.gif|none|thumb|263x263px|Sped up 10x]]

[[File:Lifetest.gif|border|frameless|480x480px]]

== Miscellaneous ==

[[File:Animated scripts february 26 2023 gif.gif|center|thumb|574x574px|A variety of animated scripts on February 26th, 2023]]

File:Full block video player march 7 2021.gif|Full block video player from March 7th, 2021

File:Hanan color spreading.gif|By [[Hanan|Hello]](''December 15th, 2021'')

File:Hanan circle animation.gif|By Hello(''December 25th, 2021'')

File:Snake.gif|Snake game from [https://ourworldoftext.com/funbox /funbox](''Sped up'')

File:Jetpack guy.gif|Jetpack Guy(''April 30th, 2025'')

File:Ccl paint cursor bug.gif|From a bug with [[Crazy Cat Lady|CCL]]'s paint script(''April 13th, 2025'')

File:Jetpack guy.gif|Jetpack Guy by [[Guest-1052]] using his text mover(''April 30th, 2025'')

File:Bad apple august 16 2025.gif|Half block video player by [[StormXXBoy]](''August 16th, 2025'')

File:Falling1 cursor script.gif|Cursor script by [[Falling1]](''November 5th, 2025'')

File:Mewo rainbow.gif|November 6th, 2025(''Sped up 4x'')

File:Haster rotating cube.gif|Created by [[Haster]](''November 12th, 2025'')

File:Center console static november 14 2025.gif|November 14th, 2025

File:Black hole script.gif|November 15th, 2025(''Sped up 20x'')

File:Spawn vacuum.gif|November 22nd, 2025(''Sped up 5x'')

File:Spawn vacuum 2.gif|Running realtime alongside a platforming script

File:Sop beach animation.gif|November 22nd, 2025

File:Text collapse.gif|November 23rd, 2025(''Sped up 5x'')

File:Bouncing dvd logo.gif|December 1st, 2025

File:Sop station.gif|December 2nd, 2025(''Sped up 10x'')

File:Video player breaking bad and mario.gif|December 14th, 2025

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== Trivia ==

* Animated scripts also exist on [[Your World of Text]]—with the most notable example being the infamous [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Roombas Roomba]—though they tend to be much slower due to the site's lower rate limits.

* Animated scripts also exist in [[Your World of Text]]—with the most notable example being the infamous [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Roombas Roomba]—though they tend to be much slower due to the site's lower rate limits.

* Animation is technically possible on [[Our World of Pixels]] but faces similar constraints as YWOT.

* ''Bad Apple'' has been [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBduVr_wNHE animated] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVBzKxgNzUc multiple] [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Spawn_Archive#September_4th,_2024_-_Bad_Apple times] on all three canvases.

* As of 2025 no one has ever attempted to run ''DOOM'' in OWOT, though [[Guest-1052]] one suggested that it could be done by porting [https://archive.org/details/msdos_ASCII_DOOM_1999 msdos ASCII DOOM 1999] into the site. On another note, [[Catha'Vi|Catha'vi's]] world [https://ourworldoftext.com/doomwad /doomwad] contains the entirety of doom.wad encoded in [[Octant|octants]]; the world contains 3 mb of data and is roughly 246 coordinates long.

== Notes ==

[[Category:Scripts]]

[[Category:Compilation pages]]