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{{Infobox website | |||
| name = Our World of Pixels | | name = Our World of Pixels | ||
| logo = [[File:Owoplogo.jpg|150px]] | | logo = [[File:Owoplogo.jpg|150px]] | ||
| screenshot = OWOP_in_2023.jpg | | screenshot = OWOP_in_2023.jpg | ||
| caption = OWOP spawn in 2023 | | caption = OWOP spawn in 2023 | ||
| creator = [[InfraRaven]] | | creator = [[InfraRaven]] and [[Eldit]] | ||
| url = https://ourworldofpixels.com | | url = https://ourworldofpixels.com | ||
}} | | launched = October 27th, 2016 | ||
}}[https://ourworldofpixels.com Our World of Pixels] (OWOP) is a [[Related Sites|sister website]] of OWOT where users place pixels on an infinite canvas. Ever since its creation in 2016, OWOP has been hosted by [[InfraRaven]] on the same server as OWOT. The site is managed by [[Eldit]] along with an inconsistently active team of admins, moderators and developers. Eldit is also the co-owner of [[Uvias]]: the login system for both OWOT and OWOP. | |||
OWOP's canvas | OWOP's canvas is largely art-centric, with a diverse array of pixel art (both original and pasted) blanketing the Mainpage. The site is overseen by a group of moderators whose roles include protecting art and banning spammers. The aforementioned mods are widely scrutinized for supposedly authoritarian behavior, with one user recounting how they were banned for speaking at the same time as a moderator; among many other similar cases. | ||
Like OWOT, OWOP has a | Like OWOT, OWOP has a Discord server which hosts much of the community's culture. There is also an in-site chat. | ||
Several OWOT users arrived from OWOP, like [[Bzuki]] and [[Jamel]]. | |||
== History == | |||
== | === Creation === | ||
On October 27th, 2016, OWOP was released by [[Eldit]] as a school project. It was initially located at cursors.me/pixels, but was redirected to yourworldofpixels.com on November 12th — after [[InfraRaven]] was contacted about the project — and then to ourworldofpixels.com by November 17th <ref>https://2s4.me/public/owop_screenshots/</ref>. It was also on the 17th that the site's existence was first advertised to the public.<gallery> | |||
File:Infra eldit 1.png|Eldit talking to Infra about his new project | |||
File:Infra eldit 3.png | |||
File:Infra eldit 2.png | |||
File:Infra eldit 4.png | |||
File:Infra eldit 5.png | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Accounts update === | === Accounts update === | ||
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[[FP]] mentioned the accounts update in his [https://ourworldoftext.com/interview_with_fp 2023 interview] with [[AndreiXYZ]], comparing it to a long awaited update in OWOT that would allow world owners to create different tiers of membership with different levels of permissions. | [[FP]] mentioned the accounts update in his [https://ourworldoftext.com/interview_with_fp 2023 interview] with [[AndreiXYZ]], comparing it to a long awaited update in OWOT that would allow world owners to create different tiers of membership with different levels of permissions. | ||
Currently, OWOP users cannot claim worlds like they do in OWOT, | Currently, OWOP users cannot claim worlds like they do in OWOT, though they can still request moderator perms on personal worlds. | ||
=== r/place(''2022 and 2023'') === | === r/place(''2022 and 2023'') === | ||
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=== Pixel Art === | === Pixel Art === | ||
A large portion of high quality pixel art in OWOP is copied from elsewhere on the internet, though the site does contain a number of skilled pixel artists.<gallery widths="200" heights="200"> | |||
File:Owop void.webp|The OWOP void faction from 2022 | |||
File:Owop dreamer.png|An art project located far from Spawn | |||
File:Ht art zone.png|User HypnoticToothpaste's art zone | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Scripting === | === Scripting === | ||
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<code>#archive</code> exists to hold hourly screenshots of OWOP's Spawn(''1000 pixels in every direction''), which could then be compiled to make [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8snj4lsfoo timelapses]. | <code>#archive</code> exists to hold hourly screenshots of OWOP's Spawn(''1000 pixels in every direction''), which could then be compiled to make [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8snj4lsfoo timelapses]. | ||
<code>#donations</code> announces every donation to [[InfraRaven]]'s Paypal(''which also exists to fund OWOT''). OWOP's paint speed is stated to increase for one hour for every Euro donated. | <code>#donations</code> announces every donation to [[InfraRaven]]'s [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/InfraRaven Paypal](''which also exists to fund OWOT''). OWOP's paint speed is stated to increase for one hour for every Euro donated. | ||
There are also channels named <code>#bugs</code>, <code>#suggestions-forum</code> and <code>#report</code> which allow users to communicate directly with the site's multiple moderators and developers. | There are also channels named <code>#bugs</code>, <code>#suggestions-forum</code> and <code>#report</code> which allow users to communicate directly with the site's multiple moderators and developers. | ||
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<code>#drama</code> is a place for users to discuss controversial subjects within the community. <code>#hell</code> started off as a prison for misbehaving users, but has since developed into a shitposting channel inhabited by users such as [[AndreiXYZ]]. | <code>#drama</code> is a place for users to discuss controversial subjects within the community. <code>#hell</code> started off as a prison for misbehaving users, but has since developed into a shitposting channel inhabited by users such as [[AndreiXYZ]]. | ||
=== | === OWOP2 === | ||
OWOP2, the hypothetical sequel to OWOP, is a running joke that dates back to 2018. Eldit himself has referenced it several times, though there are no signs that a sequel is actually in the works. | |||
=== Countrysim === | |||
[[File:Owop countrysim 2.webp|thumb|445x445px|A section of [https://ourworldofpixels.com/countrysim /countrysim]]] | |||
[[File:Owop planetsim.png|thumb|312x312px|The Spawn of [https://ourworldofpixels.com/planetsim /planetsim]]] | |||
[https://ourworldofpixels.com/countrysim /countrysim] is a popular OWOP world dedicated to drawing fictional continents and nations. It contains a thriving subcommunity that has been active since 2017/2018, and has its own [https://discord.com/invite/uWbRtpw Discord server] separate from the primary OWOP Discord. | |||
It has a sister world in [https://ourworldofpixels.com/planetsim /planetsim]. | |||
[[Happyworld392]], a [[Member|main world member]] on OWOT, is an active user in the Countrysim community. | |||
[[File:Owop countrysim.png|none|thumb|521x521px|Large screenshot of /countrysim(''10,000 pixels on all sides'')]] | |||
== Interactions with OWOT == | == Interactions with OWOT == | ||
There doesn't seem to be much direct interactions between OWOT and OWOP. Unlike with YWOT, which shares much of the same framework with OWOT, OWOP is an entirely different site that OWOT scripts cannot be ported to. | |||
That is not to say that the two communities are entirely separate, however. The two sites share many users, and there seems to be at least a small pipeline of new members finding OWOT from OWOP(''with many of them first finding OWOP from r/place'').<gallery mode="packed" heights="350"> | |||
File:Owotd owop.png|OWOP drama being discussed in [https://ourworldoftext.com/OWOTD /OWOTD] | |||
File:Slc owop logo.png|The OWOP logo replicated in OWOT using [[Symbols for Legacy Computing]] | |||
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[[File:Virgin owop vs virgin owot.png|center|thumb|Meme by [[lime.owot]]]] | |||
== Shared users with OWOT == | == Shared users with OWOT == | ||
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File:Owop_admin_4.jpg | File:Owop_admin_4.jpg | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== Happyworld === | |||
<blockquote>''OWOT was my gateway drug to countrysim which is like one of the best worst things i discovered (owot itself also falls in that category).'' ''I cant really say owot or countrysim had a mainly negative or positive impact on me.''</blockquote>[[Happyworld392]] has been an active member of the Countrysim subcommunity since 2020. | |||
She has uploaded [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmTXFhHDUmQ multiple] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7REowxOqWD0 Countrysim-inspired] music videos on her Youtube channel. | |||
=== Artman/Martan === | |||
[[Artman]] is a former main world member who also has a presence on Countrysim. | |||
=== Bzuki === | === Bzuki === | ||
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* Lapis, a prominent OWOP user, is also an active scripter in the Discord server for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiDOKZhMXk4 ''Slope''], a popular Flash game whose world record used to be held by a [[YWOT]] user named Kylaxial. | * Lapis, a prominent OWOP user, is also an active scripter in the Discord server for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiDOKZhMXk4 ''Slope''], a popular Flash game whose world record used to be held by a [[YWOT]] user named Kylaxial. | ||
== | == References == | ||
[[Category:Our World of Pixels]] | [[Category:Our World of Pixels]] | ||
[[Category:History]] | [[Category:History]] | ||
[[Category:Websites]] | |||