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[[File:Banksy january 5 2026.png|thumb|[https://ourworldoftext.com/banksy /Banksy] redesign on January 5th, 2026<ref>The Center Console is a replica of the [[Your World of Text|YWOT]] spawn box. "Is muh bennis" was a running gag from YWOT in the early 2020s (and possibly earlier) where someone would write "is muh bennis" beneath the Spawn box almost every day.</ref>]] | [[File:Banksy january 5 2026.png|thumb|[https://ourworldoftext.com/banksy /Banksy] redesign on January 5th, 2026<ref>The Center Console is a replica of the [[Your World of Text|YWOT]] spawn box. "Is muh bennis" was a running gag from YWOT in the early 2020s (and possibly earlier) where someone would write "is muh bennis" beneath the Spawn box almost every day.</ref><ref>The redesign occurred from January 5th to January 7th. The end result was more intentionally formatted than the previous layout of the world and introduced a teal motif, which was added to some pre-existing scripts.</ref>]] | ||
<blockquote>''I'm surprised this username isn't taken yet'' '''— Banksy after creating their account on December 20th, 2025'''</blockquote><blockquote>''this implies banksy retired from graffiti and started to make owot scripts instead'' '''— [[Katiserie]]'''</blockquote>'''Banksy''' (named after the pseudonymous street artist [[wikipedia:Banksy|of the same name]]) is a user who first made their presence known in November 2025. Since then they have become one of the most prolific scripters in the site's history, introducing multiple new scripts daily at the peak of their activity. In particular, they have created more [[animated scripts]] than any other user on OWOT<ref>That we know of.</ref>. | <blockquote>''I'm surprised this username isn't taken yet'' '''— Banksy after creating their account on December 20th, 2025'''</blockquote><blockquote>''this implies banksy retired from graffiti and started to make owot scripts instead'' '''— [[Katiserie]]'''</blockquote>'''Banksy''' (named after the pseudonymous street artist [[wikipedia:Banksy|of the same name]]) is a user who first made their presence known in November 2025. Since then they have become one of the most prolific scripters in the site's history, introducing multiple new scripts daily at the peak of their activity. In particular, they have created more [[animated scripts]] than any other user on OWOT<ref>That we know of.</ref>. | ||
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[[File:Banksy hello.png|217x217px|thumb|Old [https://ourworldoftext.com/banksy /Banksy]|none]] | [[File:Banksy hello.png|217x217px|thumb|Old [https://ourworldoftext.com/banksy /Banksy]|none]] | ||
== Animated scripts == | == Animated scripts == | ||
{{main|Animated scripts}}Banksy | {{main|Animated scripts}}Banksy's scripts range from simple, looping graphics to fully playable games, to more complex mechanisms such as full on physics simulations that run on the canvas. Some of their earlier creations (most notably the [[Center Console]] animations) were reminiscent of [[Mr. Black]]'s animations from late 2024, which Banksy had witnessed and was a fan of. | ||
Banksy's initial works from November 2025 were extremely slow and struggled under the frontpage's ratelimit of 512 edits per second. But starting from December 17th, 2025, they began to optimize their scripts by making it so that only the necessary cells are updated with each frame. This allowed later animations to run significantly smoother and achieve higher levels of sophistication. | |||
All scripts from December 19th, 2025 to ????, 2026 were rendered monochrome due to [[2025 color ban|a color ban on the frontpage]]. See [https://ourworldoftext.com/banksy Banksy's world] for the colored versions, as well as some scripts that are not captured here. | All scripts from December 19th, 2025 to ????, 2026 were rendered monochrome due to [[2025 color ban|a color ban on the frontpage]]. See [https://ourworldoftext.com/banksy Banksy's world] for the colored versions, as well as some scripts that are not captured here. | ||
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File:Bomb throwing tank small.gif|December 19th, 2025 (Sped up 2x) | File:Bomb throwing tank small.gif|December 19th, 2025 (Sped up 2x) | ||
File:Bomb throwing small.gif|December 19th, 2025 (Sped up 2x) | File:Bomb throwing small.gif|December 19th, 2025 (Sped up 2x) | ||
File:Banksy tank.gif|Same script on December 26th | File:Banksy tank.gif|Same script on December 26th<ref>Model was drawn in Flipnote.</ref> | ||
File:Fuck you fp im not getting hypnotized.gif|December 20th, 2025<ref | File:Fuck you fp im not getting hypnotized.gif|December 20th, 2025<ref>Original colors were various shades of red.</ref> | ||
File:Owot physics.gif|December 20th, 2025 | File:Owot physics.gif|December 20th, 2025 | ||
File:Spinning pentagon.gif|December 20th, 2025 | File:Spinning pentagon.gif|December 20th, 2025 | ||
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File:Banksy bubbles.gif|January 6th, 2026 | File:Banksy bubbles.gif|January 6th, 2026 | ||
File:Banksy bubbles 2.gif|In color | File:Banksy bubbles 2.gif|In color | ||
File:Banksy frog.gif|January 8th, 2026<ref>(Formerly) accessible at [https://ourworldoftext.com/flipnote /flipnote]. This is the Flipnote logo.</ref> | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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A user-controlled stickman that runs around the canvas, climbing over text and destroying them by firing projectiles. Users with this script can customize the colors of their stickmen and display their usernames over them. | A user-controlled stickman that runs around the canvas, climbing over text and destroying them by firing projectiles. Users with this script can customize the colors of their stickmen and display their usernames over them. | ||
This is a recreation of a stickman platformer script by [[Lime.owot|lime]], which contains many of the same animations but lacks the ability to fire projectiles. You can see that script in action [https://files.catbox.moe/5qk1z4.mp4 here].<gallery widths="200" heights="150" mode="packed"> | This is a recreation of a stickman platformer script by [[Lime.owot|lime]], which contains many of the same animations but lacks the ability to fire projectiles. You can see that script in action [https://files.catbox.moe/5qk1z4.mp4 here]. | ||
File:Platformer stickman controls.png|UI and controls | |||
File:Nextos stickman 1.gif|The script being used by [[NextOS]] | Banksy released his platformer stickman to the public in November 2025. Prolific users of it included [[NextOS]], [[Voidi]] and [[qwas]].<gallery widths="200" heights="150" mode="packed"> | ||
File:Nextos stickman 2.gif|The script being used by NextOS | File:Platformer stickman controls.png|UI and controls<ref>Grey highlights are from the script exceeding OWOT's ratelimit by pasting too fast. Another side effect of this is that certain animations often leave behind afterimages.</ref> | ||
File:Ellipse blast.gif|An "ellipse blast" | File:Nextos stickman 1.gif|The script being used by [[NextOS]] | ||
File:Nextos stickman 2.gif|The script being used by NextOS | |||
File:Ellipse blast.gif|An "ellipse blast" | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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On December 25th, 2024, Banksy set about making a script based on the 2020 video game [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnqmBhr4vLM ''Carrion''] (which was also the inspiration for a [[The Carrion|popular blob entity]] from OWOT). | On December 25th, 2024, Banksy set about making a script based on the 2020 video game [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnqmBhr4vLM ''Carrion''] (which was also the inspiration for a [[The Carrion|popular blob entity]] from OWOT). | ||
They created two testing scripts throughout the animated Carrion's development process, the first of which was a circular blob that Banksy could freely maneuver around the canvas. It had several abilities, such as creating a splash effect and attacking text using tendrils. The fully developed Carrion would more or less be a larger version of this script with more features and animations. | |||
The fully developed Carrion would more or less be a larger version of this script with more features and animations. | |||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Black and white tests on the front page"> | <gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Black and white tests on the front page"> | ||
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File:Fast moving dot.gif|Moving rapidly around Spawn | File:Fast moving dot.gif|Moving rapidly around Spawn | ||
File:Fast moving dot 2.gif|Cont. | File:Fast moving dot 2.gif|Cont. | ||
</gallery>The second testing script was a colorful program that rendered physics simulations onto Banksy's page. It spawned complex, 3 dimensional patterns that could grow and pulsate, and that became increasingly lifelike throughout the testing process. | </gallery>The second testing script was a colorful program that rendered physics simulations onto Banksy's page. It spawned complex, 3 dimensional patterns that could grow and pulsate, and that became increasingly lifelike throughout the testing process. Once an animation was started, Banksy could guide its growth by clicking at specific points on the canvas. This was meant to serve as a test for how the completed Carrion would move. | ||
Most of the larger/more extravagant animations from this script did not make it into the final product. Some were cut due to technical restrictions and to prevent the Carrion from being too destructive. | |||
Some of the physics simulations used small blobs (like from the first script) as a base unit for drawing lines. Banksy would later use a similar mechanism to create a dynamic brush tool.<gallery mode="packed" widths="200" heights="200" caption="Colored tests on [https://ourworldoftext.com/banksy /Banksy]"> | Some of the physics simulations used small blobs (like from the first script) as a base unit for drawing lines. Banksy would later use a similar mechanism to create a dynamic brush tool.<gallery mode="packed" widths="200" heights="200" caption="Colored tests on [https://ourworldoftext.com/banksy /Banksy]"> | ||
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</gallery>The script was completed on January 7th, 2026. | </gallery>The script was completed on January 7th, 2026. | ||
The final product was a medium sized, meat colored blob that would automatically attack nearby text using thin tendrils. Like the 3D physics simulations, Banksy could guide its movement by clicking where they wanted it to go, upon which the blob would rapidly glide to the desired location using a special animation. There was also a mode where the blob would slowly travel towards Banksy's cursor, with Banksy using the space bar | The final product was a medium sized, meat colored blob that would automatically attack nearby text using thin tendrils. Like the 3D physics simulations, Banksy could guide its movement by clicking where they wanted it to go, upon which the blob would rapidly glide to the desired location using a special animation. There was also a mode where the blob would slowly travel towards Banksy's cursor, with Banksy using the space bar to toggle between the two types of locomotion. | ||
The blob had to be shrunk down from its planned size due to technical constraints. Even in its minimized state it would make up to 3000 edits per seconds, well over the Frontpage's ratelimit<ref> | The blob had to be shrunk down from its planned size due to technical constraints. Even in its minimized state it would make up to 3000 edits per seconds, well over the Frontpage's ratelimit<ref>512 characters per second for most users.</ref>.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Completed version of the script on January 7th, 2026"> | ||
File:Banksy carrion test 13.gif|Eating the previous day's tests | File:Banksy carrion test 13.gif|Eating the previous day's tests | ||
File:Banksy carrion test 14.gif| | File:Banksy carrion test 17.gif|Gliding locomotion | ||
File:Banksy carrion test 14.gif|Gliding across large distances causes it to split apart | |||
File:Banksy carrion test 15.gif|Frame rate tends to suffer during most animations | File:Banksy carrion test 15.gif|Frame rate tends to suffer during most animations | ||
File:Banksy carrion comments.png|Comments from Banksy | File:Banksy carrion comments.png|Comments from Banksy | ||
File:Banksy carrion spawn 1.gif|Running at Spawn (Sped up 20x) | File:Banksy carrion spawn 1.gif|Running at Spawn (Sped up 20x) | ||
File:Banksy carrion spawn 2.gif|Sped up 20x | File:Banksy carrion spawn 2.gif|Sped up 20x | ||
File:Carrion vs qwas.gif| | File:Carrion vs qwas.gif|Carrion vs. [[qwas]] | ||
File:Absolute carrion.png|"absolute carrion" | File:Absolute carrion.png|"absolute carrion" | ||
</gallery><gallery mode="slideshow" caption="High res stills"> | </gallery><gallery mode="slideshow" caption="High res stills"> | ||
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{{main|Image pasters}} | {{main|Image pasters}} | ||
Banksy created | Banksy created several unique image pasters in December 2025.<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | ||
File:Banksy paste.gif|Image paster with with reversed pasting order (December 19th, 2025) | File:Banksy paste.gif|Image paster with with reversed pasting order (December 19th, 2025) | ||
File:Big gold ship.png|Massive image paste (December 19th, 2025) | File:Big gold ship.png|Massive image paste (December 19th, 2025) | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== Blobby Paint === | === Blobby Paint === | ||
{{main| | {{main|Drawing scripts}} | ||
A script for doodling on the canvas. | A script for doodling on the canvas. | ||
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=== Miscellaneous === | === Miscellaneous === | ||
[[File:Big grid.png|center|thumb|316x316px|Grid generator(''December 22nd, 2025'')]]<gallery mode="slideshow" heights="300" caption="Various scripts in /test (Unknown date)"> | [[File:Big grid.png|center|thumb|316x316px|Grid generator(''December 22nd, 2025'')]]<gallery mode="slideshow" heights="300" caption="Various scripts in [[/test]] (Unknown date)"> | ||
File:Test january 6 2026.png|The carrion/blob script, the worm script from January 2nd, Banksy's image paster, along with scripts by other users. | File:Test january 6 2026.png|The carrion/blob script, the worm script from January 2nd, Banksy's image paster, along with scripts by other users. | ||
File:Test january 6 2026 2.png|Dark mode. | File:Test january 6 2026 2.png|Dark mode. | ||
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=== Unicode art === | === Unicode art === | ||
Banksy is somewhat sufficient in making simple unicode | Banksy is somewhat sufficient in making simple unicode art, which is sometimes used in their animations.<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | ||
File:Banksy north.png|November 13th, 2025 | File:Banksy north.png|November 13th, 2025 | ||
File:Banksy pagoda.png|December 2nd, 2025 | File:Banksy pagoda.png|December 2nd, 2025 | ||
File:Waiting for christmas to happen.png|For [https://ourworldoftext.com/christmasworld /ChristmasWorld] (December 31st, 2025) | File:Waiting for christmas to happen.png|For [https://ourworldoftext.com/christmasworld /ChristmasWorld] (December 31st, 2025) | ||
</gallery> | |||
=== Image paste traces === | |||
Created by tracing over image pastes using [[Symbols for Legacy Computing]].<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | |||
File:Banksy sus.png | |||
File:Banksy goldship.png|November 13th, 2025 | |||
File:Banksy teto.png|January 4th, 2026 | File:Banksy teto.png|January 4th, 2026 | ||
File:Banksy sans.png|January 4th, 2026 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== Link art === | === Link art === | ||
The following images were created by Banksy during the [[2025 color ban]], when ( | The following images were created by Banksy during the [[2025 color ban]], when (excluding emojis) only coordinate and URL links could be used for color. With this limited palette in mind, Banksy made purposeful decisions to highlight important parts of these monochrome image pastes, giving them an artistic quality in the process. The relative rarity of color would have also made these additions all the more eye-catching for users active during the color ban. | ||
A couple of these are also entire handmade.<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | A couple of these are also entire handmade.<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | ||
File:Banksy blue 1.png|2025-12-20 | File:Banksy blue 1.png|2025-12-20 | ||
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File:Banksy sleep.png|December 22nd, 2025 | File:Banksy sleep.png|December 22nd, 2025 | ||
File:Banksy pig.png|December 22nd, 2025 | File:Banksy pig.png|December 22nd, 2025 | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||