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Spawn is the name for the center of the canvas at X: 0 Y: 0. It is the first place you visit when entering the site. It usually has a lot of spam around it. The Center Console contains the World of the Day, a bunch of links including one to Heey's Teleportation Subway, and a welcome sign.

You can press the "Home" key on your numpad to go to spawn immediately.

See /backup/ for a list of Spawn backups. See /archivetests and /SpawnHistory for archives of interesting content from Spawn.

Center Console

The Center Console is the member-protected box at the center of Spawn. It contains a variety of useful links along with a publicly editable "Square of Publicity (SOP)" at its center.

The Center Console has undergone many variations over the years, with most holiday events coming with a unique design for the box. You can see a comprehensive history of its changes at /center_console_history.

Scripting

Spam

Spawn is commonly subjected to various spam attacks, whether big or small, in various forms.

Image pasters

Scripts that render images are (one of) the most common types of (spam) scripts on OWOT, and are known to outnumber other forms of text at Spawn during certain eras.

Animations

Often located inside the Center Console.

By Mr. Black (September 4th, 2024)
By Mr. Black (September 24th, 2024)
By Banksy (December 17th, 2026)

Crawlers

The most notable crawler (2022 - Present).

Sometimes, near the Square of Publicity, crawler scripts, scripts that crawl a list of URLs, may be found. The most well-known example is found around X: 3 Y: 3, created by yiff_plus, remaining still active for the most extensive time of all previous scripts like it. It crawls various links across the internet, sorting crawled links by domain name.

Progress bars

Similar to crawlers, 'progress' bars may also be found at /. One notable example is a progress bar script by JustAnOWOTUser visualizing the time elapsed until the week and month ends. It was once found below the Square of Publicity, but after measures were taken to deter this, it moved nearby the crawler.

Counters

Around early 2024, above or below the Square of Publicity were 'counter' scripts, usually run by Fernozzle, hosted a linearly or logarithmically increasing number of an arbitrary unit or scale. The most common of these were "(user) has baked (number) of cupcakes" or "(user) has typed (number) times". Counters usually have a bad reputation due to being considered 'eyesores' or being annoyances to other users.

Scrolling text

In January 2026, FP announced that he would ban these scripts from Spawn.

lime infrastructure

By lime.owot and his friends.

lime.radio was a script that communicated with its clients via cmd commands located around ten tiles from the Square of Publicity. Users could "tune into" the "radio" by executing the JavaScript code linked on canvas in their browser in an OWoT tab connected to the same world as the radio.

lime radio
lime's radio in motion
The elevator functioning amidst heavy spam
lime.cave redesigned with the help of JRT

Miscellaneous scripts

A controversial clock script which resided in the Square of Publicity from January 21st, 2026 to ???????. Here it is seen being targeted by a text scrambler.

Geography

Cities

Polonez's city Bulwarów Styczny has existed at Spawn since 2023. FP restores it every time it was griefed.

Roads

A variety of roads exist(ed) around Spawn. They were regularly maintained by FP in the early 2020s but have since disappeared, causing Spawn to feel much emptier by 2025.

Railroad

Located directly above the center.

Art

Stickmen

Occasionally, stickmen doing various activities such as talking or interacting with each other may also be seen. These stickmen also often accompany ASCII artworks such as vehicles or buildings. Sometimes, people use the stickmen for roleplay, such as the Combined Military Brigade, VYN, Baumer, lime.owot, and nonaem's stickmen interacting with each other.

The Carrion

Sylveon

Maintained for several weeks by the artist of the same name.

3D Minecraft Fox

JRT Eiffel Towers

Gallery

Timelapses

See here for a daily, 200 x 200 coords timelapse of the center region by Realredtext-. The timelapse was started on December 25th, 2025.

Notes

↑ This screenshot is used as the backdrop for an animation by Jamel.

[1] This screenshot is used as the backdrop for an animation by Jamel.

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-{{Stub}}
+{{Page in progress}}
-[[File:Centria.png|thumb|OWOT's spawn getting griefed.]]
 '''Spawn''' is the name for the center of the canvas at X: 0 Y: 0. It is the first place you visit when entering the site. It usually has a lot of spam around it. The Center Console contains the [[World of the Day]], a bunch of links including one to [[Heey's Teleportation Subway]], and a welcome sign.
 You can press the "Home" key on your numpad to go to spawn immediately.
+See [https://ourworldoftext.com/backup/ /backup/] for a list of Spawn backups. See [https://ourworldoftext.com/archivetests /archivetests] and [https://ourworldoftext.com/spawnhistory /SpawnHistory] for archives of interesting content from Spawn.
 == Center Console ==
-{{main|Center Console}}
+{{main|Center Console}}[[File:Center_Console_May-2025.png|center|thumb]]The Center Console is the member-protected box at the center of Spawn. It contains a variety of useful links along with a publicly editable "Square of Publicity (SOP)" at its center.
+The Center Console has undergone many variations over the years, with most [[holiday events]] coming with a unique design for the box. You can see a comprehensive history of its changes at [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /center_console_history].
 == Scripting ==
 === Spam ===
 {{main|Spam}}Spawn is commonly subjected to various spam attacks, whether big or small, in various forms.
+=== Image pasters ===
-=== Image Pasters ===
+{{main|Image Pasters}}Scripts that render images are (one of) the most common types of (spam) scripts on OWOT, and are known to outnumber other forms of text at Spawn during certain eras.
-{{main|Image Pasters}}
 === Animations ===
 {{main|Animated Scripts}}
-Often located inside the Center Console.
+Often located inside the Center Console.<gallery heights="150" widths="150">
+File:Mr black bad apple.gif|By [[Mr. Black]] (September 4th, 2024)
-=== Stickmen ===
+File:Surfing1.gif|By Mr. Black (September 24th, 2024)
-Occasionally, stickmen doing various activities such as talking or interacting with each other may also be seen. These stickmen also often accompany ASCII artworks such as vehicles or buildings. Sometimes, people use the stickmen for roleplay, such as the [https://owot.me/cmblore Combined Military Brigade], VYN, Baumer, lime.owot, and nonaem's stickmen interacting with each other.
+File:Red metaballs.gif|By [[Banksy]] (December 17th, 2026)
+</gallery>
 === Crawlers ===
-Sometimes, near the Square of Publicity, crawler scripts, scripts that crawl a list of URLs, may be found. The most well-known example is found around X: 3 Y: 3, created by [[8811|yiff_plus]], remaining still active for the most extensive time of all previous scripts like it. It crawls various links across the internet, sorting crawled links by domain name.
+[[File:Crawler.gif|thumb|299x299px|[[Crawler|The most notable crawler]] (2022 - Present).]]Sometimes, near the Square of Publicity, crawler scripts, scripts that crawl a list of URLs, may be found. The most well-known example is found around X: 3 Y: 3, created by [[8811|yiff_plus]], remaining still active for the most extensive time of all previous scripts like it. It crawls various links across the internet, sorting crawled links by domain name.
 === Progress bars ===
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 === Counters ===
 Around early 2024, above or below the Square of Publicity were 'counter' scripts, usually run by [[Fernozzle]], hosted a linearly or logarithmically increasing number of an arbitrary unit or scale. The most common of these were "(user) has baked (number) of cupcakes" or "(user) has typed (number) times". Counters usually have a bad reputation due to being considered 'eyesores' or being annoyances to other users.
+=== Scrolling text ===
+In January 2026, FP announced that he would ban these scripts from Spawn.
+[[File:Dont want to be destroyed.gif|none|thumb|Scrolling text scripts by [[JustAnOWOTUser]] and [[Marvideo]].]]
+=== lime infrastructure ===
+By [[lime.owot]] and his friends.
+lime.radio was a script that communicated with its clients via [[Cmd|cmd commands]] located around ten tiles from the Square of Publicity. Users could "tune into" the "radio" by executing the JavaScript code linked on canvas in their browser in an OWoT tab connected to the same world as the radio.<gallery heights="150" widths="150">
+File:Lime.radio.png|lime radio
+File:Lime radio animated.gif|lime's radio in motion
+File:Lime elevator animated.gif|The elevator functioning amidst heavy spam
+File:Lime cave 2.0.png|lime.cave redesigned with the help of [[JRT]]
+</gallery>
 === Miscellaneous scripts ===
+[[File:Digital clock glitch.gif|center|thumb|A controversial clock script which resided in the Square of Publicity from January 21st, 2026 to ???????. Here it is seen being targeted by a text scrambler.]]
 [[File:Spawn minimap.gif|center|thumb|443x443px|A minimap that mirrors all changes made to Spawn (January 23rd, 2026) (Sped up 16x)]]
+== Geography ==
+=== Cities ===
+{{main|List of cities on OWOT}}<gallery mode="packed" heights="150" caption="[[Polonez]]'s city Bulwarów Styczny has existed at Spawn since 2023. FP restores it every time it was griefed.">
+File:Polonez town.png|alt=
+File:Average neighborhood.png
+</gallery>
+=== Roads ===
+A variety of roads exist(ed) around Spawn. They were regularly maintained by FP in the early 2020s but have since disappeared, causing Spawn to feel much emptier by 2025.
+[[File:Brought back the spawn roads.png|center|thumb|The roads temporarily restored by [[Guest-1052]] in 2025.]]
+[[File:Spawn july 24 2025.png|center|thumb|432x432px|July 24th, 2025]]
+=== Railroad ===
+Located directly above the center.
+[[File:Railroad october 16 2022.png|center|thumb|The railroad on October 16th, 2022]]
+[[File:Railroad august 11 2023.png|center|thumb|The train tracks intersecting with a [[/slc|SLC]] road on August 11th, 2023.]]
+[[File:Diagonal rail.png|center|thumb|Diagonal railroad (January 23rd, 2026)|251x251px]]
 == Art ==
+{{main|Art}}
+=== Stickmen ===
+Occasionally, stickmen doing various activities such as talking or interacting with each other may also be seen. These stickmen also often accompany ASCII artworks such as vehicles or buildings. Sometimes, people use the stickmen for roleplay, such as the [https://owot.me/cmblore Combined Military Brigade], VYN, Baumer, lime.owot, and nonaem's stickmen interacting with each other.
 === The Carrion ===
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 </gallery>
-== (Formerly) Protected Objects ==
+=== Sylveon ===
+Maintained for several weeks by the [[Sylveon|artist]] of the same name.[[File:Sylveon art.png|center|thumb|299x299px]]
-=== Crawler ===
+=== 3D Minecraft Fox ===
-{{main|The Crawler}}
+[[File:Mcfox 3.png|center|thumb|350x350px]]
-[[File:Crawler.gif|center|thumb|485x485px]]
-=== Lime Infrastructure ===
-By [[Lime.owot]] and his friends.
-lime.radio was a script that communicated with its clients via [[Cmd|cmd commands]] located around ten tiles from the Square of Publicity. Users could "tune into" the "radio" by executing the JavaScript code linked on canvas in their browser in an OWoT tab connected to the same world as the radio.<gallery heights="150" widths="150">
+=== JRT Eiffel Towers ===
-File:Lime.radio.png|lime radio
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="400">
-File:Lime radio animated.gif|lime's radio in motion
+File:JRT eiffel tower colorized.png
-File:Lime elevator animated.gif|The elevator functioning amidst heavy spam
+File:JRT eiffel tower night.png
-File:Lime cave 2.0.png|lime.cave redesigned with the help of [[JRT]]
 </gallery>
-=== Sylveon ===
+== Gallery ==
-Maintained for several weeks by the [[Sylveon|artist]] of the same name.[[File:Sylveon art.png|center|thumb|866x866px]]
+[[File:Centria.png|thumb|OWOT's spawn getting griefed<ref>This screenshot is used as the backdrop for an [https://wiki.ourworldoftext.com/images/5/58/Jamel_fnf.gif animation] by [[Jamel]].</ref>.|center]]
+[[File:Spawn_february_12_2023.png|center|thumb|441x441px|February 12th, 2023]]
+[[File:Peak spawn.png|center|thumb|"peak spawn??" (May 4th, 2025)]]
-=== 3D Minecraft Fox ===
+=== Timelapses ===
-[[File:Mcfox 3.png|center|thumb|594x594px]]
+See [[Large OWOT screenshots#RRT|here]] for a daily, 200 x 200 coords timelapse of the center region by [[Realredtext-]]. The timelapse was started on December 25th, 2025.
-== Gallery ==
+== Notes ==
 [[Category:Locations]]
+<references />
+[[Category:Compilation pages]]

Spawn: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 01:44, 31 January 2026

Contents

Center Console

Scripting