Games
abstractile | draw abstract mosaic patterns of interlocking tiles |
anemone | wiggling tentacles. |
anemotaxis | directional search on a plane. |
apollonian | Descartes Circle Theorem. |
apple2 | Apple ][ display emulator |
attraction | interactions of opposing forces |
barcode | draws a random sequence of barcodes for the products you enjoy |
binaryhorizon | A system of path tracing particles evolves continuously. |
binaryring | A system of path tracing particles evolves continuously from an initial creation. |
blaster | simulation of space combat |
blitspin | rotate a bitmap in an interesting way |
bouboule | draws spinning 3D blobs |
boxfit | fills space with a gradient of growing boxes or circles. |
braid | draws random color-cycling braids around a circle |
bsod | Blue Screen of Death emulator |
bumps | move distorting spotlight around desktop |
ccurve | self-similar linear fractals. |
celtic | draws celtic cross-stich patterns |
cloudlife | a cellular automaton based on Conway's Life |
compass | draws a spinning compass. |
coral | simulates coral growth, albeit somewhat slowly. |
crystal | kaleidescope. |
cwaves | languid sinusoidal colors |
cynosure | gentle overlapping squares screen saver. |
decayscreen | make a screen meltdown. |
deco | draw tacky 70s basement wall panelling |
deluxe | pulsing sequence of stars, circles, and lines. |
demon | cellular automaton. |
discrete | discrete map iterative function fractal systems. |
distort | distort the content of the screen in interesting ways |
drift | draws drifting recursive fractal cosmic flames |
droste | screen saver. |
epicycle | draws a point moving around a circle which moves around a cicle which... |
eruption | eruption of pieces of hot volcanic rock |
euler2d | two dimensional incompressible inviscid fluid flow. |
fadeplot | draws a waving ribbon following a sinusoidal path. |
fiberlamp | Fiber Optic Lamp |
filmleader | screen saver. |
fireworkx | pyrotechnic explosions eye-candy. |
flame | draw weird cosmic fractals |
flow | strange attractors. |
fluidballs | the physics of bouncing balls. |
fontglide | characters float onto the screen to form words |
fuzzyflakes | falling snowflakes/flower shapes |
galaxy | draws spinning galaxies |
glitchpeg | glitched image screen saver. |
goop | squishy transparent oil and bubble screenhack |
grav | draws a simple orbital simulation |
greynetic | draw random stippled/color rectangles |
halftone | simple halftone pattern of moving mass points |
halo | draw circular patterns |
helix | draw helical string-art patterns |
hexadrop | shrinking hexagons. |
hopalong | draw real plane fractals |
ifs | draws spinning, colliding iterated-function-system images |
imsmap | generate fractal maps |
interaggregate | Visualize the momentary and aggregate intersections between slowly moving circles. |
interference | decaying sinusoidal waves |
intermomentary | Visualize the momentary and aggregate intersections between slowly moving circles. |
julia | draws spinning, animating julia-set fractals |
kaleidescope | rotating line segments |
kumppa | spiraling, spinning, splashes of color rush toward the screen. |
lcdscrub | attempt to repair burn-in on LCD screens |
loop | cellular automaton. |
m6502 | 6502 Microprocessor Emulator |
marbling | Marble-like or cloud-like patterns. |
maze | an automated X11 demo repeatedly creating and solving a random maze |
memscroller | scrolls a dump of its own RAM across the screen |
metaballs | draws 2D metaballs |
moire | draw circular interference patterns |
moire2 | circular interference patterns. |
mountain | random 3D plots that look vaguely mountainous. |
munch | munching squares |
nerverot | induces edginess in the viewer |
noseguy | a little guy with a big nose wanders around being witty |
pacman | simulates a game of Pac-Man on a randomly-created level. |
pedal | pretty geometric picture program |
penetrate | simulates a classic arcade shooting game |
penrose | draws quasiperiodic tilings |
petri | simulates mold growing in a petri dish |
phosphor | simulates an old terminal with long-sustain phosphor |
piecewise | lots of moving circles intersecting in interesting ways. |
polyominoes | fill a rectangle with irregularly-shaped blocks. |
pong | Pong Home Video Game Emulator |
popsquares | pop artish pulsing color grid. |
pyro | simulate fireworks |
qix | bounce colored lines around a window |
rdbomb | reaction/diffusion textures |
ripples | interference patterns. |
rocks | animation of flying through an asteroid field |
rorschach | simulate ink-blot patterns |
rotzoomer | animated rotations and scalings of portions of the screen |
scooter | shows a journey through space tunnel and stars |
shadebobs | oscillating vapor trails. |
sierpinski | draws Sierpinski triangle fractals |
slidescreen | permute the screen image like an 8-puzzle |
slip | sucks your screen into a jet engine |
speedmine | simulates speeding down a rocky mineshaft, or a funky dancing worm |
spotlight | move spotlight around desktop |
squiral | square spirals screensaver |
starfish | radially-symmetric throbbing colormap-hacking graphics demo |
strange | draws strange attractors |
substrate | Grow crystal-like lines on a computational substrate |
swirl | draws swirly color-cycling patterns |
tessellimage | Converts an image to triangles using Delaunay tessellation. |
triangle | random mountains using iterative subdivision of triangles. |
truchet | draws curved or angular Truchet patterns |
twang | pluck pieces of the screen |
vermiculate | to move in a worm-like manner. |
vfeedback | Simulates video feedback. |
vidwhacker | grab images and apply random filters to them |
wander | colorful random-walk. |
webcollage | a collage of random images from the World Wide Web |
whirlwindwarp | crazy moving stars |
wormhole | animation of flying through a wormhole |
xanalogtv | Simulate reception on an old analog TV set |
xflame | draws animated flames |
xjack | all work and no play makes jack a dull boy |
xlyap | display an array of Lyapunov exponents graphically |
xmatrix | simulates the computer displays from the movie |
xrayswarm | swarms with color trails. |
xspirograph | simulates the rotation of a disk inside a circular rim |
zoom | wander around magnified desktop |