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This genre was called ‘desktop toys’ 30 years ago. Here is an example from 1995. https://archive.org/details/desktoptoys_201911 https://archive.org/details/des
by reconnecting 1y ago
This genre was called ‘desktop toys’ 30 years ago.
Here is an example from 1995.
https://archive.org/details/desktoptoys_201911 https://archive.org/details/desktoptoys_201911
- spython 1y agoYes, I remember a cute cat living on my desktop, chasing my cursor. Somebody on mastodon also linked to https://kickassapp.com/ https://kickassapp.com/ - an asteroid game where you destroy DOM elements on websites, a project from 2011. Somehow the web got very serious lately..
- reconnecting 1y agoMost probably it was Neko toy. https://eliotakira.com/neko/ https://eliotakira.com/neko/ https://github.com/eliot-akira/neko#readme https://github.com/eliot-akira/neko#readme
- joks 1y agoI've definitely been enjoying the sort of mini-comeback desktop toys have had in recent years as little JavaScript scripts on tech people's personal blogs (like oneko.js: https://github.com/adryd325/oneko.js/ https://github.com/adryd325/oneko.js/). If I was a little more cold-hearted I might find it annoying and distracting, but I just love when folks do silly stuff on personal websites to make them feel more "personal" like they did in the early-mid 2000s.
- flanbiscuit 1y agoThis is implemented with just the right amount of delay/speed to be cute and not annoying. If it was flying around faster and closer to my mouse cursor, I would hate it.
- MIC132 1y agoMore directly, I recall there used to be a website that allowed you to unit another website and then destroy/deface it with multiple tools. Lasers, bombs, things like that. Disappointingly I can't seem to find a trace of it.
- Cockbrand 1y agoFurther nice early examples are xroach and xeyes.