Living Worlds – Mark Ferrari

Pixfabrik

About this app

** Includes live wallpaper! **

This Living Worlds app is a modern recreation of a set of dynamic pixel art scenes first published in the early 90s as part of an "illustrated personal organizer" named Seize the Day, and seen as screenshots across the Internet since then. These scenes were created by Mark Ferrari, legendary artist from such classic games as Loom and The Secret of Monkey Island as well as the recent Thimbleweed Park. Now, 25 years later, Ian Gilman, the original software developer, has resurrected the Living Worlds, with Mark's support and additional code from Joseph Huckaby. There may be copycats, but this is the only authentic version from the original creators!

This release of the app contains all twelve of the original scenes in their full glory. The sun rises and falls in real time, storms pass through, flowers bloom, the moon and stars cross the sky. Smaller details like chimney smoke and animal footprints come and go. The image "lives" throughout the day, drawing you in, suggesting stories, and rewarding quiet observation.

In addition to the classic graphics, each scene includes a new "Logbook" story written by Mark Ferrari and ambient soundscapes designed by Ian Gilman.

Join us for this 25th anniversary celebration of these unique artworks!

Ratings and reviews

Very beautiful, some scenes are great for white noise. I just wish that there was an option for a landscape mode that showed more of the picture because I've seen the animated pictures on your website and they have some areas that I would love to see with my phone turned on its side. I would also like to see pictures in the Hunt checklist to show me what the things I'm looking for look like. Then I would have a better idea of what to look for. Still a wonderful app though. I love it!

This is, no hyperbole, my favorite app of all time. I found Mark Ferrari's work through a random lofi song, and I remember looking up his name and finding this app. I wishlisted it for a couple years before buying, but I wish I did it sooner. Genuinely this is some of the prettiest pixel art I've ever seen, with subtle changes every minute of the day is really satisfying to watch. Genuinely such a great app, 10/10

Gorgeous and nostalgic! My only current gripes: 1. The wallpaper and the app can either get out of sync or aren't synced at all. It's jarring to look at the environment in one state on the wallpaper and then open the app to have it looking entirely different. 2. It would be nice to have a range of aspect ratio options, so that we don't have to choose between large bars and cropping the sides. 3. "Alt wallpaper tech" is an inexplicable setting. What does it do? Who knows!

What’s new

* Updated for the new Android OS.