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

GORGEOUS pixel art that changes with the time and the season! Every now and then the live wallpapers go dark and I have to change the settings to make them pop up again, but these things are from the 90s so it's understandable it has a few hiccups. Each wallpaper has a fun checklist of things to spot through the day.

The app itself does what it says on the tin, and it looks very pretty and dynamic... But when used as a live wallpaper, it frequently stops working leaving me with the default background. It seems to mostly crash at night and it's possible some sort of system feature is causing this. I still enjoy this app, but I wish it would work a little better.

Have been using Living Worlds for a little over a year now, and it's great app with beautiful art - but as other reviews have mentioned, the live wallpaper breaks occasionally and has to be reapplied. More importantly, it has pretty serious syncing issues. My live wallpaper is falling out of sync with the app on an almost daily basis, at this point. Still recommend, but wish it was a little less glitchy.

What's new

* December sounds!