Swirling Magic

Life in the Pixie Patch

# of Sea Pixies A Few

300 sea pixies

Style

Palette

Click the pixies, or press Caps Lock, to change the colours.

Music No music Sea Pixie theme MIDI file

No file chosen

Loop

Volume

Display

Pixel size

Smooth scaling

Speed

Show the start-up status line Keep the screen awake

Keyboard

Caps Lock, C	Change the colours
1–6, + / −	# of Sea Pixies
S / Shift+S	Next / previous style
P / Shift+P	Next / previous palette
M	Music on / off
9 / 0	Slower / faster
[ / ]	Pixel size; L toggles smooth
Space, .	Pause, single step
R / T	Restart / replay the start-up
F	Full screen
H	Engine read-out
O, Esc	Open / close settings

About

A re-creation of Swirling Magic: Life in the Pixie Patch, the After Dark 4.0 module by Berkeley Systems (1996), running the same particle engine as the Windows version, frame for frame.

Original programming by Vann Miller and Rob Blair; pixie dance lessons by Evan Harsha; music by P.J. Sonnichsen.

The Sea Pixie theme plays as rendered by the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth sound set. Your own MIDI files play through GeneralUser GS by S. Christian Collins (licence), rendered by spessasynth_core. Nothing leaves your browser.

An unofficial fan re-creation, not affiliated with Berkeley Systems or the owners of After Dark.