PixelWhimsy download

PixelWhimsy is a digital sandbox for kids of any age. It creates a safe play environment that allows children to explore and experiment with color, sound, physics, and more. It is a software toy, which means it has no rules, no points, no critical path. Anyone of any ability can use it to discover, create, and have fun. PixelWhimsy is safe and easy for toddlers to use, and yet sophisticated enough for older children, teenagers, and adults to enjoy.
PixelWhimsy functions primarily as an animated painting program. The user can draw on the screen with the mouse, using either standard colors or animated colors that shimmer, shift and glide. The keyboard also comes into play, exposing a rich set features that create sound and alter the image in dynamic and interesting ways. Every single key is programmed to play a unique sound and activate a unique feature.
Usability for very young children is one of the primary features of PixelWhimsy. Toddlers who want to use the computer will often pound randomly on the keyboard, which means they can accidentally close the application, and that leaves them free to possibly delete or alter files on the computer’s desktop. PixelWhimsy carefully controls mouse and keyboard input so that it is impossible to exit the program unless the user types in a simple exit code. This code, which can be set by a parent, is something easy for an adult to type, but difficult for a toddler, so little ones can safely press whatever keys they desire. PixelWhimsy can also be configured as a playable screensaver, so children can play it without having to “log in” to mom and dad’s computer.
It is the interactive combinations that give PixelWhimsy its unique character. Every key truly does something crazy and unique, and because the functions all affect the same graphical space, users can create an infinite number of unusual drawing environments. Dozens of animations can be combined in virtually limitless combinations.