Screen Nook

A cosy miniature world at the edge of your screen

Screen Nook is a handcrafted Japanese street that lives in a strip beside your work. Dock it to the left or right and your windows make room for it, then get back to your essay, your revision or your inbox. Whenever you look up, it's there.

It keeps your hours

The light follows your own clock. Morning sun catches the rooftops, the shops light up as the evening comes in, and the lanterns keep burning long after dark. Leave it running and you'll catch the day turning over beside you. Or take the hours into your own hands and slide through the day yourself.

Weather drifts in and out

Some days stay clear. Some pass under slow cloud. When the rain comes, the street turns dark and glossy and every lantern shows up twice in the wet stone. When the wind gets up, the lanterns swing and petals skitter down the lane, and now and then a storm rolls over the rooftops.

It's really there

This isn't a looping video. Petals drift down through the lamplight and moths find their way to the lanterns. A cat keeps an eye on the street, and after dark a neighbour steps out onto her balcony.

Look closer

Hold up the magnifier and lean in close: read the shop signs, track passing animals, and watch your neighbours come and go.

Nothing to manage

There are no goals, and nothing to unlock or keep alive. It just makes that corner of your screen a nicer place to be.

More worlds on the way

Lantern Lane is the first of several small worlds planned for launch, and a neon cyberpunk street is next.

Streaming or recording? Go ahead. It makes lovely background.