Moving Text Objects

In YWOT, it is possible to create the illusion of movement by pasting and deleting text in quick succession.
The resulting motion tends to be rather janky as a result of the site's rate limits. Scripts that create moving text objects are also known to suffer from lag, causing them to leave trails of afterimages in their wakes.
So far, all known instances of moving text objects have been found at Spawn.
*For information on interactive games within YWOT(which most likely featured moving text objects), see YWOT Games.
== Boxland ==
The user Experimenter created various moving text objects as part of the Boxland storyline. 
These included:
#ASCII Pac-Mans that ate everything in their paths, opening and closing their mouths as they moved.
#*This script seemed to have existed since long before Boxland.
#Bombs that moved downwards before turning into explosions.
#A massive triangular projectile.
File:Pacman.gif|Pac-Man Script(March 24th, 2021)
File:Boxbomb.gif|Experimenter's Bombs(March 24th, 2021)
==Roombas/Zoombis==
Created by The Janitor and Moth Cult(M) in order to clean up Spawn.
File:Roomba Movement.gif|The Janitor's Roomba(November 20th, 2022)
File:Zoombi movement.gif|The Zoombi(November 25th, 2022)
File:Moth Roomba Montage.gif|Moth Cult's Roomba(February 29th, 2024)
==Falling Sands Script==
A script created by The Janitor to rearrange block characters at Spawn. In the beginning, this would overload the site with requests and create lag for all users. Since then The Janitor has presumably fixed this issue.
File:Janitor script 3.gif|August 28th, 2023(Sped up 30x)
== UFOs ==
ASCII UFOs that suck up text.
==Moving Snails ==
LiquidVicinity created ASCII snails that could crawl around the page.
Plans have been made to update the snails so that they would retreat into their shells when a cursor is placed next to them.
==Miscellaneous Moving Text Objects==
A Moth and a Car, created by Mr. Black on August 31st, 2024.
Unlike their predecessors, these creations featured different models for traveling in different directions. Moreover, they would restore any text they moved over(whereas all other moving text objects simply deleted everything in their paths).
File:Moving moth.gif|August 31st, 2024(Sped Up 20x)
File:Moving car.gif|August 31st, 2024(Sped Up 20x)
===The Car in OWOT===
The moving car has also appeared in OWOT, where it was significantly faster (presumably) due to higher rate limits.
File:Owot car.png|The Car in OWOT(August 31st, 2024)
File:Car owot.gif|Footage by Optic the Wolf on the OWOT Discord, recorded in real time(September 1st, 2024)
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