Little desktop worlds
Your cast flies through Mac desktop widgets in different art styles, and stops in the right scenes to act out a little story.
< CAST · PLACE · PLAY >
macOS 14 or later · Coming soon
DESKTOP WIDGETS / LITTLE WORLDS
In the app, pick a performer and a layout, then fill each slot with a scene. Apply, place the widgets on your desktop, and the performer flies in from outside the group, passes through each little world in turn, and stops in the right scenes for a performance of its own.
Cast, layout and scenes stay in a draft until you choose Apply. You add and place the widgets yourself in macOS.
01 / CAST
Meet A-Ying: a yellow raincoat, a lantern, and six scenes on a rainy night. Each performer has their own scenes. Their size is set before entering and stays the same throughout the performance.
A-Ying02 / LAYOUT
Choose 2×2, 1×4, 2×3 or 3×3, or a custom regular grid of up to 9 slots. Pick a layout and the scenes on the right rearrange to match right away.
03 / SCENES
From pop art to cloisonné: click a slot to swap its scene, or drag whole cards to reorder. Each scene appears only once in a group.
04 / PLAY
After Apply, search for castlands in Edit Widgets on macOS and place them as guided. Once the app confirms where the whole group is, the performer flies in from outside, snakes through every slot and flies out the other side.
From system requirements to placing widgets, here is what people ask most.
castlands is a native macOS app, and its widgets use the system's WidgetKit. It is coming soon and not yet available to download.
macOS doesn't let apps place widgets for you. Open castlands once, then search for castlands in Edit Widgets on your desktop and, following the app's guide, add each one, keep them the same size and line them up.
If a window covers the widgets, they move, their number or size doesn't match the setup, or displays change, the performer hides and pauses until a new check passes.
Scene art and performer assets are not bundled with the installer. The app downloads and verifies each file on first launch, then checks for new versions in the background; updates apply on the next launch.