Maggot

Description

Maggot is a minimalist, pixel-art game designed to run quietly on your PC desktop. When started, it displays a small window with a unique, randomly generated piece of rotten meat. Flies soon arrive, laying eggs that hatch into maggots, which crawl, breed, and die, forming a tiny, evolving ecosystem on your screen. The game's behavior adapts to your system's performance—high CPU or GPU usage makes the maggots more active, while memory pressure can cause parts of the simulation to collapse. Temperature data, when available, may even affect their survival. Each session starts fresh, with a new meat shape and new infestation patterns. Maggot runs in a small, draggable window that stays visible in the corner of your desktop or taskbar. No menus, no fuss—just a calming yet slightly eerie experience that grows alongside your PC's activity. It's a unique blend of simulation and subtle interactivity. This quirky digital organism turns your desktop into a living, breathing display.