Open up Wplace and you might find yourself lost for hours, hopping from city to city to see what chaos-and creativity-players have left behind. It’s a live, world-spanning pixel canvas where anyone can drop a single colored pixel anywhere on the map every 30 seconds. 
The result? A bizarre, beautiful mashup of art, fandom, and outright trolling layered over the geography of the real world.
Take Kansas City, for example. Downtown is currently home to a towering purple Zoroark, while the suburbs host a menacing Superman with glowing red eyes. On the highway, Ralsei from Deltarune lounges with an absurdly oversized blunt, and an enormous United Airlines plane blocks the Missouri River up north. Between the streets and rivers, you’ll spot an entire parade of pop culture: Pokémon, Rain World creatures, Metroid bounty hunters, Mario’s familiar grin, Earthbound heroes, and even the crewmates from Among Us. Mixed in are SpongeBob, Transformers, sports logos, political messages, random flags, and plenty of players just writing their names like digital graffiti.
Of course, Kansas City isn’t the only hotspot. A now-viral snapshot of Baltimore shows… let’s just say, something you won’t be sharing with grandma. Elsewhere, Undertale and Deltarune fans have practically colonized the map, plastering Spamton in so many places that spotting him is no longer surprising-it’s inevitable. Blizzard HQ in Irvine, CA is marked with a massive Heroes of the Storm logo, surrounded by World of Warcraft art. Over in Dragon Age territory, some fans are using pixels to vent frustration about the absence of a Dragon Age: Origins remaster, turning Kirkwall into a patchwork of protest and devotion. And in Adelaide, where Hollow Knight’s creators reside, players have peppered the city with “Silksong Tomorrow” messages alongside a top-hat-wearing Knight.
Part of Wplace’s charm is seeing the elaborate, coordinated art in major cities. The other part is stumbling across tiny, hidden creations in unexpected places-like a penguin in Antarctica or a lonely doodle in the middle of the Pacific. Whether you’re here to collaborate on pixel masterpieces, drop a quick meme, or troll an entire fanbase, the map keeps changing, and every click can lead to something new.