Ocean
Altitude −4,096
Drift with arrow keys, WASD, or drag. Press Esc for options, and the interface fades away while you rest.
About Endless Drift
Endless Drift is a relaxing, purely contemplative app with no score, timer, or destination. Start among the bioluminescent creatures of the deep and rise through one continuous world: moonlit water, floating lanterns in the night sky, rippling auroras, and finally nebulae and stars.
Swim upward to break the surface and keep climbing into space, or sink into the endless deep. When you stop steering, the little light drifts gently on its own, so you can leave it on like a screensaver and simply watch.
Before you begin, you can choose where to start, the colour of the sky, and how fast you drift. Set any of them to Random for a different world every time. Let go and it drifts on its own, and every so often you may come across an echo bloom, which answers with light and sound when you drift close.
How to drift
- In the start panel, pick a starting place, sky colour, and speed. Leave anything on Random if you like, or press "Drift at random" to begin without choosing at all.
- Steer with arrow keys, WASD, or by dragging; let go and it soon drifts on its own. You can press Esc at any time to open the options, even after the interface has faded away.
- When you find a view worth keeping, open "Share this view" to get a link and QR code. Anyone who opens it starts drifting from the same spot in the same world.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a goal or an ending?
No. Endless Drift is purely contemplative, with no score, timer, or leaderboard. There is nowhere to reach and nothing to clear. You can leave it on and watch, or wander wherever you like.
Do I have to steer?
Not at all. Auto-drift is the default: touch nothing and the little light gently travels the world by itself. Steer with the keys or by dragging whenever you like, and a few seconds after you let go it flows on its own again.
How do share codes work?
Pressing "Share this view" packs the world (its seed), your position, and the sky colour into a 19-character code starting with D1. Nothing is stored on a server: the browser that opens the code rebuilds the same world on the spot.
Can I revisit the same view later?
Yes. The world is determined by its seed, so the same place in the same world always shows the same scenery. Larger sights (the lighthouse, a whale's passage, an aurora surge) have fixed locations too, so keep the code and you can return any time.
What is the sound?
The browser synthesises the ambience in real time, so there is no audio file, and with zero download there are no loop seams. The tone and reverb shift slowly with altitude, and you can turn it off any time from the top-right button.
What about battery and performance?
It is built to be light. Everything is drawn with Canvas 2D rather than a 3D engine, and when the tab is hidden, both rendering and sound stop completely. With your system's reduced-motion setting on, the scene becomes a calm still picture.