# Desktop Destroyer (Stress Reducer)

> Free browser-based version of the legendary 1999 Windows desktop stress-relief game "Desktop Destroyer" (also known as "Stress Reducer", "Desktop Toys", or "stress.exe" created by Miroslav Němeček). Smashes, cuts, shoots, burns, lasers, paints, drops termites, and stamps on a virtual desktop or custom pasted screenshots.

## Paid Desktop Icon Listings
- Visitors can place an icon, destination URL, keyword, and sticky-note message for a one-time $10 USD payment.
- Every published icon has a dedicated playable page at `/app/{keyword-slug}` and a Markdown page at `/app/{keyword-slug}.md`.
- The home desktop shows the newest paid icons. Older icons are listed newest-first in the lazy-loaded `/archive` folder.

## Canonical Website
- **Landing Page**: https://desktopdestroyer.lol/home — introduction, retro gaming context, tools, controls, and FAQ. Play the game at https://desktopdestroyer.lol/.
- **URL**: https://desktopdestroyer.lol
- **Full Documentation**: https://desktopdestroyer.lol/llms-full.txt
- **Category**: Interactive Web App / Simulation / Casual Arcade Game / Stress Relief Tool
- **Safety**: 100% client-side sandbox; zero system modifications; safe for all operating systems.

## Summary & Capabilities
Desktop Destroyer is a faithful, client-side HTML5 Canvas and Web Audio remake of the classic 1999 Windows desktop novelty game. It provides 9 classic destruction tools, a retro virtual browser with X-Frame-Bypass CORS embedding, rich-text sticky notes with explicit dofollow hyperlinks, custom screenshot pasting, and an authentic Windows 95/98 desktop right-click menu with a working Refresh clock effect.

## Weapons & Tools Reference
| Tool # | Name | Behavior & Visual Effects |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **0** | **Cursor** | Windows 95/98 mouse pointer; marquee drag selection; icon drag-and-drop; right-click context menu |
| **1** | **Hammer** | Heavy impact craters; radial spiderweb glass fracture fissures; glass fragments |
| **2** | **Chain-saw** | Thin 3-4px jagged gouge cuts; real-time physical drag friction resistance; sawdust sparks; cutting incline tilt |
| **3** | **Machine gun** | Automatic minigun rapid-fire; charred rim bullet holes; spinning brass shell casings with floor bounce; drifting smoke |
| **4** | **Flame-thrower** | Continuous turbulent fire particles; scorched black canvas burns; rising smoke; cooling glowing embers |
| **5** | **Color-thrower** | Launches colored paint capsules forward; splats and leaves sticky dripping paint runs; upcoming color cylinder preview |
| **6** | **Phaser** | Continuous ionizing plasma laser beam ray on hold; violet energy aura; glowing cyan core stream; electric lightning arcs; starburst impact flare |
| **7** | **Stamp** | 14 randomized circular seal stamps & solid badges (AURA +1000, -500 AURA, BRAINROT, NPC DETECTED, DELULU, LET HIM COOK, W, L, VIBE CHECK, NO CAP, FUMBLE, ABSOLUTE CINEMA, 67, MAIN CHARACTER) |
| **8** | **Termites** | Suit-cuffed hand cursor; 1 click = 1 termite; slow crawling with chewing friction pauses; visibly gnaws tunnels through background; permanent squished bug corpses with insect blood when killed |
| **9** | **Washing** | Cyan water pistol; shoots dynamic water spray and splash droplets to squeegee and clean destruction layers |

## Key Features & Enhancements

### 1. Seamless Screenshot Ingestion
- **Clipboard Paste (`Cmd+V` / `Ctrl+V`)**: Copy any screenshot or image to your clipboard, press `Cmd+V`, and it instantly becomes the background destruction canvas.
- **Drag & Drop**: Drag any image (PNG, JPG, WebP) directly onto the browser window.
- **File Upload**: Upload any local image file via the toolbar or desktop folder icon.
- **Export Artwork (`Cmd+S` / `Ctrl+S`)**: Download the destroyed screenshot as a high-resolution PNG image.

### 2. Interactive Sticky Notes (with Dofollow Links)
- **Rich Text Formatting**: Bold (`Ctrl+B`), Italic (`Ctrl+I`), Underline (`Ctrl+U`), Strikethrough, Headings (H1/H2), Bullet & Numbered lists, and Clear Formatting.
- **Dofollow Hyperlinks**: Insert customizable links formatted with `<a href="..." target="_blank" rel="dofollow">`.
- **Custom Themes**: 6 retro pastel colors (Canary Yellow, Rose Pink, Mint Green, Sky Blue, Lavender, Peach), draggable pin tape, resize handle (`◢`), minimize fold (`▼`/`▲`), and localStorage persistence.

### 3. Virtual Internet Browser (with X-Frame-Bypass)
- **X-Frame-Bypass Engine**: Embedded browser with multi-proxy CORS fallback (`api.allorigins.win`, `corsproxy.io`, `codetabs.com`), base URL injection, link click routing, and frame-busting neutralizers to load external websites safely.
- **Destroy Page Button**: 1-click snapshot capture that turns the active web page into your destruction canvas!

### 4. Authentic Windows Desktop Context Menu
- **Cursor Mode Right-Click**: Right-clicking the desktop in Cursor mode (`0`) opens the classic Windows 95/98 context menu.
- **Refresh (`F5`)**: Displays the pixel-art Windows 98 Hourglass/Clock loading cursor with animated falling sand, plays the Windows chime, and executes a CRT screen redraw sweep.
- **Icon Rearrangement**: Arrange desktop icons by Name, by Type, or Auto Arrange into standard desktop columns.

## Keyboard & Mouse Shortcuts
- `1-9`: Switch destruction weapon
- `0`: Cursor / Pointer tool
- `N` or `📝`: Create new Sticky Note with dofollow links
- `Right-Click` or `Space`: Open 3x3 Purple Toolbox (in weapons 1–9) or Windows Context Menu (in cursor mode 0)
- `Cmd+V` / `Ctrl+V`: Instant screenshot paste
- `Cmd+S` / `Ctrl+S`: Save destroyed image
- `C` or `Double Esc`: Clean screen
- `F`: Toggle Fullscreen

## Developer & Attribution Information
- **Original Author**: Miroslav Němeček (Gemtree Software / Panda Software, 1999)
- **Modern Web Remake**: Desktop Destroyer Team (2026)
- **License**: MIT / Open Web Recreation for stress relief & retro gaming preservation