# Desktop Ponies

8 bit ponies on your desktop.

Desktop Ponies lets you choose some ponies from [My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic](http://wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic) to trot around your desktop whilst you work.

The ponies will move around on screen performing a variety of custom animations. They also talk occasionally and some ponies will interact with each other.

There are over 190 ponies and other characters from the show included. There is also a wide array of OCs available and you can create your own ponies too.

## Installation

Desktop Ponies works on Windows, Mac and Linux.

* [Download the latest version (v1.49)](https://www.dropbox.com/s/bri7ag4f4x71eau/Desktop%20Ponies%20v1.49.zip)
* Extract the files.
* Check the included readme file for further instructions.

## License

The artwork is licensed under [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/). This means you are allowed to share and alter the artwork, provided you give credit, do not use it for commercial purposes and release it under this same license. You can find assets for the ponies and other characters in the [Content/Ponies](Content/Ponies) directory. There is a [list of credits](Content/credits.txt) in the [Content](Content) directory.

The source code is available under the same license.

## Documentation

Some information about the file formats employed by the program can be found in the [technical documentation](techdoc.md).

## External Links

* [Forums](http://desktopponies.bugs3.com/index.php) - Dedicated forums for disucssion of Desktop Ponies. If you need any assistance please post in the [support sub-forum](http://desktopponies.bugs3.com/viewforum.php?f=8).
* [Ponychan Mane Thread](http://www.ponychan.net/chan/collab/res/45984.html) - Discussion of the program and canon artwork.
* [Ponychan OC Thread](http://www.ponychan.net/chan/collab/res/43607.html) - Download a collection of common OCs and other art. Includes templates and resources for creating your own ponies.
* [deviantART Group](http://desktop-pony-team.deviantart.com/) - Group maintained by contributing artists to showcase their work.