Haunted Wallpaper
Something in their wallpaper is getting closer. Every. Single. Day.
Download shortcut⏱ 1m setup
Open this page in Safari on an iPhone. The file goes straight into Shortcuts.
What happens
Every morning their wallpaper gets swapped for a copy of their own photo with a dark, faceless figure standing in the middle of it. On day one it’s tiny and faint, easy to miss. Each day it’s bigger and more solid, as if it’s walking towards them. By day seven it stops getting closer, and it stays.
Setup
- Open the download on their phone (or AirDrop it over) and tap Add Shortcut.
- Long-press it in Shortcuts → All Shortcuts → Rename and call it Wallpaper Refresh, so it doesn’t give itself away.
- Run it once now. It asks you to pick the photo they use as their wallpaper (it’s the base image every day), then says Armed. Tap Always Allow for Photos and Files.
- Shortcuts → Automation → + → Time of Day, set 7:00 AM, Daily, select Run Immediately, tap Next and choose the shortcut.
- Tomorrow at 7 AM it sets the first frame. If iOS shows a wallpaper prompt the first time, tap Always Allow.
Undo
Open Shortcuts → Automation, swipe left on the automation and tap Delete. Then delete the shortcut. Set their wallpaper back from Settings → Wallpaper (the original photo is untouched). Optionally delete the shortcut-to-hell folder in Files → iCloud Drive → Shortcuts.
Variations
- Use a cut-out of you instead of the figure: swap
assets/figure.png. Less scary, much funnier.