12-Ants

If you're looking for a fun little distraction while waiting for a process to finish, you can give 12-Ants a try. It's a simple little application that helps relieve the boredom when you have nothing else to do than stare at the screen. It places ants on your screen, which move around or follow your mouse cursor. It doesn't sound like much, but it's a good little distraction, and you also get a few customization options to change a few things.

The application is free and you can have it up and running in no time. Just extract its executable from a ZIP archive and run it. There are no special requirements you have to meet, and you won't put any strain on your hardware. The application works on all modern Windows systems, so you won't encounter any compatibility issues.

Once you launch the application, it will immediately place a few ants on your screen. They will crawl around aimlessly, but you can also set them to follow your cursor at all times or when you move it. Alternatively, you can make the ants flee the mouse cursor if you feel like chasing them rather than running from them.

The application lets you control the number of ants on the screen with a simple slider. You can have anything between three and fifty ants on your screen, and you can also increase or decrease their opacity and speed. If you need to check on something quickly, the pause option will help you prevent any unwanted distractions until you can get back to chasing ants.

If you simply want some movement on your desktop or play a quick prank on someone, 12-Ants is definitely worth looking at.