Support
A few things to try first; below that, a way to reach us.
Quick how-to
Orbit the field. Drag with one finger to spin the camera around the particle cloud. Pinch with two fingers to zoom in or out. Two-finger drag pans the camera sideways. Double-tap anywhere on the field to snap back to the default angle.
Try a different scene. The ◀ ▶ arrows in the chrome at the bottom of the screen cycle through nineteen curated presets. The dice (🎲) rolls a fully random scene — every tap is unique.
Save what you love. Tap the heart (❤). The current scene is written to Documents/Favorites as a tiny JSON recipe. The heart fills pink for a beat as confirmation.
Capture a still. Tap the camera (📷). The frame saves to your iOS Photos library and the share sheet pops up so you can AirDrop, email, or save to Files. Long-press the camera for a second option: snapshot with a transparent background, useful for design work.
Tune what you see. Tap the slider icon (≡). About twenty controls govern particle count, motion mode, palette, tint, bloom, vignette, confinement shape, and more. The field updates live as you slide.
Read the math. Tap the info circle (ⓘ) for a full breakdown of the engine behind the field — curl-noise drift, four strange attractors, four confinement shapes, twenty-two palettes, all citation-tagged.
Share a recipe. Open the editor (slider icon) → Recipe → Share recipe (JSON). The 1 KB file reproduces the exact scene on any other Sacred Drift install, or in the desktop browser version. Import recipe in the same panel pulls one back in.
Common questions
Why isn't anything moving?
Make sure the speed slider in the editor is above zero, and that auto-orbit is positive if you want camera motion. A few presets (Stardust, Deep Cosmos) are intentionally slow and meditative.
The field looks washed out / too bright.
Lower the bloom intensity in the editor's Look section. Bloom above ~1.4 with a high particle count can overwhelm darker palettes.
My iPhone gets warm during long sessions.
Sacred Drift renders at 60 fps. For sustained use on warm devices, lower the particle count in the editor (try 800–1500 instead of the default 3000).
Does the app collect data?
No. Zero network calls, no analytics, no advertising, no telemetry. See the Privacy Policy.
Can I print my snapshot?
Yes — tap the camera icon, then choose Save to Files or Print from the share sheet. PNG resolution is your phone's native screen resolution.
Recipe import isn't doing anything.
Imported JSON must be a valid Sacred Drift / etherics3d recipe. Files saved from this app or from the web etherics3d.html will load correctly. Files from other sources won't.
I want to nerd out on the math.
The math reference page catalogs every formula in the engine — curl noise, attractor systems, confinement geometry. Or tap the info circle inside the app for the same content embedded.
Sister apps
Sacred Drift is part of the Flash Art Revival series — small generative-art experiments running quietly on a phone.
- Sacred Spin — mandalas you spin and tune. Already on the App Store.
Contact
Email: support@sacreddrift.com.
We're a one-person studio, so replies aren't instant. We try to get to mail within a couple of days.