This reminds me of a positively ancient piece of software from the late 90s that would draw ripples in the root window of your X11 session. Got a link to the source?

Wayland

Aw... I don't suppose there's any chance of an X11-compatible version?

Or maybe something similar someone built for X11 back in the day?

I've actually got something similar already running on my Windows gaming computer (Lively Wallpaper), and I'd love to have a version that works with my old-ass Ubuntu.

Otherwise, I guess I'll be waiting a few years until it's finally time to redo my current system and I eventually move to something with Wayland.

Very cool, thanks for sharing!