Floor796: A Single Artist's Infinite Pop Culture GIF Universe

Floor796 is an ever-expanding web animation project by Belarusian self-taught programmer Pavel Sannikau, depicting daily life on the 796th floor of a fictional space station entirely in pixel art. The name derives from the alphabetical positions of G (7), I (9), and F (6), signaling its nature as a giant GIF. The animation loops 60 frames every five seconds, featuring thousands of characters from films, series, video games, anime, and memes of the last forty years—from Batman and Gandalf to the Teletubbies and The Last of Us protagonists. Interactive elements include phones to call other floors and musical components. Sannikau, a self-taught enthusiast of pop culture, began drawing animated clips as a hobby in 2012, then paused for nearly five years to focus on software development before conceiving Floor796 in 2018. He spent the first year building custom tools: a proprietary animation editor, a rendering engine, and the entire site. The first block took about eight months; now each block takes roughly a month and a half. The project has over 6,000 layers and an estimated 10,000+ work hours for the first 50 blocks, with Sannikau dedicating 3-5 hours on weekdays and 8-12 hours on weekends. Floor796 accepts suggestions for new characters and continues to grow at floor796.com.