Here’s the timelapse from my recent Ludum Dare 48 hour game development compo session.
[youtube b56mNpfsMeY]
LD48 #13 : pansapiens timelapse
One screenshot every 5 mins, taken with the script (screenshot.sh):

#!/bin/sh
OUTDIR=/home/perry/timelapse
DISPLAY=:0.0
import -window root -display $DISPLAY $OUTDIR/$(date +%F_%R.%S).png >/dev/null 2>/dev/null

using the cronjob:

0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /home/perry/timelapse/screenshot.sh

And converted to a video by running the script (timelapse_convert.sh):

#!/bin/sh
# convert pngs to [...]