diff --git a/examples/itchy-launcher.rb b/examples/itchy-launcher.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c9e51bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/itchy-launcher.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'optparse'
+
+pids = Array.new
+count = 1
+
+OptionParser.new do |opts|
+  opts.banner = "Usage: itchy-launcher.rb [options]"
+
+  opts.on("--count COUNT", OptionParser::DecimalInteger, "Number of itchy instances") do |v|
+    count = v
+  end
+end.parse!
+
+Signal.trap(:INT) do
+  pids.each do |pid|
+    begin
+      Process.kill :TERM, pid if pid
+    rescue
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+count.times do |id|
+  pid = Process.spawn Gem.ruby, File.expand_path("./examples/itchy.rb"), "--id", "itchy-#{Process.pid}-#{id}"
+  unless pid
+    STDERR.print "ERROR: Couldn't start test node."
+  end
+  pids << pid
+end
+
+Process.waitall
diff --git a/examples/itchy.rb b/examples/itchy.rb
index 41491f6..1db1002 100755
--- a/examples/itchy.rb
+++ b/examples/itchy.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
 require 'dcell'
+require 'optparse'
 require_relative 'registry'
 
+id = 'itchy'
+
+OptionParser.new do |opts|
+  opts.banner = "Usage: itchy.rb [options]"
+
+  opts.on("--id ID", "Assign node ID") do |v|
+    id = v
+  end
+end.parse!
+
 class Itchy
   include Celluloid
 
@@ -19,9 +31,18 @@ def fight
     end
     @n
   end
+
+  def work(value)
+    res = 0
+    10000.times do
+      res += Math.log2(value + 1)
+    end
+    res
+  end
 end
 Itchy.supervise_as :itchy
 
-DCell.start :id => "itchy", :registry => registry
+puts "Starting itchy with ID '#{id}'"
+DCell.start :id =>id, :registry => registry
 
 sleep
diff --git a/examples/massive-scratchy.rb b/examples/massive-scratchy.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fbb40a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/massive-scratchy.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require 'dcell'
+require_relative 'registry'
+
+DCell.start :registry => registry
+
+itchies = DCell[:itchy].cycle
+puts "Making itchy work hard everywhere!"
+
+start = Time.now
+futures = Array.new
+1000.times do |i|
+  itchy = itchies.next
+  futures << itchy.future.work(i)
+end
+
+res = 0
+futures.each do |f|
+  res += f.value
+end
+puts "Test result #{res}"
+stop = Time.now
+puts "Test executed at #{stop-start}"