Memphis 80s
Squiggle Parade
Six bold sine-wave ribbons with marching color beads drift across a confetti field of dots, zigzags, crosses, and terrazzo flecks on deep indigo.
canvasmedium complexitymoderate motion
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When to use it
Memphis/80s-retro hero backgrounds, section dividers, or ambient loops needing bold geometric energy without user interaction.
When not to
Content-heavy layouts where high-contrast ribbons compete with text. Light backgrounds — BG is hardcoded deep indigo.
Working with an AI agent
Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:
Change SQ_N to 8, set the accent color PAL[0] to '#ff00cc', and increase sqAmp range to 0.08+r()*0.10 for taller squiggles. Theme: dark tokens live in :root, the light variant in :root[data-theme="light"]; ?theme=light or a {type:'forever:theme'} postMessage switches at runtime.
Safe to edit
- squiggle count (SQ_N=6)
- color palette (PAL array)
- amplitude range (sqAmp: 0.05+r()*0.06)
- confetti element count (CONF_N=104)
- bead count per squiggle (beads=5)
- background color (BG)
- theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)
Keep intact
- mulberry PRNG seeding (consistent layout across reloads)
- DPR-aware canvas sizing
- visibilitychange pause/play
- reduced-motion static frame fallback
- theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)
Known limitations
- Background color hardcoded in CSS and JS — must change both
- Confetti layout is static per seed; resize does not re-randomize positions
- 26-step polyline squiggle may look angular at very large viewport widths
More Memphis 80s components
- Terrazzo Scatter96 colored terrazzo chips breathe apart from a tilted slab card and resettle in a 5.2s looping cycle, using a Memphis 80s palette on dark umber.
- Zigzag Bounce7 stacked chevron bars in clashing Memphis colors spring upward with a staggered ripple phase; confetti speckles and squiggle accents frame the scene.
- Confetti PopMemphis geometric shapes burst upward with gravity and rotation in repeating pops on deep plum. Dots, zigzags, triangles, bars, and pluses auto-cycle.
- Polka ShuffleBrick-offset grid of dots, rings, and squares sways and breathes while colors cross-fade between three clashing Memphis 80s palettes on dark charcoal.
- Grid Jumble5x5 grid of Memphis shapes — circles, triangles, squiggles, zigzags — jittering in sine-wave phases over a terrazzo-speckled dark background.
- Noodle LoopFive thick snaking SVG noodles in Memphis colors travel via stroke-dashoffset on a dark violet field; corner dots pulse and confetti spins.