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Psychedelic

Swirl Vortex

5 petal arms across 11 rings rotate at differential speeds to create a slow inward vortex in pink-violet-cyan hues with a glowing core.

canvasmedium complexitymoderate motion

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When to use it

Dark-mode hero backgrounds, psychedelic/creative portfolio sections, ambient looping screensavers.

When not to

Light backgrounds (hardcoded dark navy). Content-heavy layouts where motion competes with text legibility.

Working with an AI agent

Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:

Change ARMS to 7 and shift the hue sweep from pink-cyan to green-gold by setting ringHue[i]=t*120+60 and updating the core gradient stops to rgba(255,220,50,0.9). 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

  • arm count (ARMS=5)
  • ring count (RINGS=11)
  • hue sweep range (t*230)
  • rotation speed (TWO/40)
  • warp breath speed (TWO/17)
  • petal width range (0.16-0.10*t)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • trailing-fade fill pattern (rgba fill instead of clearRect)
  • IIFE wrapper
  • visibilitychange pause/resume
  • reduced-motion staticFrame fallback
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • Background color hardcoded in CSS and JS — must change in both places
  • No pointer interactivity — purely passive
  • Trail persistence means color changes take several seconds to fully appear

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