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The Dotted Gourd

An orange ribbed gourd rendered on canvas with 110 dark dots scaled by curvature and depth; the whole form sways gently as if in a breeze.

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When to use it

Ambient nature or harvest-themed backgrounds, seasonal landing pages, quirky generative art showcases.

When not to

Contexts requiring text overlays — the gourd occupies center canvas with no padding. Dark background is hardcoded.

Working with an AI agent

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

Change the gourd color to deep purple (#7b2fbe) and the dot fill to #1a0030, then slow the sway by setting the sin multiplier from 0.9 to 0.4. 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

  • gourd body color (#ff7a18)
  • dot color (#160a06)
  • sway speed (t*0.9)
  • dot count (110)
  • rib count (ribs=7)
  • body proportions (bodyH multiplier 0.62)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • IIFE wrapper
  • prefers-reduced-motion guard (REDUCED)
  • visibilitychange pause/resume
  • DPR-aware fitCanvas()
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • Background color hardcoded in CSS (#0a0608) — must change both CSS and canvas fillStyle to retheme
  • Dot positions are random on load with no seed — layout differs each page load
  • No interaction — purely passive display

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