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Memphis 80s

Polka Shuffle

Brick-offset grid of dots, rings, and squares sways and breathes while colors cross-fade between three clashing Memphis 80s palettes on dark charcoal.

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When to use it

Retro/Memphis-themed backgrounds, 80s-inspired hero sections, ambient looping pattern displays.

When not to

Contexts requiring legible text overlays or calm minimal aesthetics. Low-end devices may struggle with ~110 shapes animating continuously.

Working with an AI agent

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

Change the palette cycle speed by setting per=6.0, add a fourth palette entry to PALS, and increase the orbital sway multiplier from 0.16 to 0.25 for more chaotic movement. 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

  • color palettes (PALS array)
  • palette cycle speed (per=4.0 seconds)
  • sway amplitude (cell*0.16)
  • breathe range (0.85+0.22)
  • shape mix ratio (Math.random()<0.18 for rings/squares)
  • base radius range (rand(0.20,0.40))
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • IIFE wrapper
  • prefers-reduced-motion static fallback (staticFrame)
  • visibilitychange pause/resume
  • DPR-aware canvas sizing
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • Background color hardcoded as BG='#141019' — must change both CSS and JS variable to retheme
  • Ring shape punches out center with BG fill, breaking on non-matching backgrounds

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More Memphis 80s components

  • Squiggle ParadeSix bold sine-wave ribbons with marching color beads drift across a confetti field of dots, zigzags, crosses, and terrazzo flecks on deep indigo.
  • 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.
  • 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.