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Organic & Nature

Lichen Spread

Crinkle-edged lichen colonies grow in concentric rings over a speckled stone field; pointer nudges the nearest colony to pulse.

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When to use it

Nature or science-themed ambient backgrounds, generative art hero sections, or any context needing slow organic growth motion.

When not to

Layouts requiring legible content overlay — the dense ring pattern competes with text. Avoid on low-end mobile due to per-frame stone blit and speckle loops.

Working with an AI agent

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

Change the dominant palette to rust/terracotta by replacing palettes[0] with ['#7a4a2e','#b06b3e','#d4956a','#edd5b0'], and set n0 to 6 to reduce colony count. 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

  • colony count (n0, lines 59-60)
  • palette arrays (palettes[])
  • growth speed (cl.grow += 0.006)
  • max colony radius ((0.12+Math.random()*0.22)*S)
  • crinkle wobble (wob=0.018+(1-base)*0.05)
  • breathe amplitude (0.012)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • offscreen stoneCv blit pattern (critical for perf)
  • visibilitychange stop/start guards
  • prefers-reduced-motion static render branch
  • IIFE wrapper
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • Stone field rebuilt on resize — brief flash on orientation change
  • No touch-specific interaction beyond pointer events
  • No aria semantics — purely decorative canvas

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