Vaporwave Y2K

Retro Orbit

Four neon wireframe shapes orbit a glowing magenta sun on tilted ellipses with depth sorting, over a scrolling perspective grid and twinkling starfield.

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When to use it

Vaporwave/Y2K hero backgrounds, retro-futuristic loading screens, ambient space scenes on dark layouts.

When not to

Light-mode UIs (background hardcoded dark purple). Contexts needing legible text overlay — constant motion competes with reading.

Working with an AI agent

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

Change the sun halo color from magenta to gold (#facc15), add a fifth body with shape='tri', col='#facc15', a=1.6, e=0.35, tilt=0.10, spd=0.12, ph=2.1, sz=0.13, spin=0.4.

Safe to edit

orbit body definitions (bodies array — a, e, tilt, spd, ph, sz, spin, col)
color palette (MAG, CYAN, VIO, WHT constants)
star count (NSTAR=90)
grid scroll speed (t*0.20)
orbit center vertical position (CY=H*0.30)
UNIT scale (Math.min(W,H)*0.28)

Keep intact

painter's-order back/front split loop (critical for depth illusion)
DPR-aware canvas resize
visibilitychange stop/start guard
prefers-reduced-motion single static frame fallback

Known limitations

Background color split between CSS (#160a2a) and a CSS div halo — must edit both to retheme
No pointer interactivity; adding mouse repulsion requires tracking mousemove and injecting a fifth attractor body

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