Theme 04 of 06 / Sixteen colours, no smoothing
Pixel Arcade theme
Hard-edged type, a scanline overlay and a very small original robot who runs across the ground, jumps and sets off fireworks while your score counts up. When checks fail, the robot hits spikes, the screen flashes and a CONTINUE countdown begins.
Try it, right here
This is the real engine from the extension. Pick an event and a mood and the Pixel Arcade theme plays over a mock GitHub profile.
Warming up the lights…
Pixel Arcade / Pull request merged / Applause
What you’ll see
Every GitHub event maps to one of three moods, and the Pixel Arcade theme has its own take on each.
Applause Something went right
- Repository created“New game!”
- Pull request opened“New challenger!”
- Pull request merged“Stage clear!” with a bonus score
- Checks passed“All clear!”
- Release published“Level up!”
- Issue closed“Boss defeated!”
Farewell Something ended
- Repository deleted“Save deleted”: the robot waves and dissolves into pixels
- Pull request closed“Quest dropped”
Alarm Something broke
- Checks failed“Game over”, red flash, and “Continue? 9, 8, 7…”
The details
- Palette
- A sixteen-colour palette on deep navy, with chunky pixel type.
- Typography
- Press Start 2P
- Length
- About 4 seconds; shorter or longer in settings
- Best for
- Anyone who grew up with a joystick. Keeps a busy repository feeling like a game.
- Reduced motion
- Shows a calm still card instead of moving
- Skipping
- Press Esc at any time
The other themes
See all of them on the themes page, or read which GitHub events Footlit reacts to.
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