--- version: "alpha" name: "Isometric Gaming / Voxel" description: "Design an isometric voxel gaming interface. Ideal for landing pages, saas. AI-ready template." colors: primary: "#E8F0FE" secondary: "#5D4037" tertiary: "#69F0AE" neutral: "#FFCCBC" surface: "#FFF59D" accent: "#80DEEA" typography: h1: fontFamily: System UI stack fontSize: 2.25rem fontWeight: 700 body-md: fontFamily: System UI stack fontSize: 1rem fontWeight: 400 label-caps: fontFamily: System UI stack fontSize: 0.75rem fontWeight: 500 components: button-primary: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}" textColor: "{colors.neutral}" padding: 12px --- ## Overview Design an isometric voxel gaming interface. Ideal for landing pages, saas. AI-ready template. Isometric projection didn't start on the web — it started in the trenches of 16-bit game design. SimCity (1989) proved you could build entire worlds on a 2:1 pixel ratio grid. Diablo took that same angular perspective and drenched it in atmosphere. The constraint was technical — true 3D was expensive — but the result was a visual language that felt deliberate, architectural, almost diagrammatic. Games like Habbo Hotel and early Flash worlds carried it into the internet era. Then Minecraft happened. Notch didn't invent voxels, but he made an entire generation see the world in cubes. Suddenly voxel art wasn't niche — it was cultural shorthand for creativity, building, ownership. The aesthetic bled into everything: album covers, brand illustrations, crypto projects. By the mid-2010s, isometric illustration had become a full-blown web design trend. Slack, Dropbox, dozens of SaaS landing pages — all using isometric scenes to explain abstract products. Some of it was lazy. The best of it retained that game-design DNA: precise grids, playful color, a sense that you could reach in and rearrange the pieces. - Density: 5/10 — Balanced - Variance: 7/10 — Dynamic - Motion: 8/10 — Cinematic - **Style:** Isometric, Pixelated, Gaming, Colorful - **Keywords:** Isometric projection, voxel-style, Minecraft-esque, floating platforms, gamified, pixel-3D, step-down progression, playful 3D - **Era:** 2020s Gaming Culture - **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ✓ Full ## Colors - **Sky Blue** (#E8F0FE) — Accent highlight, links and focus states - **Warm Brown** (#5D4037) — Secondary surface or text color - **Mint Green** (#69F0AE) — Supporting palette color - **Peach** (#FFCCBC) — Supporting palette color - **Pastel Yellow** (#FFF59D) — Warning states, attention indicators - **Aqua** (#80DEEA) — Extended palette, decorative use - **Pink** (#F48FB1) — Primary text color - **Lavender** (#B39DDB) — Extended palette, decorative use ## Typography - **Display / Hero:** System UI stack (-apple-system, sans-serif) — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact - **Body:** System UI stack (-apple-system, sans-serif) — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line - **UI Labels / Captions:** System UI stack (-apple-system, sans-serif) — 0.875rem, weight 500, slight letter-spacing - **Monospace:** JetBrains Mono — Used for code, metadata, and technical values Scale: - Hero: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4rem) - H1: 2.25rem - H2: 1.5rem - Body: 1rem / 1.6 - Small: 0.875rem ## Layout - **Grid:** CSS Grid primary. Max-width containment: 1280px centered with 1.5rem side padding. - **Spacing rhythm:** Balanced. Base unit: 0.5rem (8px). - **Section vertical gaps:** clamp(4rem, 8vw, 8rem). - **Hero layout:** Asymmetric composition. - **Feature sections:** Asymmetric grid with varied card sizes. No 3-equal-columns. - **Mobile collapse:** All multi-column layouts collapse below 768px. No horizontal overflow. - **z-index contract:** base (0) / sticky-nav (100) / overlay (200) / modal (300) / toast (500). ## Elevation & Depth Soft high-key ambient lighting, isometric transforms, floating animations, step-down reveal, gentle pastel shadows, bounce on interaction - **Physics:** Spring — stiffness 120, damping 20. Confident, weighted transitions. - **Entry animations:** Fade + translate-Y (16px → 0) over 540ms ease-out. Staggered cascades for lists: 120ms between items. - **Hover states:** Scale(1.03) + shadow lift over 200ms. - **Page transitions:** Fade + slide (300ms). - **Performance:** Only transform and opacity animated. No layout-triggering properties. ## Shapes Base corner radius: 0px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale. ## Components - **Primary Button:** Sharp edges (0px) shape. Accent color fill. Hover: 8% darken + subtle lift shadow. Active: -1px translate tactile press. Font weight 600. No outer glows. - **Secondary / Ghost Button:** Outline variant. 1.5px border in muted color. Text in primary color. Hover: subtle background fill. - **Cards:** Sharp edges (0px) corners. Surface background. Subtle shadow (0 2px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.06)). 1px border stroke. - **Inputs:** Label above input. 1px border stroke. Focus ring: 2px accent color offset 2px. Error text below in semantic red. No floating labels. - **Navigation:** Primary surface background. Active item: accent color indicator. Font weight 500 when active. - **Skeletons:** Shimmer animation matching component dimensions. No circular spinners. - **Empty States:** Icon-based composition with descriptive text and action button. ## Do's and Don'ts - No emojis in UI — use icon system only (Lucide, Heroicons) - No pure black (#000000) — use off-black or charcoal variants - No oversaturated accent colors (saturation cap: 80%) - No 3-column equal-width feature layouts — use zig-zag or asymmetric grid - No `h-screen` — use `min-h-[100dvh]` - No AI copywriting clichés: "Elevate", "Seamless", "Unleash", "Next-Gen" - No broken external image links — use picsum.photos or inline SVG - No generic lorem ipsum in demos - Do Isometric projection correct - Do Voxel blocks styled - Do Floating animation smooth - Do Pastel palette applied - Do Gamified feel achieved - Do Mobile fallback provided ## Use Case Landing pages, SaaS