--- version: "alpha" name: "Motion-Driven" description: "Build an animation-heavy interface with scroll-triggered animations, microinteractions, parallax scrolling (3-5 layers), smooth transitions (300-400ms), entrance animations, page transitions. Ideal for landing pages, saas. AI-ready template." colors: primary: "#22C55E" secondary: "#EF4444" 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}" padding: 12px --- ## Overview Build an animation-heavy interface with scroll-triggered animations, microinteractions, parallax scrolling (3-5 layers), smooth transitions (300-400ms), entrance animations, page transitions. Ideal for landing pages, saas. AI-ready template. We've been here before. Flash gave us timeline-based animation in the early 2000s — entire sites that moved, morphed, played sound. It was intoxicating and completely inaccessible. When Flash died, the web went static for years. Then GSAP quietly kept the torch burning, giving developers a performant animation engine without the plugin dependency. Framer Motion arrived later and made React developers feel like animators overnight. The real inflection point was Apple. Their product pages — iPhone, AirPods, Mac Pro — turned scrolling into cinema. Suddenly every agency wanted scroll-triggered storytelling. The "scroll-telling" trend exploded: elements pinned, text fading in on cue, 3D objects rotating as you moved down the page. It became the new standard for premium. But here's the tension nobody talks about honestly: motion costs. Every animation is a performance bet. Every parallax layer is a compositing decision. The best motion-driven sites feel effortless precisely because someone spent weeks optimizing what looks like nothing. Delight without jank — that's the actual craft. - Density: 5/10 — Balanced - Variance: 4/10 — Moderate - Motion: 8/10 — Cinematic - **Style:** Animated, Kinetic, Scroll-Driven, Dynamic - **Keywords:** Animation-heavy, microinteractions, smooth transitions, scroll effects, parallax, entrance anim, page transitions - **Era:** 2020s Modern - **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ✓ Full ## Colors - **Green** (#22C55E) — Success states, positive indicators - **Red** (#EF4444) — Error states, destructive actions ## 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:** Split-screen (text left, visual right). - **Feature sections:** Zig-zag alternating text+image rows. 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 Scroll anim (Intersection Observer), hover (300-400ms), entrance, parallax (3-5 layers), page transitions - **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: 12px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale. ## Components - **Primary Button:** Moderately rounded (0.75rem) 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:** Moderately rounded (0.75rem) 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 Scroll animations active - Do Parallax 3-5 layers - Do Entrance animations smooth - Do Page transitions fluid - Do GPU accelerated - Do Prefers-reduced-motion respected ## Use Case Landing pages, SaaS