--- version: "alpha" name: "Resume Journey Oregon Trail" description: "Career resume landing page in Oregon Trail retro game style. Ideal for currículos criativos, portfólios de desenvolvedores, páginas pessoais, apresentações de carreira. AI-ready template." colors: primary: "#8B4513" secondary: "#556B2F" tertiary: "#87CEEB" neutral: "#D2B48C" surface: "#FF8C00" accent: "#4682B4" typography: h1: fontFamily: Press Start 2P fontSize: 2.5rem fontWeight: 700 body-md: fontFamily: Press Start 2P fontSize: 1rem fontWeight: 400 components: button-primary: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}" textColor: "{colors.neutral}" padding: 12px --- ## Overview Career resume landing page in Oregon Trail retro game style. Ideal for currículos criativos, portfólios de desenvolvedores, páginas pessoais, apresentações de carreira. AI-ready template. Oregon Trail isn't just a game — it's a shared cultural memory for an entire generation of computer users. Released in 1971 and popularized through school computer labs in the 80s and 90s, it became the first video game most Americans ever played. The green-and-black pixel art, the brutal decision-making, the infamous dysentery — these aren't just nostalgia triggers, they're a universal language. What makes the Oregon Trail metaphor work so well for resumes and portfolios is that it reframes a career as a journey with real stakes. You forded rivers (pivoted careers), lost oxen (failed projects), and somehow made it to Oregon (landed the role). The trail format gives narrative structure to what's usually a flat, lifeless document. It turns a list of jobs into a story of survival and progress. Gamers-turned-developers immediately get it. Recruiters who grew up with it get it too. That's rare overlap, and it's worth exploiting. - Density: 5/10 — Balanced - Variance: 7/10 — Dynamic - Motion: 8/10 — Cinematic - **Style:** Retro Game, Pixel Art, Timeline, Career Path - **Keywords:** Oregon Trail, retro game, pixel art, career journey, timeline, milestones, 8-bit, adventure, resume, path - **Era:** 1980s-1990s Educational Games - **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ✓ Full ## Colors - **Trail Brown** (#8B4513) — Primary surface or dominant color - **Prairie Green** (#556B2F) — Secondary surface or text color - **Sky Blue** (#87CEEB) — Accent highlight, links and focus states - **Wagon Tan** (#D2B48C) — Supporting palette color - **Campfire Orange** (#FF8C00) — Warm accent, call-to-action secondary - **River Blue** (#4682B4) — Secondary accent - **Dust Yellow** (#DAA520) — Warning states, attention indicators - **Night Black** (#1A1A1A) — Deep contrast surface ## Typography - **Display / Hero:** Press Start 2P' or 'VT323' monospace — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact - **Body:** Press Start 2P' or 'VT323' monospace — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line - **UI Labels / Captions:** Press Start 2P' or 'VT323' monospace — 0.875rem, weight 500, slight letter-spacing - **Monospace:** Press Start 2P' or 'VT323' monospace — 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 Pixel art rendering (image-rendering: pixelated), scrolling trail/path animation connecting milestones, retro terminal-style typography, milestone markers as pixel waypoints, parallax landscape layers, 8-bit style progress bars for skills - **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: 8px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale. ## Components - **Primary Button:** Subtly rounded (0.5rem) 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:** Subtly rounded (0.5rem) 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 Pixel art aesthetic throughout - Do Winding trail/path connecting milestones - Do Retro terminal typography - Do Earth-tone color palette - Do Career milestones as trail stops - Do 8-bit progress bars for skills - Do Parallax landscape background ## Use Case Creative resumes, Developer portfolios, Personal pages, Career presentations