Pixel Theme — 8-Bit Jekyll Theme

📄 License & Pricing

	Free	Paid — $49
Personal / non-commercial site	✅	✅
Footer attribution required	✅ must keep	❌ removed
Commercial / client projects	❌	✅
Future theme updates	❌	✅
Private source repo access	❌	✅

Free to use on personal projects — just keep the small "Theme by csswitch" footer link intact.
Buy the $49 license to remove the attribution, use commercially, and receive future updates.

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See LICENSE for full terms.

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An 8-bit pixel art Jekyll theme with CRT scanlines, boot sequence, HP reading progress, and a Press Start 2P pixel font.

Live Demo →

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✨ Features

• 🕹️ Press Start 2P — authentic pixel font from Google Fonts
• 📺 CRT scanline overlay — repeating-linear-gradient with subtle flicker animation
• 🖥️ Boot sequence — matrix-style startup animation on first visit (CSS keyframes)
• 🃏 Pixel cards — inset bevel shadow + click-depth button press effect
• ❤️ HP reading progress — health bar style progress indicator on posts
• 🎨 5 color palettes — gameboy, nes, cga, amber, synthwave
• 🎮 Floating sprite — CSS translateY hero animation on 8px pixel grid
• 📱 Fully responsive — 1–3 column post grid
• ⚡ Zero dependencies — vanilla JS only (~3KB)
• 🐙 GitHub Pages compatible
• 🥚 Easter egg — keyboard sequence triggers palette inversion

🚀 Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_BLOG.git
cd YOUR_BLOG
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload

⚙️ Configuration

pixel:
  palette: "gameboy"      # gameboy | nes | cga | amber | synthwave
  scanlines: true         # CRT scanline overlay
  cursor_blink: true      # blinking cursor in nav logo
  boot_sequence: true     # boot animation on first visit
  tile_bg: true           # pixel grid background

🎨 Palettes

Name	Background	Accent	Vibe
gameboy	#0f380f	#9bbc0f	Classic Game Boy LCD
nes	#1a1a2e	#e94560	Warm NES UI
cga	#000000	#00ffff	CGA cyan/magenta
amber	#0a0800	#ff8c00	Amber CRT monitor
synthwave	#0d0015	#ff00c8	80s retrowave

📄 License

MIT © csswitch

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