26 · LowFPS

Camcorder tape, 1998. Burned-in timecode. Letterboxed.

Letterboxed 16:9 with hard black bars, every animation through `steps(6, end)`, REC dot blinking at exactly 0.5 Hz, VT323 OSD with chroma-bleed, live timecode, burn-in date stamp, BATT bars draining, a clapper-slate title card.

Captured rather than rendered.

udaysinh

/p/lowfps/—open ↗

/p/lowfps/

open fullscreen — better on a phone

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Techniques used

What this sheet demonstrates.

Stepped animation as a design language
`steps()` turns smooth motion into something the medium chose.
CRT scanlines from a 2-pixel gradient
`repeating-linear-gradient`, blended in.
`localStorage` for small honest state
Hit counters, font choices, fake battery levels.

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