Frontend Landing

🎭 Immersive Storybook Landing Page — Frontend Skill

Build a cinematic, full-screen storybook-style landing page with scroll-hijacked scene transitions, animated mascot/guide, glassmorphism UI, and dark-theme premium aesthetics. The user tells you what the product/page is about — you craft the experience.

📋 Skill Metadata

🎯 What You Will Build

A single-page storybook experience where:

1. The entire viewport is hijacked — each "page" is a full-screen scene
2. Scroll/swipe/keyboard navigates between scenes with cinematic transitions
3. A mascot or guide character (positioned at screen edges) reacts to each scene with speech bubbles
4. An animated intro sequence plays once, then is skipped on revisit (sessionStorage)
5. A vertical page indicator (timeline dots) shows progress and allows direct navigation
6. Content uses glassmorphism cards, gradient text, animated counters, and mock data visualizations
7. Existing section components (FAQ, signup, footer) embed seamlessly as scrollable sub-pages
8. Mobile is fully responsive with adapted layouts, hidden mascot, and touch navigation

This is NOT a template. The user describes their product, brand, and pages — you use these patterns to create something unique and impressive.

🏗️ Architecture Overview

app/
  page.tsx                    ← Mounts the Journey component
  globals.css                 ← Theme variables, glass/glow utilities, keyframes
components/
  journey/
    journey.tsx               ← THE monolith: config + all scenes + orchestrator
    star-field.tsx            ← Ambient particle/star background (optional)
  landing/
    faq-section.tsx           ← Embeddable sections (scroll inside scene)
    signup-form-section.tsx
    footer-section.tsx
    interactive-demo-section.tsx
  shared/
    navbar.tsx
    logo.tsx
  ui/
    badge.tsx, button.tsx … ← shadcn/ui primitives

Key Architectural Decisions

📖 Step-by-Step Implementation

Step 1 — Scaffold the Project

See scaffolding-frontend/SKILL.md for full details.

npx create-next-app@latest my-landing --typescript --tailwind --app --eslint
cd my-landing
npx shadcn@latest init    # dark theme, zinc/slate base
npm install framer-motion lucide-react

Step 2 — Establish the Dark Theme & CSS Utilities

See building-components/01-theme-and-css.md

Set up CSS custom properties, glassmorphism classes, gradient text, glow buttons, keyframe animations. This is the visual foundation everything else builds on.

Step 3 — Define the Scene Configuration

See building-components/02-scene-config.md

Create the PAGES[] array and transition variants. Each page is a typed object:

interface StoryPage {
  id: string
  label: string
  color: string               // brand color for this scene
  mascotPosition: "left" | "right" | "center" | "top-left" | "top-right" | "hidden"
  mascotQuote: string          // what the guide says on this page
  transition: TransitionPreset // "hero" | "slideLeft" | "slideRight" | "split" | "scale" | "rise" | "fade"
  bgGlow?: string              // radial-gradient for ambient scene color
}

Step 4 — Build the Scroll/Navigation Engine

See managing-state/01-navigation-engine.md

The orchestrator handles:

• Wheel (with debounce + content scroll detection)
• Touch (swipe threshold ≥ 50px)
• Keyboard (ArrowUp/Down, Space)
• Direct jump via page indicator dots or CTA buttons
• Transition lock (700ms cooldown prevents double-fires)
• Scrollable sub-page detection (embeds scroll internally before page-changing)

Step 5 — Create the Intro Sequence

See building-components/03-intro-sequence.md

A branded intro that:

1. Converges a glowing particle into the center
2. Reveals the brand logo/icon with spring animation
3. Fades away, setting introComplete = true
4. Stores completion in sessionStorage — skips on revisit

Step 6 — Build the Mascot/Guide Component

See building-components/04-mascot-guide.md

A fixed-position animated character that:

• Moves between predefined positions with spring physics
• Shows speech bubbles with CSS-only typewriter text
• Blinks periodically (scaleY animation on a timer)
• Tracks mouse cursor (pupil offset with requestAnimationFrame)
• Is hidden on mobile (content takes priority on small screens)
• Has a "mini" variant for embed pages (small pulsing dot with hover tooltip)

Step 7 — Build Each Scene

See building-components/05-scene-templates.md

Scene archetypes (mix and match):

Step 8 — Add the Page Indicator

See building-components/06-page-indicator.md

A vertical timeline of dots:

• Active dot is larger + colored + glowing
• Past dots are medium + muted
• Future dots are small + barely visible
• Labels appear on hover (desktop only)
• Dots are clickable for direct navigation

Step 9 — Mobile Responsiveness

See building-components/07-mobile-responsive.md

Critical mobile adaptations:

• Mascot: hidden md:block (too much screen real estate on mobile)
• Page indicator: compact dots, no labels
• Text: scale down (text-3xl → text-2xl, etc.)
• Grids: collapse to single/double column
• Content overflow: overflow-y-auto md:overflow-visible with scroll detection
• Touch: swipe navigation with edge-of-scroll detection

Step 10 — Performance & Polish

See bundling-frontend/SKILL.md and testing-frontend/SKILL.md

• "use client" only on the journey component
• Memoize heavy computations with useMemo
• Use useCallback for event handlers passed as props
• CSS-only animations where possible (typewriter, blink, float)
• passive: true on touch/scroll listeners
• will-change: transform on animated elements (use sparingly)
• Test all transitions at 3× CPU throttle

🧩 Sub-Skills

🎨 Design Principles

1. Restraint Over Excess

• Maximum 3 brand colors + 1 neutral palette
• Animations serve comprehension, never distract
• Blur/glow at 4-8% opacity — barely there, deeply felt
• No continuous CPU-heavy animations (use CSS, not JS timers)

2. Dark Theme Done Right

• Background: deep navy/charcoal (#0A0F1C), NOT pure black
• Cards: semi-transparent with subtle borders, NOT opaque
• Glows: color-matched to the scene's brand color
• Text: white for headings, gray-400/500 for body, brand color for accents

3. Motion With Purpose

• Scene transitions match content direction (slide left for "problem → solution")
• Staggered delays (0.1–0.15s per item) create reading rhythm
• Spring physics feel organic; linear easing feels mechanical
• Exit animations are faster than enter (0.3s exit vs 0.6s enter)

4. Mobile First, Desktop Enhanced

• Content must be fully usable without the mascot, animations, or hover effects
• Touch targets ≥ 44px
• No horizontal scroll, ever
• Test on 375px width (iPhone SE) as minimum

📐 Pattern Library

Glassmorphism Card

.glass-card {
  background: rgba(17, 24, 39, 0.8);
  backdrop-filter: blur(16px);
  border: 1px solid rgba(YOUR_COLOR, 0.1);
  box-shadow: 0 4px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2),
              inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03);
}

CSS-Only Typewriter

@keyframes typewriter-clip {
  from { clip-path: inset(0 100% 0 0); }
  to   { clip-path: inset(0 0 0 0); }
}
/* Usage: animation: typewriter-clip ${charCount * 28}ms steps(${charCount}, end) forwards; */

Scene Transition Variant (Framer Motion)

const slideLeft: Variants = {
  initial: { opacity: 0, x: -100 },
  animate: { opacity: 1, x: 0, transition: { duration: 0.6, ease: [0.22, 1, 0.36, 1] } },
  exit:    { opacity: 0, x: 100, transition: { duration: 0.35 } },
}

Animated SVG Ring Chart

<motion.circle r={36} strokeDasharray={2*Math.PI*36}
  initial={{ strokeDashoffset: 2*Math.PI*36 }}
  animate={{ strokeDashoffset: circumference - (percent/100)*circumference }}
  transition={{ duration: 1.5, ease: "easeOut" }}
/>

Spring-Animated Mascot

<motion.div
  animate={{ left: pos.x, top: pos.y }}
  transition={{ type: "spring", stiffness: 50, damping: 16, mass: 1.2 }}
/>

⚠️ Common Pitfalls

🚀 Getting Started

Tell the AI agent:

"Build me a storybook landing page for [YOUR PRODUCT]. It's a [description]. The pages should cover: [list your sections]. Use [your brand colors]. The mascot/guide should be [describe or say 'skip the mascot']."

The agent will use these skills to create a complete, production-ready landing page.