Title: Volcano Ember — Strombolian Watch
Creative prompt: A night crater watch on a Strombolian cone with glowing vents, ballistic bombs, and rising ash columns. Magma pressure arms periodic auto-bursts while gas content sets blast height. Cursor fanning feeds tremor and screen shake sells the violence.
Design description: Poster-like condensed uppercase masthead with orange alert strip, wide crater canvas beside a dark eruption console of big red button, three sliders, vent switcher, and scrolling event log over a four-cell explainer ticker.
Visual techniques:
- Canvas cone, glowing vent ellipse, and radial lava glow
- Ballistic particle bombs with gravity, drag, and heat-color fade
- Expanding ash puffs, rising ambient embers, and tremor screen shake
- Night-darkness overlay controlling glow contrast and vent temperature
- Blinking alert dot and press-down eruption button physics
Interaction model: Erupt button and crater clicks hurl bombs, pressure/gas/night sliders reshape blasts live, vent buttons relocate the eruption column, and cursor motion fans flames while the log narrates events.