8-Bit Orbit
FreeCreate retro-style HTML presentation decks with ease.
Free · Opens the source repo
What 8-Bit Orbit does
8-Bit Orbit is a specialized HTML deck designed to evoke the nostalgic feel of retro arcade games through its pixel-art neon aesthetic. This skill is particularly useful for developers and designers looking to create engaging presentations that resonate with themes of gaming, cyberpunk, and digital culture. The deck's design is carefully crafted to maintain a cohesive visual identity, featuring a dark color scheme and a unique typography that enhances the overall retro vibe.
To get started, users simply clone the provided example.html file into their workspace and replace the placeholder content with their own. The skill emphasizes the importance of preserving the design system, meaning users should not alter the fonts, colors, or layout structures. This ensures that the final presentation retains its intended aesthetic and functionality. Users can adjust the length of their presentation by duplicating existing layouts or removing slides as necessary, while also adhering to the established design principles.
This skill is ideal for a variety of contexts, such as tech talks, hackathons, or creative reviews, where a vibrant and engaging presentation style is desired. However, it is not suitable for more formal or subdued contexts, such as financial disclosures or healthcare materials, where the bright neon palette may detract from the message. Overall, 8-Bit Orbit offers a unique solution for those looking to create visually striking presentations that stand out in a sea of standard templates.
When to use it
Use this skill when you need to create a presentation that captures the essence of retro gaming or cyberpunk aesthetics.
When not to use it
Avoid this skill for formal presentations where a traditional or subdued design is required.
What you can build with it
Tech Talk Presentation
Use 8-Bit Orbit to create an engaging presentation for a tech talk, emphasizing a retro gaming theme.
Hackathon Demo
Showcase your project at a hackathon with a vibrant presentation that captures attention and conveys your passion.
Creative Review
Present your creative work in a way that resonates with audiences familiar with digital and gaming culture.
How to install 8-Bit Orbit
View source1. Install with the skills CLI
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design/html-ppt-zhangzara-8-bit-orbit --agent claude-code2. Or install it manually
Download the skill folder and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/ for all projects, or .claude/skills/ to scope it to one repo. Restart Claude Code so it picks up the new skill.
Anthropic's agentic coding CLI, and the reference implementation of Agent Skills. Drop a skill folder into ~/.claude/skills and Claude Code loads it automatically whenever a task matches the skill's description. Claude Code docs
Inside SKILL.md
Written by nexu-io8-Bit Orbit
Pixel-art neon arcade aesthetic on a deep navy void.
A single self-contained HTML deck — typography, palette, decorative system, and slide vocabulary are all tuned together. Mixing layouts across templates breaks the system; stay inside this one.
At a glance
- Scheme: dark
- Formality: low
- Density: medium
- Slides in demo: 10
Best for
Anything that should feel like a CRT screen at 2am: cyberpunk, gaming, web3, indie dev tools, hackathon demos. Just as good for a tech talk that wants to lean into nostalgic-digital craft, a synthwave brand deck, or a creative review that wants to feel like a console.
Avoid for
Contexts where the dark neon palette would actively work against the message — quiet institutional finance disclosures, healthcare patient-facing materials, traditional luxury.
Workflow
- Clone
example.htmlinto the user's workspace as the working file. - Replace placeholder content with the user's real headlines, body copy, numbers, names, dates, and section labels. Match existing dimensions when swapping image placeholders.
- Preserve the design system. Never substitute fonts, recolor the palette, restructure the layout grid, or strip decorative elements (corner brackets, paper grain, geometric shapes, illustrated SVGs). They are part of the identity.
- Adjust deck length by duplicating layouts. If the user has more content than the demo holds, duplicate an existing slide of the most appropriate layout. If less, drop slides from the bottom. Update page-number labels.
- Designing missing layouts: if a slide needs a layout the template doesn't have, design it from scratch using the same fonts, palette, decorative vocabulary, spacing rhythm, and component grammar — never bail to a different template.
- Keep the navigation runtime as shipped. If the deck ships an
assets/deck-stage.jsor inline keyboard handler, leave it intact.
Output contract
Emit between <artifact> tags:
<artifact identifier="zhangzara-8-bit-orbit" type="text/html" title="Deck Title">
<!doctype html>
<html>...</html>
</artifact>
Source & license
Vendored from upstream MIT-licensed
zarazhangrui/beautiful-html-templates.
The full upstream MIT license text — including the original copyright notice — ships in this skill at
LICENSE and must be redistributed alongside any copy of example.html,
template.json, or any vendored assets/ runtime. See template.json for the upstream metadata snapshot.
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