Design Saboteurs

Your Dil, warped. Every saboteur is a heart that forgot its shape.

Hover to see the tell. Click to repair it.

Baseline

This is what health looks like. Everything below is a deviation from it.

#00 Dil

Calm float. Blinks. Leans toward you. This is what health looks like.

The Eleven

Ten patterns. You will recognize at least one.

#S1 The Pixel Polisher

One lobe perfected, one edge neglected. Too focused to breathe. Move your cursor and nothing happens. It is not in the room you are in.

#S2 The Yes-Machine

Stretched wide from absorbing everything. The smile never turns off. Move anywhere and it nods faster.

#S3 The Portfolio Ghost

Ships constantly, documents nothing. Fifteen percent solid. No shadow. Hover and it fades further. Being noticed is the threat.

#S4 The Silent Presenter

Strong work, weak defence. Eyes on the floor, barely breathing. Approach and it shrinks.

#S5 The Tool Chaser

Orbited by tools it has not learned. Eyes stuck wide. Never blinks, never settles. Chases your cursor and always overshoots.

#S6 The Lone Craftsman

Healthy float, turned away. Alone looks fine. That is the trap. Notice it and it looks further away.

#S7 The Trend Mirror

Dressed for the other room. No motion of its own. It only moves when you move. Leave, and it freezes where you left it.

#S8 The Scope Martyr

Carrying a pile that was never its own, sinking a little each cycle. Every visitor adds a block. Try it.

#S9 The Feedback Flincher

Already cracked. Eyes closed by default, opening only in flashes. Approach and it hops away from you.

#S10 The Consensus Chaser

Split down the middle, out of phase with itself, each eye watching a different audience. It leans toward whoever moved last.

The Master

This one activates the others.

#S0 The Impostor

Outline only. Moves exactly like the real thing, casts no shadow, eyes too small for its face. Notice it and it starts to fade.

You have claimed 0 of 11.

Nothing claimed. Sit with the page a while longer. They are quiet at first.

Every designer has a Dil. These are the shapes mine has taken.

Dil Saboteurs. Part of Design with Dil.
Don't create art for your users. Create experience for them.

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