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feat(404): Patch, the Space Works mascot, replaces the golden retriever - #13

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The 404 page's pet is now Patch, the painted wolf from the Space Works design system, instead of the hand-drawn golden retriever. It behaves the same:

  • runs toward the pointer, or toward a tap;

  • hops;

  • leaves fading paw prints;

  • wanders, then naps with floating z's;

  • when patted, closes its eyes happily and sends up hearts.

  • Artwork: the design system's own walk cycle, mascot/original/walk/ and the newly approved walk-left/ (SpaceWorks-HQ/SpaceWorks-Design#9). It is packed as one 8-frame sprite sheet per direction in public/brand/patch/, about 59 KB each.

  • Brand rules: Patch is never flipped or redrawn; heading left switches to the left-facing sheet. Running plays the cycle at double speed. Sleeping and patting use frame 6, where Patch's eyes are closed as drawn on the sheet. No shadow is added.

  • Dropped: the retriever's eyes followed the pointer; raster artwork can't do that.

  • Unchanged: still decorative (aria-hidden, click-through) and still for reduced-motion users.

  • README: the 404 screenshot is removed, and its file docs/readme/screens/not-found.webp is deleted.

Test plan

  • eslint, tsc --noEmit
  • Rendered every state (sit, walk, run left, sleep, patted) from the real stylesheet block and sprites in Edge: the walk frames advance, heading left uses the left sheet, and sleep and patted show the closed-eyes frame.
  • Full app check of the 404 page. It needs a running app, which this checkout couldn't start without a .env.

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Co-Authored-By: Shaan-Shoukath <shaanshoukath4522@gmail.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Shaan-Shoukath merged commit 5c4fee4 into dev Oct 19, 2026
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Shaan-Shoukath deleted the feat/patch-404 branch October 19, 2026 20:24
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