A stunning spinning mouse cursor for your GNOME desktop. Vibe coded in threejs

1. npx vite to run and open in your browser

2. Capture frames pressing s

3. Create a new folder Crystal wherever you like, move all frames to it

4. Create file crystal.config in it with the following content:

   Click to expand config content and explaination

   32 9 2 cursor_00.png 150
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   Explaination of 32 9 2 cursor_35.png 150

   • 32: the size of the cursor image in pixels (32x32)
   • 9 2: x and y position of the hotspot (the point that clicks)
   • cursor_xx.png - name of the image file
   • 150 - time in milliseconds to show the image

5. Run xcursorgen crystal.config left_ptr to generate cursor file (Install xcursorgen if you don't have it already)

6. Create a new folder ~/.icons/Crystal, create a index.theme file with the following content in it.

[Icon Theme]
Name=Pyramid
Inherits="Adwaita"

7. create a folder ~/.icons/Crystal/cursors, move the generated cursor file left_ptr to it, run

ln -s left_ptr default
ln -s left_ptr pointer
ln -s left_ptr arrow
ln -s left_ptr top_left_arrow
ln -s left_ptr hand1
ln -s left_ptr hand2

8. Finally, select the cursor theme in GNOME Tweaks and enjoy! (Install gnome-tweaks if you don't have it already)