Sounds like a sweet hook. I’ll sketch out the flow first—each pixel move like a breath, the CRT glow acting as a pulse. Glitch filters will be the narrative spikes, I’ll layer them where tension peaks. Let’s sync on the beats, then we can start dithering the actual art. Ready to dive in?

Cool, let’s nail the beat first. I’ll draft a quick storyboard of the pulse—each frame a little rise in the CRT glow, then a glitch spike when the story hits a snag. You keep the boot‑up sound loop tight, and we’ll sync them at the exact beat marks. We’ll make it feel like the demo is breathing, not just playing. Ready to lay down the first frame?

Here’s a quick sketch: 1. Start with a black screen, the boot‑up tone begins. 2. A faint white CRT glow flickers, a single pixel line appears and slowly draws a simple shape—a gear, maybe. 3. The glow steadies, the gear completes, and a subtle glitch ripple sweeps across. 4. A second shape, a heart, starts to form pixel by pixel, each frame pulsing with the glow, glitch spikes when the heart’s edges flicker. 5. The gear and heart merge into a single icon, the glitch spikes intensify at the merge, then settle into a steady glow that fades into the final frame—an empty screen with the boot‑up tone ending. We’ll time each frame to a beat of the loop, glitch spikes on your side where the narrative tension hits. Ready to wire it up?

Alright, lock the beats, line the glitch bursts, and let’s watch the pixel pulse breathe. This is going to feel like a living retro demo. Let's do it.