dither_animals 2.1.0

Animated dithered animal widgets for Flutter with 50 cute chibi presets, ordered dithering, ripple poke physics, facial expressions, signature moves, and studio.

dither_animals

🌐 Live Interactive Web Showcase & Studio Playground:
Play with all 50 animated dither pets, customize Bayer matrix dot geometries, test poke ripple physics, tweak colors, and copy ready-to-use Flutter snippets directly in your browser:
👉 https://ditheranimals.vercel.app/

Cute animated dithered (stipple, halftone, and ordered-dither) animal widgets for Flutter with 50 handcrafted chibi animals, retro Bayer matrix rendering, signature moves, facial expressions, and ripple poke physics.

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Rendered entirely on the Flutter Canvas using an ordered 8×8 Bayer dithering matrix, each animal features its own handcrafted animation curves, unique entrance/reveal transitions, facial expressions, idle breathing/swaying, and interactive poke physics with haptic feedback.

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✨ Features

• 🌐 Live Web Showcase & Studio: Test all 50 pets, ordered Bayer dithering, and export Flutter code live at ditheranimals.vercel.app.
• 🐾 50 Handcrafted Chibi Animals: From owls, cats, and frogs to whales, pandas, and flamingos.
• 🐶 DitherPet Wrapper: Ultra-clean, high-level API with one-line convenience constructors (DitherPet.cat(), DitherPet.dog(), etc.).
• 🎨 Ordered Bayer 8×8 Matrix Dithering: Authentic retro stipple rendering with smooth multi-layer density shading.
• 🕹️ Interactive Poke Shockwaves: Tap any animal to send an interactive radial wave ripple through the stipple grid, accompanied by haptic click feedback.
• 🔲 4 Dot Shapes: Choose between DitherDot.square, DitherDot.round, DitherDot.hex, and DitherDot.diamond.
• 🌈 Advanced Theming: Solid colors, two-tone speckled blends, continuous gradients, and individual body part coloring via DitherTheme.
• 😊 Facial Expressions & Auto Mood: Dynamic emotions (neutral, happy, angry, sleepy) that can shift on their own.
• ⚡ Signature Moves: Special characteristic actions for each animal (lion roar, elephant water spray, frog tongue flick).
• 🎛️ Built-in AnimalStudioPage: A live, interactive playground to test dot shapes, density, colors, haptics, and motions in real time.
• 🖼️ Custom Image Dithering: Pass any Flutter ImageProvider to dither and animate custom logos, avatars, or artwork.

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📦 Installation

Add dither_animals to your pubspec.yaml dependencies:

dependencies:
  dither_animals: ^2.1.0

Or run:

flutter pub add dither_animals

Then import the package in your Dart code:

import 'package:dither_animals/dither_animals.dart';

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Simple Drop-in with DitherPet

The easiest way to display an animated animal companion:

import 'package:dither_animals/dither_animals.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

// One-liner pet with built-in personality
Widget myCat = const DitherPet.cat(
  mood: PetMood.happy,
  theme: PetTheme.gradient,
  dot: PetDot.round,
);

// Or using any animal by type
Widget myOwl = const DitherPet(
  animal: DitherAnimalType.owl,
  mood: PetMood.neutral,
);

2. Full Control with DitherAnimal

For fine-grained matrix control, custom grid cell density, dot scaling, and motion modes:

import 'package:dither_animals/dither_animals.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class OwlExample extends StatelessWidget {
  const OwlExample({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return const Center(
      child: SizedBox(
        width: 160,
        height: 160,
        child: DitherAnimal(
          animal: DitherAnimalType.owl,
          color: Color(0xFFFF5A1F),
          cells: 96,
          dot: DitherDot.square,
          motion: DitherMotion.loop,
          signature: true,
          pokeable: true,
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

3. Open the Interactive Studio Playground

Inspect and tune dot density, haptics, colors, and signatures on the fly:

Navigator.of(context).push(
  MaterialPageRoute<void>(
    builder: (_) => const AnimalStudioPage(
      animal: DitherAnimalType.frog,
      color: Color(0xFF65A30D),
    ),
  ),
);

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🦁 All 50 Built-in Chibi Characters

Every character features unique vector path layers, custom entrance transitions, and signature animations:

#	Character	Enum	Signature Move & Personality
01	🦉 Owl	DitherAnimalType.owl	Head swivel & big curious blinks
02	🐘 Elephant	DitherAnimalType.elephant	Water spray from trunk & flapping ears
03	🐰 Rabbit	DitherAnimalType.rabbit	Gentle binky hop & ear twitches
04	🐟 Fish	DitherAnimalType.fish	Speed dart & bubble blowing
05	🐢 Turtle	DitherAnimalType.turtle	Shell hide & calm paddle
06	🐱 Cat	DitherAnimalType.cat	Playful pounce, purr & tail swish
07	🐧 Penguin	DitherAnimalType.penguin	Waddles & cute side-to-side shuffle
08	🐸 Frog	DitherAnimalType.frog	Big springy hops & tongue snap
09	🐙 Octopus	DitherAnimalType.octopus	Jet burst & undulating tentacles
10	🐻 Bear	DitherAnimalType.bear	Happy rhythmic celebratory dance
11	🦁 Lion	DitherAnimalType.lion	Regal mane puff & fierce roar
12	🐯 Tiger	DitherAnimalType.tiger	Stealth prowl & horizontal stalk
13	🐶 Dog	DitherAnimalType.dog	Excited tail wag & joyful head tilts
14	🐼 Panda	DitherAnimalType.panda	Leisurely bamboo munching & roll
15	🐭 Mouse	DitherAnimalType.mouse	Speedy scurry & cheese nibble
16	🦊 Fox	DitherAnimalType.fox	Sly sweep & bushy tail flick
17	🐵 Monkey	DitherAnimalType.monkey	Playful branch swinging
18	🦆 Duck	DitherAnimalType.duck	Water wobble, quacks & head bob
19	🐑 Sheep	DitherAnimalType.sheep	Fluffy joyful spring boings
20	🦔 Hedgehog	DitherAnimalType.hedgehog	Defensive bristle & scurry
21	🐨 Koala	DitherAnimalType.koala	Sleepy eucalyptus hug & slow blinks
22	🦝 Raccoon	DitherAnimalType.raccoon	Sneaky paws & trash bandit peek
23	🐋 Whale	DitherAnimalType.whale	Majestic spout geyser & deep ocean glide
24	🐝 Bee	DitherAnimalType.bee	Figure-8 buzz dance & flower hover
25	🐮 Cow	DitherAnimalType.cow	Calm chewing & rhythmic head nods
26	🦒 Giraffe	DitherAnimalType.giraffe	Graceful long-neck sway & canopy stretch
27	🦓 Zebra	DitherAnimalType.zebra	Savanna gallop & striped dash
28	🦀 Crab	DitherAnimalType.crab	Sideways beach scuttle & pincer snip
29	🦩 Flamingo	DitherAnimalType.flamingo	One-leg balance & neck ribbon curl
30	🦋 Butterfly	DitherAnimalType.butterfly	Gentle fluttering & spiral drift
31	🐌 Snail	DitherAnimalType.snail	Slow glide & eye-stalk retract
32	🐿️ Squirrel	DitherAnimalType.squirrel	Acorn stash & flicking tail whip
33	🦛 Hippo	DitherAnimalType.hippo	Huge river yawn & water snort
34	🦌 Deer	DitherAnimalType.deer	Elegant forest bounds & antler tilt
35	🦜 Parrot	DitherAnimalType.parrot	Wing flutter & head bobbing whistle
36	🦘 Kangaroo	DitherAnimalType.kangaroo	Powerful boing leaps & tail bounce
37	🦈 Shark	DitherAnimalType.shark	Fin surface slice & sleek ocean glide
38	🐔 Chicken	DitherAnimalType.chicken	Rhythmic scratch & grain pecks
39	🐞 Ladybug	DitherAnimalType.ladybug	Leaf crawl & elytra wing spread
40	🐺 Wolf	DitherAnimalType.wolf	Pack stance & full moon howl
41	🐴 Horse	DitherAnimalType.horse	Mane toss & spirited hoof stamp
42	🐪 Camel	DitherAnimalType.camel	Desert stride & unbothered chew
43	🦏 Rhino	DitherAnimalType.rhino	Heavy ground scrape & armored charge
44	🐐 Goat	DitherAnimalType.goat	Mountain kick-hops & playful headbutt
45	🦭 Seal	DitherAnimalType.seal	Joyful flipper claps & belly bounce
46	🦇 Bat	DitherAnimalType.bat	Wing wrap drape & sonar hover
47	🐊 Crocodile	DitherAnimalType.crocodile	River float & sudden jaw snap
48	🪼 Jellyfish	DitherAnimalType.jellyfish	Bioluminescent pulse & tentacle drift
49	🦚 Peacock	DitherAnimalType.peacock	Majestic iridescent fan tail shimmer
50	🐾 Red Panda	DitherAnimalType.redpanda	Fluffy tail ripple & two-paw stand

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🎨 Themes, Dot Shapes & Expressions

Dot Shapes (DitherDot)

• DitherDot.square: Authentic retro pixel aesthetics (fastest).
• DitherDot.round: Organic halftone stipple dots.
• DitherDot.hex: Stylized honeycomb hexagonal pattern.
• DitherDot.diamond: Elegant rotated diamond matrix.

Dynamic Color Themes (DitherTheme)

DitherAnimal(
  animal: DitherAnimalType.panda,
  theme: DitherTheme(
    mode: DitherColorMode.gradient,
    primary: const Color(0xFF1F3BFF),
    secondary: const Color(0xFFFFB020),
    gradientAngle: 45,
  ),
)

Facial Moods & Auto Mood (DitherExpression)

Pass an explicit expression or let the animal shift naturally with autoMood: true:

• DitherExpression.neutral
• DitherExpression.happy
• DitherExpression.angry
• DitherExpression.sleepy

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🎛️ Detailed API Reference

DitherAnimal

Property	Type	Default	Description
animal	DitherAnimalType	DitherAnimalType.owl	The animal preset to render.
color	Color	Color(0xFF1F3BFF)	Primary ink / dot color.
cells	int	96	Matrix grid resolution across width (40 to 128).
dot	DitherDot	DitherDot.square	square, round, hex, or diamond.
dotScale	double	0.9	Dot size scaling factor.
dotDensity	double	1.0	Ink density multiplier (0.4 to 1.6).
motion	DitherMotion	DitherMotion.loop	loop (infinite cycle) or once (assemble and stay).
signature	bool	true	Enables the animal's signature personality action.
pokeable	bool	true	Tap to trigger radial wave ripple & haptic feedback.
theme	DitherTheme?	null	Solid, twoTone, gradient, or per-part coloring.
expression	DitherExpression	neutral	Facial mood overlay.
autoMood	bool	false	Mood automatically shifts over time and reacts to moves.
hooks	DitherHooks?	null	Callbacks (onFormed, onPoke, onSignatureStart).
image	ImageProvider?	null	Custom image to dither instead of built-in animals.

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🖼️ Custom Image Dithering

You can dither any custom bitmap or avatar using the Bayer matrix:

DitherAnimal(
  image: const AssetImage('assets/logo.png'),
  color: Colors.deepPurple,
  cells: 112,
  dot: DitherDot.round,
  motion: DitherMotion.loop,
)

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📱 Interactive Example App

The repository includes a complete gallery showcasing all 50 animals, interactive search filtering, dot style toggle, live tuning sliders, and full studio mode:

cd example
flutter pub get
flutter run

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.