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feat: add custom terminal-themed 404 page
mohamedfahim18 Jun 8, 2026
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feat: implement neon cursor with trailing animation
mohamedfahim18 Jun 8, 2026
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49 changes: 49 additions & 0 deletions frontend/404.html
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>404 - Page Not Found</title>
<style>
body {
background: #0d1117;
color: #58a6ff;
font-family: monospace;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
height: 100vh;
margin: 0;
}

.terminal {
max-width: 700px;
padding: 20px;
}

a {
color: #7ee787;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
margin-top: 10px;
}

a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="terminal">
<p>guest@codepvg:~$ cd /that-page</p>
<p>bash: /that-page: No such file or directory</p>

<br>

<p>404: Route not found.</p>
<p>This route doesn't exist. Unlike your rank, which does.</p>

<a href="/leaderboard">→ Leaderboard</a>
<a href="/registration">→ Registration</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>
5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions frontend/index.html
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</div>
</div>
</main>

<div class="custom-cursor"></div>

<script src="js/boot.js"></script>
<script src="js/hero_fx.js"></script>
<script src="js/matrix.js"></script>
<script src="js/custom_cursor.js"></script>
</body>

</html>
26 changes: 26 additions & 0 deletions frontend/js/custom_cursor.js
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const cursor = document.querySelector(".custom-cursor");

let lastTrail = 0;

document.addEventListener("mousemove", (e) => {
cursor.style.left = e.clientX + "px";
cursor.style.top = e.clientY + "px";

const now = Date.now();

if (now - lastTrail > 20) {
lastTrail = now;

const trail = document.createElement("div");
trail.className = "trail";

trail.style.left = e.clientX + "px";
trail.style.top = e.clientY + "px";

document.body.appendChild(trail);

setTimeout(() => {
trail.remove();
}, 500);
}
});
49 changes: 49 additions & 0 deletions frontend/styles/main.css
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.rank-neutral {
color: var(--text-muted);
}


.custom-cursor {
position: fixed;
width: 18px;
height: 18px;
border-radius: 50%;
background: #00ff66;
box-shadow:
0 0 10px #00ff66,
0 0 20px #00ff66,
0 0 40px #00ff66;
pointer-events: none;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
z-index: 9999;
transition: transform 0.08s linear;
}

.trail {
position: fixed;
width: 8px;
height: 8px;
border-radius: 50%;
background: #00ff66;
box-shadow:
0 0 10px #00ff66,
0 0 20px #00ff66,
0 0 30px #00ff66;
pointer-events: none;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
animation: fadeTrail 0.8s linear forwards;
z-index: 9998;
}

@keyframes fadeTrail {
from {
opacity: 1;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(1);
}

to {
opacity: 0;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(0.2);
}
}

body{
cursor: none;
}
7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions server.js
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Expand Up @@ -144,3 +144,10 @@ app.use((req, res) => {
app.listen(PORT, () => {
console.log(`Server running at http://localhost:${PORT}`);
});

// Must be last route
app.use((req, res) => {
res
.status(404)
.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, "frontend", "404.html"));
});
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