Box Runner

Appearance

Walkthrough — Stage 5: Experiment on the Branch ​

File: style.css ​

Lines 1–7: Dark body ​

css
body {
  font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
  background-color: #222222;
  color: #ffffff;
  text-align: center;
  margin-top: 80px;
}

What's happening:

The background flips from #f4f4f4 (light gray) to #222222 (dark charcoal). A new line, color: #ffffff;, sets the default text color to white so everything inside the body is legible on the dark background without being re-declared per element.

Lines 9–11: Teal heading ​

css
h1 {
  color: #00ffcc;
}

What's happening:

#00ffcc is a bright teal. On a dark background it almost glows — exactly the look you want for a game title.

Lines 13–15: Softer paragraph text ​

css
p {
  color: #cccccc;
}

What's happening:

The body color is pure white, but paragraphs get a slightly dimmed #cccccc so the heading stands out as more prominent than the supporting text.

Lines 17–24: Teal button ​

css
button {
  background-color: #00ffcc;
  color: #222222;
  border: none;
  padding: 12px 24px;
  font-size: 16px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

What's happening:

The button swaps colors — teal background with dark text. The padding and cursor rules are identical to Stage 2 because those are layout, not theme.

Lines 26–32: Dark scoreboard panel ​

css
.scoreboard {
  margin-top: 40px;
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 16px 32px;
  background-color: #333333;
  border: 1px solid #00ffcc;
}

What's happening:

The scoreboard keeps its layout (margin-top, display, padding) and only changes its theme. The background goes slightly lighter than the body (#333333) so the panel pops against the page, and the border turns teal to match the accent.

Command: git commit -m "Tried a dark theme for Box Runner" ​

bash
git commit -m "Tried a dark theme for Box Runner"

What's happening:

This is a normal commit — there is nothing special about the syntax. What matters is where this commit lands. Because HEAD points at dark-theme, the new commit becomes the tip of the dark-theme branch. main does not move at all.

Branch labels update only when you commit while standing on them.