Steampunk Gears Arrow & Mechanical Animated Cursor

Somebody built an arrow out of an engine. Brass and copper plating, rivets at every seam, exposed gears, a jeweled lens set into the tip like it needs a target. The loop runs on real machinery: gears tick over a few teeth, the spring piston draws back ⚙️

The mouse pointer is its own machine, a mechanical hand with brass fingers, knuckle gears, and a leather cuff, raised mid-adjustment. Your cursor outranks you now, which is correct steampunk etiquette.

Fun fact: steampunk got its name in a 1987 letter to Locus magazine, where K.W. Jeter proposed "steam-punks" for Victorian fantasy.