diff --git a/game/scripts/art/pixel_style.gd b/game/scripts/art/pixel_style.gd
index 4c011d1..a89d643 100644
--- a/game/scripts/art/pixel_style.gd
+++ b/game/scripts/art/pixel_style.gd
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ const TILE := 16
 const FACE := 6
 ## Images of a burst of chips, from the hit to its end.
 const HIT_FRAMES := 6
+## Stages of a growing plant, from the seed to the fibres.
+const GROWTH_STAGES := 6
 ## Size of a figure: a tile wide and one and a half tiles tall.
 const FIGURE_SIZE := Vector2i(16, 24)
 const CLEAR := Color(0, 0, 0, 0)
@@ -25,6 +27,9 @@ var players: Array[Color] = []
 ## True for outlines in a darker shade of what they surround, false for one
 ## dark outline colour.
 var tinted_outlines := false
+## How strongly living things glow, from 0 (not at all) to 1; the subclass
+## chooses it.
+var glow := 0.0
 var _textures: Dictionary[String, Texture2D] = {}
 
 
@@ -471,3 +476,325 @@ func _figure_image(colour: int, frame: int, left: bool) -> Pixels:
 	if left:
 		pixels.image.flip_x()
 	return pixels
+
+
+# Things of later milestones, shown in the showcase.
+
+
+func _dead_soil(canvas: CanvasItem, rect: Rect2, state: Dictionary) -> void:
+	var shadow: int = state.get("solid", 0) & (TileShape.N | TileShape.W | TileShape.NW)
+	var variant: int = state.get("variant", 0) % 8
+	var key := "dead/%d/%d" % [shadow, variant]
+	_put(canvas, _image(key, func() -> Pixels: return _crack_soil(_earth(variant, shadow), variant)), rect.position)
+
+
+## Dry cracks in every other tile of dead soil. Returns `pixels`.
+func _crack_soil(pixels: Pixels, variant: int) -> Pixels:
+	if variant % 2 == 0:
+		var at := _spot(12, variant, 3, 7)
+		for step in 5:
+			pixels.put(at.x, at.y, _c("dead_crack"))
+			if step == 2:
+				pixels.put(at.x, at.y + 1, _c("dead_crack"))
+				pixels.put(at.x - 1, at.y + 2, _c("dead_crack"))
+			at += Vector2i(1, -1 if _noise(step, 5, variant) < 0.4 else 0)
+	return pixels
+
+
+func _living_soil(canvas: CanvasItem, rect: Rect2, state: Dictionary) -> void:
+	var living := _shape(state.get("living", 0))
+	var variant: int = state.get("variant", 0) % 6
+	_ground(canvas, rect, {"variant": state.get("variant", 0)})
+	_put(canvas, _image("living/%d/%d" % [living, variant], func() -> Pixels: return _grass_image(living, variant)), rect.position)
+
+
+## Grass with blades and a few flowers, with a soft edge toward the sides
+## that are not living.
+func _grass_image(living: int, variant: int) -> Pixels:
+	var open_n := (living & TileShape.N) == 0
+	var open_e := (living & TileShape.E) == 0
+	var open_s := (living & TileShape.S) == 0
+	var open_w := (living & TileShape.W) == 0
+	var pixels := Pixels.new(TILE, TILE)
+	pixels.rect(0, 0, TILE, TILE, _c("grass"))
+	for tuft in 6:
+		var at := _spot(tuft + 10, variant, 2, 12)
+		pixels.put(at.x, at.y, _c("grass_dark"))
+		pixels.put(at.x - 1, at.y - 1, _c("grass_dark"))
+		pixels.put(at.x + 1, at.y - 1, _c("grass_dark"))
+	for blade in 4:
+		var at := _spot(blade + 20, variant, 1, 14)
+		pixels.put(at.x, at.y, _c("grass_light"))
+	if variant % 3 == 0:
+		var x := 4 + variant % 7
+		var y := 5 + variant % 5
+		var petal := _c("flower_b") if variant % 2 == 0 else _c("flower_c")
+		for side in Pixels.SIDES:
+			pixels.put(x + side.x, y + side.y, petal)
+		pixels.put(x, y, _c("flower_a"))
+	if glow > 0.0:
+		for spark in 2:
+			var light := _c("spore")
+			light.a = glow * 0.8
+			pixels.put(2 + int(_noise(spark, 21, variant) * 12.0), 2 + int(_noise(spark, 22, variant) * 12.0), light)
+	# A ragged edge toward bare ground.
+	for i in TILE:
+		var ragged := 1 if _noise(i, 23, variant) < 0.45 else 0
+		if open_n:
+			_edge(pixels, Vector2i(i, 0), Vector2i(0, 1), ragged)
+		if open_s:
+			_edge(pixels, Vector2i(i, TILE - 1), Vector2i(0, -1), ragged)
+		if open_w:
+			_edge(pixels, Vector2i(0, i), Vector2i(1, 0), ragged)
+		if open_e:
+			_edge(pixels, Vector2i(TILE - 1, i), Vector2i(-1, 0), ragged)
+	if open_n and open_w:
+		_round(pixels, Vector2i(0, 0), Vector2i(1, 1), _c("grass_edge"))
+	if open_n and open_e:
+		_round(pixels, Vector2i(TILE - 1, 0), Vector2i(-1, 1), _c("grass_edge"))
+	if open_s and open_w:
+		_round(pixels, Vector2i(0, TILE - 1), Vector2i(1, -1), _c("grass_edge"))
+	if open_s and open_e:
+		_round(pixels, Vector2i(TILE - 1, TILE - 1), Vector2i(-1, -1), _c("grass_edge"))
+	return pixels
+
+
+## Clears `cut` pixels at `at` and draws the darker edge of the grass behind
+## them, one step further in the direction `inward`.
+func _edge(pixels: Pixels, at: Vector2i, inward: Vector2i, cut: int) -> void:
+	for depth in cut:
+		var gone := at + inward * depth
+		pixels.put(gone.x, gone.y, CLEAR)
+	var edge := at + inward * cut
+	pixels.put(edge.x, edge.y, _c("grass_edge"))
+
+
+func _moss(canvas: CanvasItem, rect: Rect2, state: Dictionary) -> void:
+	var variant: int = state.get("variant", 0) % 3
+	var twinkle := int(float(state.get("time", 0.0)) * 2.5) % 4
+	var foot := Vector2(rect.get_center().x, rect.end.y)
+	_put(canvas, _image("moss/%d/%d" % [variant, twinkle], func() -> Pixels: return _moss_image(variant, twinkle)), foot - Vector2(8, 13))
+
+
+## A cushion of moss whose spores twinkle one after another.
+func _moss_image(variant: int, twinkle: int) -> Pixels:
+	var pixels := Pixels.new(TILE, 13)
+	var shift := variant - 1
+	for bump: Vector4 in [Vector4(4.5 + shift, 9.5, 4, 3.2), Vector4(11, 9.2, 4.3, 3.5), Vector4(7.8 - shift, 6.8, 3.8, 3.4)]:
+		pixels.ellipse(bump.x, bump.y, bump.z, bump.w, _c("moss"))
+	for y in pixels.size.y:
+		for x in pixels.size.x:
+			if not pixels.filled(x, y):
+				continue
+			if y >= 11:
+				pixels.put(x, y, _c("moss_dark"))
+			elif not pixels.filled(x, y - 1) or not pixels.filled(x, y - 2):
+				pixels.put(x, y, _c("moss_light"))
+	pixels.outline(_ink(_c("moss")), tinted_outlines)
+	var spores: Array[Vector2i] = [Vector2i(4 + shift, 8), Vector2i(8 - shift, 5), Vector2i(12, 8)]
+	for index in spores.size():
+		var at := spores[index]
+		var bright := index == twinkle
+		var spore := _c("spore") if bright else _c("spore").darkened(0.2)
+		pixels.put(at.x, at.y, spore)
+		pixels.put(at.x + 1, at.y, spore)
+		if bright:
+			pixels.put(at.x, at.y - 1, _c("spore"))
+			if glow > 0.0:
+				var halo := _c("spore")
+				halo.a = 0.45 * glow
+				for side in Pixels.SIDES:
+					pixels.shade(at.x + side.x, at.y + side.y + 1, halo)
+	return pixels
+
+
+func _vine(canvas: CanvasItem, rect: Rect2, state: Dictionary) -> void:
+	var points: PackedVector2Array = state.get("points", PackedVector2Array())
+	if points.size() < 2:
+		return
+	var origin := (rect.position - Vector2(6, 6)).floor()
+	var size := Vector2i(ceili(rect.size.x) + 13, ceili(rect.size.y) + 13)
+	var key := "vine/%d/%d/%d" % [hash(points), size.x, size.y]
+	_put(canvas, _image(key, func() -> Pixels: return _vine_image(points, origin, size)), origin)
+
+
+## A vine two pixels thick along `points`, with leaves on alternate sides.
+func _vine_image(points: PackedVector2Array, origin: Vector2, size: Vector2i) -> Pixels:
+	var pixels := Pixels.new(size.x, size.y)
+	for i in points.size() - 1:
+		var from := Vector2i((points[i] - origin).round())
+		var to := Vector2i((points[i + 1] - origin).round())
+		pixels.line(from.x, from.y - 1, to.x, to.y - 1, _c("leaf"))
+		pixels.line(from.x, from.y, to.x, to.y, _c("vine"))
+		pixels.line(from.x, from.y + 1, to.x, to.y + 1, _c("vine_dark"))
+	var length := 0.0
+	for i in points.size() - 1:
+		length += points[i].distance_to(points[i + 1])
+	var leaves := int(length / 9.0)
+	for leaf in leaves:
+		var at := Vector2i((along(points, (leaf + 0.5) / leaves) - origin).round())
+		var up := leaf % 2 == 0
+		var dy := -2 if up else 2
+		var tip := -1 if up else 1
+		pixels.put(at.x, at.y + dy, _c("leaf"))
+		pixels.put(at.x + 1, at.y + dy, _c("leaf"))
+		pixels.put(at.x + 1, at.y + dy + tip, _c("leaf"))
+		pixels.put(at.x + 2, at.y + dy + tip, _c("leaf_dark"))
+	pixels.outline(_ink(_c("vine")), tinted_outlines)
+	return pixels
+
+
+func _fiber_plant(canvas: CanvasItem, rect: Rect2, state: Dictionary) -> void:
+	var stage := clampi(int(float(state.get("growth", 1.0)) * GROWTH_STAGES), 0, GROWTH_STAGES - 1)
+	var lean := clampi(roundi(sway(state.get("time", 0.0), 3) * 1.4), -1, 1)
+	var foot := Vector2(rect.get_center().x, rect.end.y)
+	_put(canvas, _image("plant/%d/%d" % [stage, lean], func() -> Pixels: return _plant_image(stage, lean)), foot - Vector2(8, 28))
+
+
+## A fibre plant at growth stage `stage`, its top leaning by `lean` pixels:
+## a seed in a small mound, a sprout, a stalk with leaves, buds and at last
+## white tufts of fibre.
+func _plant_image(stage: int, lean: int) -> Pixels:
+	var pixels := Pixels.new(TILE, 28)
+	pixels.rect(5, 26, 6, 1, _c("ground_dark"))
+	pixels.rect(4, 27, 8, 1, _c("ground_dark"))
+	if stage == 0:
+		pixels.put(7, 25, _c("seed"))
+		pixels.put(8, 25, _c("seed"))
+		pixels.outline(_ink(_c("seed")), tinted_outlines)
+		return pixels
+	var heights: Array[int] = [0, 4, 8, 13, 17, 19]
+	var height := heights[stage]
+	var top := Vector2i(8, 25)
+	for i in height:
+		var x := 8 + roundi(lean * 2.0 * i / 19.0)
+		top = Vector2i(x, 25 - i)
+		pixels.put(top.x, top.y, _c("stem"))
+	@warning_ignore("integer_division")
+	for pair in range(1, height / 3 + 1):
+		var y := 26 - pair * 3
+		var x := 8 + roundi(lean * 2.0 * (25 - y) / 19.0)
+		var side := 1 if pair % 2 == 0 else -1
+		pixels.put(x + side, y, _c("leaf"))
+		pixels.put(x + side * 2, y, _c("leaf"))
+		pixels.put(x + side * 2, y - 1, _c("leaf"))
+		pixels.put(x + side * 3, y - 1, _c("leaf_dark"))
+		pixels.put(x - side, y - 1, _c("leaf_dark"))
+	if stage == 1:
+		pixels.put(top.x - 1, top.y, _c("leaf"))
+		pixels.put(top.x + 1, top.y, _c("leaf"))
+	if stage == 4:
+		pixels.ellipse(top.x + 0.5, top.y - 0.5, 1.6, 1.6, _c("bud"))
+	if stage == 5:
+		for tuft: Vector3 in [Vector3(0, -2, 2.3), Vector3(-3, 1, 1.8), Vector3(3, 2, 1.8)]:
+			pixels.ellipse(top.x + 0.5 + tuft.x, top.y + tuft.y, tuft.z, tuft.z, _c("fibre"))
+			pixels.put(top.x + int(tuft.x), top.y + int(tuft.y) + 1, _c("fibre_shade"))
+	pixels.outline(_ink(_c("stem")), tinted_outlines)
+	return pixels
+
+
+func _stone(canvas: CanvasItem, rect: Rect2, _state: Dictionary) -> void:
+	_put(canvas, _image("stone", func() -> Pixels: return _stone_image()), Vector2(rect.get_center().x - 4, rect.end.y - 8))
+
+
+func _stone_image() -> Pixels:
+	var pixels := Pixels.new(8, 8)
+	pixels.ellipse(4, 4.2, 3.2, 2.7, _c("stone"))
+	pixels.rect(2, 6, 4, 1, _c("stone_dark"))
+	pixels.put(2, 3, _c("stone_light"))
+	pixels.put(3, 2, _c("stone_light"))
+	pixels.outline(_ink(_c("stone")), tinted_outlines)
+	return pixels
+
+
+func _grazer(canvas: CanvasItem, rect: Rect2, state: Dictionary) -> void:
+	var height := roundi(sin(PI * clampf(state.get("hop", 0.0), 0.0, 1.0)) * 5.0)
+	var left: bool = float(state.get("facing", 1.0)) < 0.0
+	var foot := Vector2(rect.get_center().x, rect.end.y)
+	var width := 14 - height
+	_put(canvas, _image("shadow/%d" % width, func() -> Pixels: return _shadow_image(width)), foot - Vector2(width / 2.0, 2))
+	var tucked := height > 1
+	_put(canvas, _image("grazer/%s/%s" % [tucked, left], func() -> Pixels: return _grazer_image(tucked, left)), foot - Vector2(10, 16 + height))
+
+
+## A woolly animal, facing right or, with `left`, left; in the air its legs
+## are `tucked`.
+func _grazer_image(tucked: bool, left: bool) -> Pixels:
+	var pixels := Pixels.new(20, 16)
+	for leg in [5, 7, 11, 13]:
+		pixels.rect(leg, 12, 1, 1 if tucked else 3, _c("hoof"))
+	for puff: Vector4 in [Vector4(9, 8, 6.5, 4.5), Vector4(5.5, 9.5, 4, 3.5), Vector4(12.5, 9.5, 4.5, 3.5), Vector4(8, 5.8, 4, 3), Vector4(11.5, 6.3, 3.5, 3)]:
+		pixels.ellipse(puff.x, puff.y, puff.z, puff.w, _c("wool"))
+	for y in pixels.size.y:
+		for x in pixels.size.x:
+			if pixels.at(x, y) == _c("wool"):
+				if y >= 11:
+					pixels.put(x, y, _c("wool_shade"))
+				elif not pixels.filled(x, y - 1) and _noise(x, y, 4) < 0.6:
+					pixels.put(x, y, _c("wool_light"))
+	pixels.ellipse(16.2, 8.0, 2.6, 3.2, _c("face"))
+	pixels.put(14, 5, _c("face"))
+	pixels.put(15, 5, _c("face"))
+	pixels.put(17, 7, _c("wool_light"))
+	pixels.outline(_ink(_c("wool")), tinted_outlines)
+	if left:
+		pixels.image.flip_x()
+	return pixels
+
+
+func _ruin(canvas: CanvasItem, rect: Rect2, state: Dictionary) -> void:
+	var awake := clampf(state.get("awake", 0.0), 0.0, 1.0)
+	_put(canvas, _image("ruin", func() -> Pixels: return _ruin_image()), rect.position)
+	_put(canvas, _image("ruin_glow", func() -> Pixels: return _ruin_glow()), rect.position, Color(1, 1, 1, awake))
+
+
+## A gate of old stone blocks, three tiles wide, with moss on top and a dark
+## doorway.
+func _ruin_image() -> Pixels:
+	var pixels := Pixels.new(TILE * 3, TILE * 3)
+	var stone := _c("ruin")
+	pixels.rect(3, 12, 12, 34, stone)
+	pixels.rect(33, 12, 12, 34, stone)
+	pixels.rect(1, 6, 46, 9, stone)
+	pixels.rect(1, 3, 46, 3, _c("ruin_light"))
+	pixels.rect(15, 15, 18, 31, _c("door"))
+	pixels.rect(9, 44, 30, 2, _c("ruin_dark"))
+	pixels.rect(7, 46, 34, 2, stone)
+	# Blocks: a joint every five rows, and between the blocks of each row.
+	for course in 8:
+		var y := 8 + course * 5
+		for x in range(1, 47):
+			if pixels.at(x, y) == stone:
+				pixels.put(x, y, _c("ruin_dark"))
+		var offset := 0 if course % 2 == 0 else 4
+		for x in range(3 + offset, 47, 8):
+			for row in range(y + 1, y + 5):
+				if pixels.at(x, row) == stone:
+					pixels.put(x, row, _c("ruin_dark"))
+	for x in range(1, 47):
+		if _noise(x, 40, 1) < 0.45:
+			pixels.put(x, 3, _c("ruin_moss"))
+		if _noise(x, 41, 1) < 0.25:
+			pixels.put(x, 4, _c("ruin_moss"))
+	for strand: Vector2i in [Vector2i(5, 4), Vector2i(12, 3), Vector2i(36, 5), Vector2i(43, 2)]:
+		pixels.rect(strand.x, 15, 1, strand.y, _c("ruin_moss"))
+	pixels.outline(_ink(stone), tinted_outlines)
+	return pixels
+
+
+## The light in the doorway and the runes above it, shown as the ruin wakes.
+func _ruin_glow() -> Pixels:
+	var pixels := Pixels.new(TILE * 3, TILE * 3)
+	var center := Vector2(24, 31)
+	for y in range(15, 46):
+		for x in range(15, 33):
+			var distance := Vector2(x + 0.5, y + 0.5).distance_to(center)
+			var light := _c("glow_light") if distance < 4.0 else _c("glow")
+			light.a = clampf(1.0 - distance / 13.0, 0.0, 1.0) * (0.8 + 0.2 * glow)
+			if light.a > 0.05:
+				pixels.put(x, y, light)
+	for rune in 3:
+		var x := 16 + rune * 7
+		for dot: Vector2i in [Vector2i(0, 0), Vector2i(1, 0), Vector2i(1, 1), Vector2i(0, 2), Vector2i(1, 2)]:
+			pixels.put(x + dot.x + (rune % 2), 8 + dot.y, _c("glow"))
+	return pixels
diff --git a/game/tests/test_pixel_things.gd b/game/tests/test_pixel_things.gd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4574667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/tests/test_pixel_things.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+extends TestCase
+## The pixel art of the things of later milestones in the showcase.
+
+
+## The highest row of `image` with a pixel that is not transparent.
+static func _top(image: Image) -> int:
+	for y in image.get_height():
+		for x in image.get_width():
+			if image.get_pixel(x, y).a > 0.0:
+				return y
+	return image.get_height()
+
+
+func test_a_plant_grows_taller_from_stage_to_stage() -> void:
+	var style := WarmStyle.new()
+	var tops: Array[int] = []
+	for stage in PixelStyle.GROWTH_STAGES:
+		tops.append(_top(style._plant_image(stage, 0).image))
+	for stage in range(1, tops.size()):
+		check(tops[stage] < tops[stage - 1], "stage %d is taller than stage %d: %s" % [stage, stage - 1, tops])
+
+
+func test_grass_has_a_ragged_edge_only_toward_bare_ground() -> void:
+	var style := WarmStyle.new()
+	var inside := style._grass_image(255, 0).image
+	var lone := style._grass_image(0, 0).image
+	var tile := PixelStyle.TILE
+	var inside_gaps := 0
+	var lone_gaps := 0
+	for y in tile:
+		for x in tile:
+			inside_gaps += 1 if inside.get_pixel(x, y).a == 0.0 else 0
+			lone_gaps += 1 if lone.get_pixel(x, y).a == 0.0 else 0
+	check_eq(inside_gaps, 0, "living all around: no gaps")
+	check(lone_gaps > 4, "bare ground all around: a ragged, round edge (%d gaps)" % lone_gaps)
+	check_eq(lone.get_pixel(0, 0).a, 0.0, "round at the corner")
+
+
+func test_dead_soil_is_the_bare_earth_with_cracks() -> void:
+	var style := WarmStyle.new()
+	var earth := style._earth(0, 0).image
+	var cracked := style._crack_soil(style._earth(0, 0), 0).image
+	check(cracked.get_data() != earth.get_data(), "cracks in every other tile")
+	check_eq(style._crack_soil(style._earth(1, 0), 1).image.get_data(), style._earth(1, 0).image.get_data(), "none in the others")
+
+
+func test_an_animal_in_the_air_tucks_its_legs() -> void:
+	var style := WarmStyle.new()
+	var standing := style._grazer_image(false, false).image
+	var tucked := style._grazer_image(true, false).image
+	check(standing.get_pixel(5, 14).a > 0.0, "standing on its legs")
+	check_eq(tucked.get_pixel(5, 14).a, 0.0, "legs tucked in the air")
+
+
+func test_the_ruin_glows_in_its_doorway() -> void:
+	var style := WarmStyle.new()
+	var light := style._ruin_glow().image
+	check(light.get_pixel(24, 31).a > 0.5, "bright in the middle of the doorway")
+	check_eq(light.get_pixel(3, 30).a, 0.0, "dark on the walls")
diff --git a/game/tests/test_pixel_things.gd.uid b/game/tests/test_pixel_things.gd.uid
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88eb125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/tests/test_pixel_things.gd.uid
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+uid://cbm4wa0gxi4p1