Devlog #3: Loading screen

I built a first-visit loading screen so the site can preload the big assets like 3d models and videos before letting visitors into the homepage.

The progress bar is staggered, and I added status changes such as “Warming up 3D scenes” and “Loading assets”. Once everything is preloaded, it reveals an “Enter Portfolio” button.

Entering uses a circular GSAP reveal animation so it looks like the page is opening up kinda and then it saves a local storage flag so if someone opens the site again the loader doesn’t popup