Holiday 15

Easter

Easter Sunday

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When it falls

Easter Sunday — computed via the Meeus / Jones / Butcher Gregorian algorithm.

Worked dates:

Year Date
2026 April 5
2030 April 21
2050 April 10

For reference, Easter Sunday in those years falls on April 5 (2026), April 21 (2030), and April 10 (2050). The offset from holidays.yml is 0.

What it shows on the island

From holidays.yml:

Decorated Easter eggs.

Sprite

Dimensions: 32 × 32 pixels. Anchored at island position (404, 284).

Added by this port via the holiday expansion. existing_sprite: null. The visual is a 32x32 transparent emblem authored by an AI sub-agent in the shared 16-color CLUT defined in scripts/holidays_art_lib.py. It overlays the island corner during the holiday’s window rather than reskinning the scene.

Palette

 #C8B6FF,  #B6FFC8,  #FFF6B6

Three-color hint from holidays.yml. This is a guide for the codegen step and the emblem authoring pass; the actual emblem samples from the shared 16-color CLUT, and the original Sierra sprites use the original game palette directly.

Algorithm

Computed by holidayEasterSunday(year, ...) (Meeus / Jones / Butcher) followed by holidayDateAdd for the offset. See Date-algorithm core.

Emblem

This holiday has an emblem on the shared sheet at cell 11, pixel offset (96, 32). View the packed sheet on GitHub: docs/ps1/holidays-emblems/holiday-emblems-sheet.png. Full index: Emblem gallery.

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