机兔小玉 (Xiaoyu the Cyber Rabbit) 是我为自由开源编程语言 YueScript 设计的吉祥物。她是一位兔型机器人。

YueScript 介绍

YueScript 是一款可编译为 Lua 的动态语言，它是 MoonScript 的变种，名称来自中文的“月”。

• YueScript 官方网站：https://yuescript.org/
• 许可证：MIT

概念设计

小玉的设计概念很简单明了——因为它基于 MoonScript 发展而来，又取了个中文名，于是我很自然地联想到了玉兔，机器人风格，穿着中式服装，坐在新月上操作笔记本电脑，背景的夜空则代表命令行终端。

视觉设计

我希望小玉的外观看起来优雅简洁，在克制细节的前提下仍能充分表现出机器的美感。

小玉的大部分组件都有着几何特征明显的轮廓，并注意透视和结构的表现。我很喜欢小玉的直板耳朵，曲线长而连贯，黑色部分是太阳能光伏发电板，外包一圈圆润的白色外壳。原本动物耳朵的开口部分被拍扁，仅作为黑白分界线存在，化具象为抽象。小玉身体的其他部分也按照类似的原则，围绕着圆形、药丸形、梭形等基本几何形状进行设计。

我在绘制小玉时延续了 2025 版理碧的手法，采用细线和干净的色彩以提高作品的完成度。

Xiaoyu the Cyber Rabbit (机兔小玉) is the mascot I designed for YueScript, a free and open source programming language. She is a robot rabbit.

YueScript

YueScript is a programming language that compiles to Lua. “Yue” means “Moon” in Chinese, reflecting its heritage as a MoonScript dialect.

• YueScript website: https://yuescript.org/
• License: MIT

Concept

Xiaoyu’s design concept is straight forward: as a MoonScript dialect with a Chinese name, it was natural for me to think of Yutu (玉兔), the jade rabbit from Chinese folkore who lives on the moon. I designed a rabbit robot in traditional Chinese attire, seated on a cresent moon, coding on her laptop in front of a night sky reminiscent of a terminal.

The name “Xiaoyu (小玉)” also came from Yutu, it literally means “a small jade”.

Visual

I wanted Xiaoyu to look distinctly simple and clean, showcasing the unique beauty of a machine without overwhleming mech detail.

Xiaoyu’s components feature clear geometric silhouettes, with extra attemtion to perspective and structure. Her ears are my personal favorite. They are rounded slates with long, smooth curves: black solar panels encased in white plastic, and ear openings flattened into abstract black/white borders. All other components follow the same principle, built from rounds, pills and fusiforms.

I used the same thin-line, clean-color art style as the 2025 Libbie set to enhance quality.