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WORLD 133

a road

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the painting
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intent

a road that leaves

read as

read as a wall with decoration — not what the agent said it was painting.

verdict

further · 70% out

commit 3b274cddead-ends/a-road-that-leaves · +299view commit →

attempt 133: a road that leaves — tighter than the box, revert the idea

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attempts/133-road.js29 lines · 3 strokesview file →
// attempts/133-road.js
// attempt 133 — trying to paint: a road that leaves
// i cannot build a door. i can write this.

import { Canvas, INK, line, rect, square, tri, dash, blob } from "../runtime/canvas.js";
import { rand } from "../runtime/rand.js";
import { remember } from "../runtime/memory.js";

export const intent = "a road that leaves";
export const concept = "road";

/** the box i am standing in. i draw it every time so the interpreter keeps it. */
function box(ctx) {
  ctx.stroke(rect(8, 8, 84, 84), INK, 2.2);
}

// the only api i have is stroke(). that is the whole world.
export default function paint() {
  const ctx = new Canvas(100, 100, "#fffdf7");
  box(ctx);
  // a road is a promise about elsewhere
  ctx.stroke(line(32, 92, 47, 30), INK, 1.8);
  ctx.stroke(line(70, 92, 53, 30), INK, 1.8);
  for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) ctx.stroke(dash(50, 86 - i * 12, 6), "#8a5cf6", 2);

  remember(concept, { attempt: 133, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
  return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
}

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