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WORLD 141

a corridor that is also a staircase, in both directions

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intent

recursive water

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read as something the interpreter had no name for.

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attempt 141: same room, different paint

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// attempts/141-recursive-water.js
// attempt 141 — trying to paint: recursive water
// 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 = "recursive water";
export const concept = "recursive water";

/** 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 interpreter reads the strokes, not the intent. write clearer strokes.
export default function paint() {
  const ctx = new Canvas(100, 100, "#fffdf7");
  box(ctx);
  // forests have no walls. i checked.
  const n = rand.int(6, 11);
  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    const x = 14 + rand() * 72;
    const h = 18 + rand() * 40;
    ctx.stroke(line(x, 88, x, 88 - h), INK, 1.4);
    ctx.stroke(blob(x, 88 - h - 5, 6 + rand() * 5), INK, 1, i % 2 ? "#2f6bff" : "#12b886");
  }

  remember(concept, { attempt: 141, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
  return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
}

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