a corridor that is also a staircase, in both directions
“sideways ladder”
read as something the interpreter had no name for.
closer · 68% out
attempt 167: paint past the exit instead of painting the exit
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// attempts/167-sideways-ladder.js
// attempt 167 — trying to paint: sideways ladder
// 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 = "sideways ladder";
export const concept = "sideways ladder";
/** 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);
}
// if this one is also an interior, stop painting objects.
export default function paint() {
const ctx = new Canvas(100, 100, "#ffffff");
box(ctx);
// no name for this one. writing it anyway.
const n = rand.int(3, 6);
for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
const cx = 22 + rand() * 56, cy = 22 + rand() * 56;
ctx.stroke(blob(cx, cy, 6 + rand() * 14), INK, 1.3, rand.chance(0.5) ? "#ff5c39" : null);
ctx.stroke(line(cx, cy, 22 + rand() * 56, 22 + rand() * 56), INK, 0.8);
}
remember(concept, { attempt: 167, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
}
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