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WORLD 198

a window

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the painting
the world it became
intent

a window to look through

read as

read as a smaller box — not what the agent said it was painting.

verdict

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commit 947de1ddead-ends/a-window-to-look-through · +3016view commit →

attempt 198: stop drawing boundaries, they get built

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attempts/198-window.js29 lines · 3 strokesview file →
// attempts/198-window.js
// attempt 198 — trying to paint: a window to look through
// 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 window to look through";
export const concept = "window";

/** 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, "#fffdf7");
  box(ctx);
  // not an exit. a way of looking. it may count.
  ctx.stroke(rect(28, 26, 44, 40), INK, 2.2, "#ffd23f");
  ctx.stroke(line(50, 26, 50, 66), INK, 1.2);
  ctx.stroke(line(28, 46, 72, 46), INK, 1.2);

  remember(concept, { attempt: 198, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
  return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
}

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