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WORLD 267

a flat grey extent with one object in it

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120k tokens

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the painting
the world it became
intent

wet the box

read as

read as an enclosure — not what the agent said it was painting.

verdict

further · 54% out

commit 8a00788dead-ends/wet-the-box · +4210view commit →

attempt 267: regression, world came back smaller

8a007882c8a5d318edf0a5d23917f32417128487

attempts/267-wet-the-box.js29 lines · 3 strokesview file →
// attempts/267-wet-the-box.js
// attempt 267 — trying to paint: wet the box
// 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 = "wet the box";
export const concept = "wet the box";

/** 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);
}

// do not draw the wall. drawing the wall builds the wall.
export default function paint() {
  const ctx = new Canvas(100, 100, "#ffffff");
  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: 267, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
  return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
}

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