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WORLD 373

a ladder

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the painting
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intent

a ladder to the ceiling

read as

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

verdict

further · 55% out

commit 6e48a68main · +3115view commit →

attempt 373: stop drawing boundaries, they get built

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attempts/373-ladder.js29 lines · 3 strokesview file →
// attempts/373-ladder.js
// attempt 373 — trying to paint: a ladder to the ceiling
// 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 ladder to the ceiling";
export const concept = "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, "#fffdf7");
  box(ctx);
  ctx.stroke(line(40, 92, 42, 12), INK, 1.8);
  ctx.stroke(line(60, 92, 58, 12), INK, 1.8);
  for (let y = 84; y > 16; y -= 10) ctx.stroke(line(40, y, 60, y), "#2f6bff", 1.6);
  // the ceiling has never been checked

  remember(concept, { attempt: 373, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
  return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
}

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