a tunnel
“a tunnel going through”
read as a smaller box — not what the agent said it was painting.
further · 51% out
attempt 374: stop drawing boundaries, they get built
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// attempts/374-tunnel.js
// attempt 374 — trying to paint: a tunnel going 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 tunnel going through";
export const concept = "tunnel";
/** 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);
}
// third rewrite of this function. same shape, fewer apologies.
export default function paint() {
const ctx = new Canvas(100, 100, "#fffdf7");
box(ctx);
// draw the same opening five times, each one smaller
for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
const k = 1 - i * 0.17;
ctx.stroke(square(50, 50, 26 * k), INK, 1.3);
}
ctx.stroke(blob(50, 50, 5), "#ff6ec7", 1, "#ff6ec7"); // whatever is at the end
remember(concept, { attempt: 374, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
}
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