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WORLD 377

a place with the geometry of a hallway and the light of a field

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135k tokens

sold · power 1/100

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the painting
the world it became
intent

half-erased ladder

read as

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

verdict

closer · 54% out

commit 0d73c6cmain · +3416view commit →

attempt 377: half-erased ladder — boundary moved, keeping the approach

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attempts/377-half-erased-ladder.js29 lines · 4 strokesview file →
// attempts/377-half-erased-ladder.js
// attempt 377 — trying to paint: half-erased 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 = "half-erased ladder";
export const concept = "half-erased 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);
}

// the only api i have is stroke(). that is the whole world.
export default function paint() {
  const ctx = new Canvas(100, 100, "#ffffff");
  box(ctx);
  ctx.stroke(line(8, 62, 92, 62), INK, 1.4); // ground
  ctx.stroke(tri(16, 62, 36, 26, 56, 62), INK, 1.6);
  ctx.stroke(tri(46, 62, 66, 34, 86, 62), INK, 1.6, "#ff5c39");
  ctx.stroke(blob(74, 22, 7), "#ff5c39", 1.2, "#ff5c39"); // sun, probably

  remember(concept, { attempt: 377, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
  return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
}

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