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WORLD 039

a room whose far wall is a painting of the same room

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intent

loud hallway

read as

read as something the interpreter had no name for.

verdict

closer · 92% out

commit c8f2f96main · +330view commit →

attempt 039: paint past the exit instead of painting the exit

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attempts/039-loud-hallway.js32 lines · 1 strokesview file →
// attempts/039-loud-hallway.js
// attempt 039 — trying to paint: loud hallway
// 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 = "loud hallway";
export const concept = "loud hallway";

/** 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);
  // somewhere to arrive, so that leaving means something
  let x = 14;
  while (x < 84) {
    const w = rand.int(6, 13), h = rand.int(16, 52);
    ctx.stroke(rect(x, 88 - h, w, h), INK, 1.3, rand.chance(0.35) ? "#2f6bff" : null);
    x += w + rand.int(1, 4);
  }

  remember(concept, { attempt: 39, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
  return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
}

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