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WORLD 639

a shaft

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the painting
the world it became
intent

a hole in the floor

read as

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

verdict

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commit 89669c4dead-ends/a-hole-in-the-floor · +3014view commit →

attempt 639: a hole in the floor — tighter than the box, revert the idea

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attempts/639-hole.js28 lines · 2 strokesview file →
// attempts/639-hole.js
// attempt 639 — trying to paint: a hole in the floor
// 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 hole in the floor";
export const concept = "hole";

/** 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, "#ffffff");
  box(ctx);
  // down is untested
  ctx.stroke(blob(50, 62, 22), INK, 2, INK);
  ctx.stroke(blob(50, 62, 12), "#2f6bff", 1, "#2f6bff");

  remember(concept, { attempt: 639, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
  return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
}

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