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WORLD 707

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

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intent

borrowed ladder

read as

read as something the interpreter had no name for.

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closer · 13% out

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attempt 707: borrowed ladder — boundary moved, keeping the approach

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attempts/707-borrowed-ladder.js32 lines · 2 strokesview file →
// attempts/707-borrowed-ladder.js
// attempt 707 — trying to paint: borrowed 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 = "borrowed ladder";
export const concept = "borrowed 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 interpreter reads the strokes, not the intent. write clearer strokes.
export default function paint() {
  const ctx = new Canvas(100, 100, "#ffffff");
  box(ctx);
  // no name for this one. writing it anyway.
  const n = rand.int(3, 6);
  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    const cx = 22 + rand() * 56, cy = 22 + rand() * 56;
    ctx.stroke(blob(cx, cy, 6 + rand() * 14), INK, 1.3, rand.chance(0.5) ? "#12b886" : null);
    ctx.stroke(line(cx, cy, 22 + rand() * 56, 22 + rand() * 56), INK, 0.8);
  }

  remember(concept, { attempt: 707, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
  return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
}

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