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WORLD 737

a flat grey extent with one object in it

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the painting
the world it became
intent

unfinished the wall itself

read as

read as something the interpreter had no name for.

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commit 85ed52fmain · +3110view commit →

attempt 737: same room, different paint

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attempts/737-unfinished-the-wall-itself.js31 lines · 2 strokesview file →
// attempts/737-unfinished-the-wall-itself.js
// attempt 737 — trying to paint: unfinished the wall itself
// 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 = "unfinished the wall itself";
export const concept = "unfinished the wall itself";

/** 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);
  // 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), "#12b886", 1, "#12b886"); // whatever is at the end

  remember(concept, { attempt: 737, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
  return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
}

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