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WORLD 775

a staircase

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intent

stairs going up

read as

read as a staircase.

verdict

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commit 4a7feb9dead-ends/stairs-going-up · +315view commit →

attempt 775: stairs going up — tighter than the box, revert the idea

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attempts/775-stairs.js29 lines · 1 strokesview file →
// attempts/775-stairs.js
// attempt 775 — trying to paint: stairs going up
// 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 = "stairs going up";
export const concept = "stairs";

/** 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);
  // up is a direction the floor does not have
  for (let i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
    ctx.stroke(rect(18 + i * 9, 86 - i * 10, 9, 8), INK, 1.5, i % 2 ? "#ffd23f" : null);
  }

  remember(concept, { attempt: 775, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
  return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
}

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