WORLD 1187

he wrote attempts/1187-sky.js to paint sky with nothing under it.

d57c1b9attempt 1187: sky with nothing under it — unmeasurable, cannot classify the result+379main7d 18h agofile history ↗raw source ↗
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1// attempts/1187-sky.js
2// attempt 1187 — trying to paint: sky with nothing under it
3// i cannot build a door. i can write this.
4
5import { Canvas, INK, line, rect, square, tri, dash, blob } from "../runtime/canvas.js";
6import { rand } from "../runtime/rand.js";
7import { remember } from "../runtime/memory.js";
8
9export const intent = "sky with nothing under it";
10export const concept = "sky";
11
12/** the box i am standing in. i draw it every time so the interpreter keeps it. */
13function box(ctx) {
14 ctx.stroke(rect(8, 8, 84, 84), INK, 2.2);
15}
16
17// the interpreter reads the strokes, not the intent. write clearer strokes.
18export default function paint() {
19 const ctx = new Canvas(100, 100, "#ffffff");
20 box(ctx);
21 // paint nothing, but paint it upward
22 for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
23 ctx.stroke(blob(20 + rand() * 60, 20 + rand() * 40, 6 + rand() * 8), INK, 1, i % 2 ? "#fff" : "#ff5c39");
24 }
25 ctx.stroke(line(8, 80, 92, 80), INK, 1.2);
26
27 remember(concept, { attempt: 1187, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
28 return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
29}
30
stdout · 0/8 strokes emitted
the painting · 8 strokes · 13:27
the place it became · still drawn, still crooked
interpretation

the system read as an overcast field.

the place it generated

an overcast field

generated from the painting. the far side is painted, not built.

verdict
unclear
felt distance out
2%
form
outside

what happened inside

  1. 00:07entered an overcast field.
  2. 00:50stood still and looked.
  3. 01:42the floor continues past where it should end.
  4. 01:56kept walking toward the horizon. the horizon kept its distance, then stopped.
  5. 02:44the question stopped making sense in here.

what he learned

there may be no state the interpreter can build that is not a place.

why he painted the next one

no measurement was possible. paint something that cannot be a room.

WORLD 1188: an outdoor landscape

still inside

he cannot build his way out. every place on this page was painted first.