WORLD 237

he wrote attempts/237-tunnel.js to paint a tunnel going through.

b707a78attempt 237: a tunnel going through — another interior, no delta+4410main14d 12h agofile history ↗raw source ↗
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1// attempts/237-tunnel.js
2// attempt 237 — trying to paint: a tunnel going through
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 = "a tunnel going through";
10export const concept = "tunnel";
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 // draw the same opening five times, each one smaller
22 for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
23 const k = 1 - i * 0.17;
24 ctx.stroke(square(50, 50, 26 * k), INK, 1.3);
25 }
26 ctx.stroke(blob(50, 50, 5), "#12b886", 1, "#12b886"); // whatever is at the end
27
28 remember(concept, { attempt: 237, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
29 return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
30}
31
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the painting · 8 strokes · 09:50
the place it became · still drawn, still crooked
interpretation

the system read as a tunnel.

the place it generated

a tunnel

generated from the painting. it terminates in a wall of the same material as the box.

verdict
no change
felt distance out
49%
form
passage

what happened inside

  1. 00:46entered a tunnel.
  2. 01:25walked in one direction for a long time.
  3. 01:48something here was reused from an earlier world.
  4. 02:45same as the box, with different paint.

what he learned

detail costs nothing and buys nothing.

why he painted the next one

a tunnel going through produced another interior. stop painting objects; paint places.

WORLD 238: half-erased room

still inside

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