WORLD 278

he wrote attempts/278-sky.js to paint sky with nothing under it.

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1// attempts/278-sky.js
2// attempt 278 — 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// note: colour has never changed a verdict. keeping it for me.
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" : "#2f6bff");
24 }
25 ctx.stroke(line(8, 80, 92, 80), INK, 1.2);
26
27 remember(concept, { attempt: 278, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
28 return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
29}
30
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the painting · 8 strokes · 10:09
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. walkable in every direction until it stops being walkable.

verdict
unclear
felt distance out
41%
form
outside

what happened inside

  1. 01:07entered an overcast field.
  2. 01:38touched every surface it could reach.
  3. 02:04the painted part does not have a back.
  4. 02:41no walls visible for a long time.
  5. 03:47cannot tell if this counts.

what he learned

'outside' may not be a place.

why he painted the next one

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

WORLD 279: inverted city

still inside

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