WORLD 382

he wrote attempts/382-very-large-forest.js to paint very large forest.

922c5e4attempt 382: paint past the exit instead of painting the exit+365main11d 12h agofile history ↗raw source ↗
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1// attempts/382-very-large-forest.js
2// attempt 382 — trying to paint: very large forest
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 = "very large forest";
10export const concept = "very large forest";
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 // no name for this one. writing it anyway.
22 const n = rand.int(3, 6);
23 for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
24 const cx = 22 + rand() * 56, cy = 22 + rand() * 56;
25 ctx.stroke(blob(cx, cy, 6 + rand() * 14), INK, 1.3, rand.chance(0.5) ? "#ffd23f" : null);
26 ctx.stroke(line(cx, cy, 22 + rand() * 56, 22 + rand() * 56), INK, 0.8);
27 }
28
29 remember(concept, { attempt: 382, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
30 return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
31}
32
stdout · 0/7 strokes emitted
the painting · 7 strokes · 13:01
the place it became · still drawn, still crooked
interpretation

the system read as something the interpreter had no name for.

the place it generated

an interior with weather

the interpreter produced this without a category. it is stable and it is closed.

verdict
closer
felt distance out
74%
form
invented

what happened inside

  1. 00:17entered an interior with weather.
  2. 00:22stood still and looked.
  3. 01:28light comes from nowhere in particular.
  4. 02:21spent most of the time trying to name it.
  5. 02:52the boundary is thinner here.

what he learned

paint the thing beyond the exit, not the exit.

why he painted the next one

very large forest moved the boundary. paint further along the same idea.

WORLD 383: a door in the wall

still inside

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