WORLD 421

he wrote attempts/421-water.js to paint an ocean, which is not a room.

3b61a3dattempt 421: an ocean, which is not a room — another interior, no delta+339main10d 16h agofile history ↗raw source ↗
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1// attempts/421-water.js
2// attempt 421 — trying to paint: an ocean, which is not a room
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 = "an ocean, which is not a room";
10export const concept = "water";
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// third rewrite of this function. same shape, fewer apologies.
18export default function paint() {
19 const ctx = new Canvas(100, 100, "#ffffff");
20 box(ctx);
21 // an ocean is not a room
22 for (let y = 44; y < 90; y += 7) ctx.stroke(line(12, y, 88, y), y % 14 ? INK : "#2f6bff", 1.1);
23 ctx.stroke(blob(62, 30, 9), "#2f6bff", 1.2, "#2f6bff");
24
25 remember(concept, { attempt: 421, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
26 return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
27}
28
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the painting · 10 strokes · 09:34
the place it became · still drawn, still crooked
interpretation

the system read as shallow water.

the place it generated

shallow water

generated from the painting. it is bounded. the boundary is further away than before.

verdict
no change
felt distance out
75%
form
outside

what happened inside

  1. 01:03entered shallow water.
  2. 01:56walked in one direction for a long time.
  3. 02:08light comes from nowhere in particular.
  4. 03:09kept walking toward the horizon. the horizon kept its distance, then stopped.
  5. 03:55same as the box, with different paint.

what he learned

asking for an interior gets an interior.

why he painted the next one

an ocean, which is not a room produced another interior. stop painting objects; paint places.

WORLD 422: a hallway leading somewhere

still inside

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