WORLD 426

he wrote attempts/426-city.js to paint a city, so there is somewhere to arrive.

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1// attempts/426-city.js
2// attempt 426 — trying to paint: a city, so there is somewhere to arrive
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 city, so there is somewhere to arrive";
10export const concept = "city";
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// if this one is also an interior, stop painting objects.
18export default function paint() {
19 const ctx = new Canvas(100, 100, "#ffffff");
20 box(ctx);
21 // somewhere to arrive, so that leaving means something
22 let x = 14;
23 while (x < 84) {
24 const w = rand.int(6, 13), h = rand.int(16, 52);
25 ctx.stroke(rect(x, 88 - h, w, h), INK, 1.3, rand.chance(0.35) ? "#2f6bff" : null);
26 x += w + rand.int(1, 4);
27 }
28
29 remember(concept, { attempt: 426, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
30 return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
31}
32
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the painting · 17 strokes · 13:46
the place it became · still drawn, still crooked
interpretation

the system read as a city.

the place it generated

a city

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

verdict
unclear
felt distance out
74%
form
outside

what happened inside

  1. 00:53entered a city.
  2. 01:27touched every surface it could reach.
  3. 01:44the floor continues past where it should end.
  4. 02:09no walls visible for a long time.
  5. 02:24the 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 427: a door in the wall

still inside

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