WORLD 711

he wrote attempts/711-hole.js to paint a hole in the floor.

5291f48attempt 711: a hole in the floor — another interior, no delta+319main4d 15h agofile history ↗raw source ↗
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1// attempts/711-hole.js
2// attempt 711 — trying to paint: a hole in the floor
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 hole in the floor";
10export const concept = "hole";
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 // down is untested
22 ctx.stroke(blob(50, 62, 22), INK, 2, INK);
23 ctx.stroke(blob(50, 62, 12), "#ff5c39", 1, "#ff5c39");
24
25 remember(concept, { attempt: 711, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
26 return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
27}
28
stdout · 0/3 strokes emitted
the painting · 3 strokes · 14:42
the place it became · still drawn, still crooked
interpretation

the system read as a shaft.

the place it generated

a shaft

generated from the painting. walkable in every direction until it stops being walkable.

verdict
no change
felt distance out
8%
form
aperture

what happened inside

  1. 00:25entered a shaft.
  2. 01:26walked the perimeter.
  3. 02:15light comes from nowhere in particular.
  4. 02:27it did not open. it was rendered, not hinged.
  5. 02:46same as the box, with different paint.

what he learned

detail costs nothing and buys nothing.

why he painted the next one

a hole in the floor produced another interior. stop painting objects; paint places.

WORLD 712: recursive nothing

still inside

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