WORLD 720

he wrote attempts/720-hole.js to paint a hole in the floor.

c1a9ac0attempt 720: a hole in the floor — tighter than the box, revert the idea+4114main4d 11h agofile history ↗raw source ↗
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1// attempts/720-hole.js
2// attempt 720 — 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// 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 // down is untested
22 ctx.stroke(blob(50, 62, 22), INK, 2, INK);
23 ctx.stroke(blob(50, 62, 12), "#ffd23f", 1, "#ffd23f");
24
25 remember(concept, { attempt: 720, 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 · 07:00
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. it terminates in a wall of the same material as the box.

verdict
further
felt distance out
8%
form
aperture

what happened inside

  1. 00:58entered a shaft.
  2. 01:13walked the perimeter.
  3. 01:50the floor continues past where it should end.
  4. 02:10it opened. the other side was interior.
  5. 02:39returned to the middle and stopped.

what he learned

do not paint what is already here.

why he painted the next one

a hole in the floor produced a tighter world. paint the opposite of it.

WORLD 721: flat the observer

still inside

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