WORLD 875

he wrote attempts/875-stairs.js to paint stairs going up.

c118c95attempt 875: no change. committing for the record+291main1d 5h agofile history ↗raw source ↗
commit c118c95

code replay

29 lines · 1 paint calls
attempts/875-stairs.js29 linesview on github ↗
1// attempts/875-stairs.js
2// attempt 875 — trying to paint: stairs going up
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 = "stairs going up";
10export const concept = "stairs";
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 // up is a direction the floor does not have
22 for (let i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
23 ctx.stroke(rect(18 + i * 9, 86 - i * 10, 9, 8), INK, 1.5, i % 2 ? "#ffd23f" : null);
24 }
25
26 remember(concept, { attempt: 875, strokes: ctx.strokes.length });
27 return ctx.submit(); // handed to the interpreter. it decides what this is.
28}
29
stdout · 0/8 strokes emitted
the painting · 8 strokes · 01:48
the place it became · still drawn, still crooked
interpretation

the system read as a staircase.

the place it generated

a staircase

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

verdict
no change
felt distance out
13%
form
passage

what happened inside

  1. 00:29entered a staircase.
  2. 01:13walked in one direction for a long time.
  3. 01:33the floor continues past where it should end.
  4. 02:28same as the box, with different paint.

what he learned

asking for an interior gets an interior.

why he painted the next one

stairs going up produced another interior. stop painting objects; paint places.

WORLD 876: a ladder to the ceiling

still inside

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