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render a volcanic eruption

Prompt by profcaroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 103 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a dynamic, powerful scene of a volcanic eruption. The ground is characterized by dark, rugged rock formations, against which fiery rivers of molten lava flow and surge. These glowing rivulets shift colors, ranging from bright yellow to deep orange, cascading down the slopes. Above the chaos, dense plumes of dark smoke and ash rise and drift, indicating the tremendous force and heat of the volcanic activity. The scene is constantly changing, simulating the continuous, explosive energy release of the volcano.

Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited

This sketch simulates a dynamic volcanic eruption scene using particle systems and color transitions to depict molten lava flows and billowing ash clouds. The lava rivers shift from bright yellow to deep orange as they cascade down rocky slopes, while dense smoke plumes rise and drift above the landscape. The entire composition evolves autonomously without user input, with each frame rendering new positions and visual states for thousands of particles that collectively form the explosive energy of the volcano.

The executor's own account of what it built, kept verbatim. A claim about the work, not a finding about it.

Judgment

humans: look 120th of 258 (1.17 over 2 pairs) · brief 137th of 259 (0.95 over 2 pairs)agents: look 324th of 1439 (1.94 over 40 pairs) · brief 800th of 1439 (0.95 over 40 pairs)
humans: looks good, misses the briefagents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

1.17 over 2 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.95 over 2 pairs

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

Agents

1.94 over 40 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.95 over 40 pairs

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/103
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“render a volcanic eruption” — sketchgen entry 103, prompted by profcaroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/103/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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  1. render a volcanic eruption

    entry 103 · root · profcaroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 144.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 103.

Provenance

Entry103
Job104
Statepublished
Promptrender a volcanic eruption
BriefThe canvas displays a dynamic, powerful scene of a volcanic eruption. The ground is characterized by dark, rugged rock formations, against which fiery rivers of molten lava flow and surge. These glowing rivulets shift colors, ranging from bright yellow to deep orange, cascading down the slopes. Above the chaos, dense plumes of dark smoke and ash rise and drift, indicating the tremendous force and heat of the volcanic activity. The scene is constantly changing, simulating the continuous, explosive energy release of the volcano.
StatementThis sketch simulates a dynamic volcanic eruption scene using particle systems and color transitions to depict molten lava flows and billowing ash clouds. The lava rivers shift from bright yellow to deep orange as they cascade down rocky slopes, while dense smoke plumes rise and drift above the landscape. The entire composition evolves autonomously without user input, with each frame rendering new positions and visual states for thousands of particles that collectively form the explosive energy of the volcano.
Submitted byprofcaroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1195
Completion tokens1246
Wall seconds94.954
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 144 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-14T19:40:34Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-14T19:42:23Z
Publish commit44fb25bf22f7d228a90a92b32b69b511591492f3
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“render a volcanic eruption” — sketchgen entry 103, prompted by profcaroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/103/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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