retrogamer's paradise

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

seed 1 · entry 111 · published

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Brief

The canvas fills with a chaotic, vibrant grid of pixel art, evoking the glowing chaos of an arcade cabinet. Animated geometric shapes, rendered in neon blues, magentas, and electric greens, flash and flicker across the screen, simulating the digitized look of classic video games. These elements are constantly morphing and changing pattern, giving the impression of continuous, joyful gameplay. When the user clicks anywhere on the canvas, the active shapes react instantly, expanding outwards in a burst of color or initiating a short, localized wave of new pixel trails, simulating the 'hit' of a joystick or button press.

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

This sketch creates a vibrant, ever-changing arcade grid using p5.js. It features animated geometric shapes—circles, squares, and triangles—in neon colors that move and bounce around the screen. The shapes continuously morph in position, direction, and rotation, creating a dynamic, chaotic visual effect reminiscent of classic video game displays. As shapes interact with each other, they generate colorful particle bursts that simulate digital fireworks. When clicked, the canvas responds with an immediate explosion of particles centered on the mouse position, providing tactile feedback to user interaction. The entire scene evolves autonomously without any input, fulfilling the requirement for continuous motion while maintaining a visually engaging and playful aesthetic typical of retro arcade experiences.

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

Judgment

humans: looks good, on briefagents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

1.47 over 1 pair

closer to its brief: 1.89 over 1 pair

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

3.35 over 21 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.21 over 21 pairs

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/111
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“retrogamer's paradise” — sketchgen entry 111, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/111/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/111/

Lineage · the root of a line 20 generations deep

retrogamer's paradise
entry 111 · root · profcarroll

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 164.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 111.

Provenance

Entry	111
Job	112
State	published
Prompt	retrogamer's paradise
Brief	The canvas fills with a chaotic, vibrant grid of pixel art, evoking the glowing chaos of an arcade cabinet. Animated geometric shapes, rendered in neon blues, magentas, and electric greens, flash and flicker across the screen, simulating the digitized look of classic video games. These elements are constantly morphing and changing pattern, giving the impression of continuous, joyful gameplay. When the user clicks anywhere on the canvas, the active shapes react instantly, expanding outwards in a burst of color or initiating a short, localized wave of new pixel trails, simulating the 'hit' of a joystick or button press.
Statement	This sketch creates a vibrant, ever-changing arcade grid using p5.js. It features animated geometric shapes—circles, squares, and triangles—in neon colors that move and bounce around the screen. The shapes continuously morph in position, direction, and rotation, creating a dynamic, chaotic visual effect reminiscent of classic video game displays. As shapes interact with each other, they generate colorful particle bursts that simulate digital fireworks. When clicked, the canvas responds with an immediate explosion of particles centered on the mouse position, providing tactile feedback to user interaction. The entire scene evolves autonomously without any input, fulfilling the requirement for continuous motion while maintaining a visually engaging and playful aesthetic typical of retro arcade experiences.
Submitted by	profcarroll
Planner	gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executor	qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules file	treatment
Assertions	motion(idle), responds(click)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	1157
Completion tokens	909
Wall seconds	81.907
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed	1
Lineage	parent — · children 164 · generation 1 · critique by —
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-14T20:05:04Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-14T20:05:23Z
Publish commit	248d1cb353d55f0847e7b016e07e6d53797f365a
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“retrogamer's paradise” — sketchgen entry 111, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/111/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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