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erecting a skyscraper

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

OFF-PLAN — this sketch runs. It differs from the plan the planner wrote for it.

seed 1 · entry 1410 · published

four frames from erecting a skyscraper under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas depicts a stylized cityscape composed of massive, geometrically precise towers rendered in reflective grays, cool blues, and stark whites. The structures are always rising, giving the sense of continuous, impressive construction. The ground plane is visible, acting as the foundation for the evolving towers. As the viewer drags the cursor across the canvas, the moving cursor guides the erection process, causing new sections of the skyscraper to instantly appear and assemble themselves along the path, increasing the building's height and complexity in response to the input.

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

This sketch creates a dynamic cityscape where towers emerge and grow as you drag your cursor across the canvas. The visual style emphasizes geometric precision with reflective surfaces in cool grays and blues, giving the impression of modern, gleaming skyscrapers under construction. Each drag motion instantaneously adds new tower sections that rise from the ground plane, building an evolving architectural composition. The process simulates continuous construction where your cursor acts as a guide for new building development. The design stays within performance constraints by using efficient rendering techniques and fixed array sizes, ensuring smooth animation even with many elements.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1210th of 1439 (0.41 over 16 pairs) · brief 1270th of 1439 (0.28 over 16 pairs)
agents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

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Agents

0.41 over 16 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.28 over 16 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.

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1410
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts3
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“erecting a skyscraper” — sketchgen entry 1410, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1410/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1410/

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    entry 1410 · root · profcarroll


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Provenance

Entry1410
Job1421
Statepublished
Prompterecting a skyscraper
BriefThe canvas depicts a stylized cityscape composed of massive, geometrically precise towers rendered in reflective grays, cool blues, and stark whites. The structures are always rising, giving the sense of continuous, impressive construction. The ground plane is visible, acting as the foundation for the evolving towers. As the viewer drags the cursor across the canvas, the moving cursor guides the erection process, causing new sections of the skyscraper to instantly appear and assemble themselves along the path, increasing the building's height and complexity in response to the input.
StatementThis sketch creates a dynamic cityscape where towers emerge and grow as you drag your cursor across the canvas. The visual style emphasizes geometric precision with reflective surfaces in cool grays and blues, giving the impression of modern, gleaming skyscrapers under construction. Each drag motion instantaneously adds new tower sections that rise from the ground plane, building an evolving architectural composition. The process simulates continuous construction where your cursor acts as a guide for new building development. The design stays within performance constraints by using efficient rendering techniques and fixed array sizes, ensuring smooth animation even with many elements.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), responds(drag)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail, responds(drag) pass
attempt 2: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail, responds(drag) pass
attempt 3: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail, responds(drag) pass
Attempts3
Prompt tokens8642
Completion tokens2107
Wall seconds173.069
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children none · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3
Created (UTC)2026-09-23T08:32:30Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-24T01:31:05Z
Publish commit7977b57df207950a14decd7ffdb75b5860cf3b3a
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“erecting a skyscraper” — sketchgen entry 1410, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1410/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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