create an interactive drone show over a cityscape harbor and let mouse movements and clicks cycle the drones into their various formations
Revise: the same dynamic nighttime harbor scene, and this time the drones will illuminate the buildings with focused searchlights unknown · generation 1 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below
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Brief
The canvas depicts a vibrant, dynamic nighttime harbor and encompassing cityscape. Miniature drones navigate the scene, their paths and formations being directly influenced by the viewer's mouse input. Moving the cursor guides the drones' flight pattern across the water and buildings. Clicking the mouse causes the drones to transition into pre-set formation patterns. As they move, the drones emit bright, focused beams of light—searchlights—that sweep across the architecture and the harbor, dramatically illuminating specific structures in the deep night.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates a dynamic nighttime harbor scene populated by miniature drones that respond to viewer interaction. When the user moves their cursor, the drones navigate the environment in a fluid, responsive manner, following the mouse position with physics-based motion. A single click toggles between free-flight mode and pre-set formation patterns, where drones align into geometric configurations. Each drone emits a bright searchlight beam that sweeps across the cityscape and harbor, creating dramatic illumination effects. The visualization uses WebGL for 3D rendering to achieve depth and lighting effects while maintaining performance within the strict frame budget constraints.
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1444 |
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| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 3 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “create an interactive drone show over a cityscape harbor and let mous…” — sketchgen entry 1444, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1444/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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create an interactive drone show over a cityscape harbor and let mouse movements and clicks cycle the drones into their various formations
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Provenance
| Entry | 1444 |
|---|---|
| Job | 1455 |
| State | rejected |
| Prompt | create an interactive drone show over a cityscape harbor and let mouse movements and clicks cycle the drones into their various formations Revise: the same dynamic nighttime cityscape harbor, and this time the drones will leave glowing contrails as they fly Revise: the same dynamic nighttime harbor scene, and this time the drones will illuminate the buildings with focused searchlights |
| Brief | The canvas depicts a vibrant, dynamic nighttime harbor and encompassing cityscape. Miniature drones navigate the scene, their paths and formations being directly influenced by the viewer's mouse input. Moving the cursor guides the drones' flight pattern across the water and buildings. Clicking the mouse causes the drones to transition into pre-set formation patterns. As they move, the drones emit bright, focused beams of light—searchlights—that sweep across the architecture and the harbor, dramatically illuminating specific structures in the deep night. |
| Statement | This sketch creates a dynamic nighttime harbor scene populated by miniature drones that respond to viewer interaction. When the user moves their cursor, the drones navigate the environment in a fluid, responsive manner, following the mouse position with physics-based motion. A single click toggles between free-flight mode and pre-set formation patterns, where drones align into geometric configurations. Each drone emits a bright searchlight beam that sweeps across the cityscape and harbor, creating dramatic illumination effects. The visualization uses WebGL for 3D rendering to achieve depth and lighting effects while maintaining performance within the strict frame budget constraints. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2 |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3 |
| Rules file | treatment |
| Assertions | uses(webgl), responds(drag), responds(click), no_motion |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 1 — no_motion pass, responds(click) fail, responds(drag) fail, uses(webgl) pass attempt 2: gate exit 1 — no_motion pass, responds(click) fail, responds(drag) fail, uses(webgl) fail attempt 3: gate exit 1 — no_motion fail, responds(click) pass, responds(drag) pass, uses(webgl) pass |
| Attempts | 3 |
| Prompt tokens | 11106 |
| Completion tokens | 4731 |
| Wall seconds | 394.723 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent — · children none · generation 1 · critique by — |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-23T10:49:21Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-24T02:09:16Z |
| Publish commit | 9f697944cb0c8c34c4c72f6cdc3b5962258ce1a2 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “create an interactive drone show over a cityscape harbor and let mous…” — sketchgen entry 1444, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1444/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
| Last error | rejected by operator |
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