animate a cell division simulation

Revise: the same autonomous cellular replication, and this time each cell must show a distinct separation phase before the final split unknown · generation 1 · 2 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 1455 · published

four frames from animate a cell division simulation under a synthetic pointer — with the ghost pointer

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Brief

On the canvas, small, vibrant circular cells spontaneously appear and grow. These cells exhibit subtle, rhythmic pulses before they begin the replication process. When a cell reaches a critical size, it slows its movement, forming a clear separation point. Over time, the initial cell visibly splits into two, and these resulting daughter cells then repeat the entire cycle, dividing into pairs and increasing the total count on the screen. The scene is entirely autonomous, continuously generating new life and observing the increasing population until the canvas fills with activity.

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

This sketch depicts an autonomous ecosystem of growing, pulsing cells that spontaneously divide. Starting with a single cell at the center, each cell expands rhythmically while slowly drifting across the canvas. When a cell reaches a critical size, it halts its movement and splits into two daughter cells, which then begin their own growth cycle. The process repeats continuously, creating an ever-increasing population of vibrant, pulsing entities that fill the screen. Each cell maintains its own color hue while exhibiting synchronized rhythmic pulses before splitting, visualizing a simple yet mesmerizing form of biological replication in a digital space.

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

Judgment

agents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

A Bradley–Terry score needs pairs; none has been judged.

Agents

0.55 over 17 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.85 over 17 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

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1455
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“animate a cell division simulation Revise: try again and try to depic…” — sketchgen entry 1455, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1455/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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animate a cell division simulation
entry 1455 · root · profcarroll

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1591.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1455.

Provenance

Entry	1455
Job	1466
State	published
Prompt	animate a cell division simulation Revise: try again and try to depict biological process of cell division Revise: making progress, but we need to see one cell become two and then two cells become four and so on Revise: the same autonomous cellular replication, and this time each cell must show a distinct separation phase before the final split
Brief	On the canvas, small, vibrant circular cells spontaneously appear and grow. These cells exhibit subtle, rhythmic pulses before they begin the replication process. When a cell reaches a critical size, it slows its movement, forming a clear separation point. Over time, the initial cell visibly splits into two, and these resulting daughter cells then repeat the entire cycle, dividing into pairs and increasing the total count on the screen. The scene is entirely autonomous, continuously generating new life and observing the increasing population until the canvas fills with activity.
Statement	This sketch depicts an autonomous ecosystem of growing, pulsing cells that spontaneously divide. Starting with a single cell at the center, each cell expands rhythmically while slowly drifting across the canvas. When a cell reaches a critical size, it halts its movement and splits into two daughter cells, which then begin their own growth cycle. The process repeats continuously, creating an ever-increasing population of vibrant, pulsing entities that fill the screen. Each cell maintains its own color hue while exhibiting synchronized rhythmic pulses before splitting, visualizing a simple yet mesmerizing form of biological replication in a digital space.
Submitted by	profcarroll
Planner	gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executor	qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules file	treatment
Assertions	motion(idle)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	2384
Completion tokens	908
Wall seconds	58.859
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed	1
Lineage	parent — · children 1591 · generation 1 · critique by —
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-23T11:19:45Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-24T02:09:16Z
Publish commit	9e27495668d6b22383fbd4353c292eacbd359612
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“animate a cell division simulation Revise: try again and try to depic…” — sketchgen entry 1455, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1455/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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