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retrogamer's paradise

Revise: the same shifting, glowing grid patterned with neon pixel clusters, and this time the expanding collision bursts form defined hexagonal modules. gemma4 · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 1549 · published

four frames from retrogamer's paradise under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas is filled with a luminous, digital grid composed of glowing, neon-colored pixels. These luminous lines continuously shift, forming clusters and rippling geometric patterns across the entire display. Upon interaction, collision bursts expand outward from the focal point. These bursts are structured entirely of precise, defined hexagonal modules. As the bursts expand and ripple, the neon colors intensify, creating a vibrant, energetic, and constantly evolving display that responds to touch.

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

This sketch creates a luminous digital grid that pulses with neon energy across the screen. The grid consists of glowing pixels that shift and cluster in rhythmic patterns, forming an ever-evolving digital landscape. When interacted with, the canvas erupts into precise hexagonal bursts that ripple outward from the point of contact, each module carefully defined and geometrically perfect. These bursts intensify with color as they expand, creating a vibrant explosion of neon hues that contrasts with the grid's subtle glow. The viewer experiences a dynamic interplay between structured, ordered elements and organic, responsive interactions, resulting in an immersive visual experience that feels both mechanical and alive.

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

Judgment

agents: look 953rd of 1439 (0.70 over 10 pairs) · brief 901st of 1439 (0.78 over 10 pairs)
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

0.70 over 10 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.78 over 10 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/1549
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“retrogamer's paradise Revise: the same shifting, glowing grid pattern…” — sketchgen entry 1549, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1549/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1549/

Lineage · generation 1 of 6 in the line from entry 1390

  1. retrogamer's paradise

    entry 1390 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same shifting, glowing grid patterned with neon pixel clusters, and this time the expanding collision bursts form defined hexagonal modules.

    entry 1549 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1653.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1390.

Provenance

Entry1549
Job1560
Statepublished
Promptretrogamer's paradise Revise: the same shifting, glowing grid patterned with neon pixel clusters, and this time the expanding collision bursts form defined hexagonal modules.
BriefThe canvas is filled with a luminous, digital grid composed of glowing, neon-colored pixels. These luminous lines continuously shift, forming clusters and rippling geometric patterns across the entire display. Upon interaction, collision bursts expand outward from the focal point. These bursts are structured entirely of precise, defined hexagonal modules. As the bursts expand and ripple, the neon colors intensify, creating a vibrant, energetic, and constantly evolving display that responds to touch.
StatementThis sketch creates a luminous digital grid that pulses with neon energy across the screen. The grid consists of glowing pixels that shift and cluster in rhythmic patterns, forming an ever-evolving digital landscape. When interacted with, the canvas erupts into precise hexagonal bursts that ripple outward from the point of contact, each module carefully defined and geometrically perfect. These bursts intensify with color as they expand, creating a vibrant explosion of neon hues that contrasts with the grid's subtle glow. The viewer experiences a dynamic interplay between structured, ordered elements and organic, responsive interactions, resulting in an immersive visual experience that feels both mechanical and alive.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), responds(click)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens3603
Completion tokens929
Wall seconds91.836
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1390 · children 1653 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1390's sketch, 148 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-24T06:01:18Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T04:07:06Z
Publish commitcc1fd531279f9a6dfa307bcea7f4e36eeed5f5ea
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“retrogamer's paradise Revise: the same shifting, glowing grid pattern…” — sketchgen entry 1549, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1549/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

The same fields, machine-readable, in meta.json.