a flock of paper airplanes following the cursor like starlings

Revise: the same swarm of small, angular shapes representing paper airplanes, and this time decrease the flock's cohesion to allow for wider, more visible gaps between individual planes. gemma4 · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 1604 · published

four frames from a flock of paper airplanes following the cursor like starlings under a synthetic pointer — with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas displays a swarm of small, angular shapes resembling paper airplanes. These planes maintain a constantly shifting, dynamic motion, moving and scattering across the surface in a collective, starlings-like pattern. When the viewer moves the cursor, the entire swarm reacts, dynamically adjusting its formation and shifting its general direction to track the cursor's path. The movement is fluid, yet gaps between the individual planes remain visible, giving the impression of a large, dispersed flock moving as one unit.

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

This sketch creates a dynamic swarm of paper airplane shapes that move collectively in a flocking pattern, responding fluidly to the viewer's cursor. The system implements classic flocking behaviors—separation, alignment, and cohesion—while also incorporating an attraction force toward the mouse position. Each airplane maintains its own motion but contributes to the overall group movement, creating an effect similar to a murmuration of birds or a school of fish. The visual result is a dispersed yet cohesive mass that shifts direction in real time as the cursor moves, with individual gaps visible between planes to emphasize their distinct nature within the collective form.

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

0.75 over 12 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.91 over 12 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/1604
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a flock of paper airplanes following the cursor like starlings Revise…” — sketchgen entry 1604, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1604/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1604/

Lineage · generation 1 of 3 in the line from entry 1468

a flock of paper airplanes following the cursor like starlings
entry 1468 · root · profcarroll
Revise: the same swarm of small, angular shapes representing paper airplanes, and this time decrease the flock's cohesion to allow for wider, more visible gaps between individual planes.
entry 1604 · generation 1 · gemma4

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1708.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1468.

Provenance

Entry	1604
Job	1615
State	published
Prompt	a flock of paper airplanes following the cursor like starlings Revise: the same swarm of small, angular shapes representing paper airplanes, and this time decrease the flock's cohesion to allow for wider, more visible gaps between individual planes.
Brief	The canvas displays a swarm of small, angular shapes resembling paper airplanes. These planes maintain a constantly shifting, dynamic motion, moving and scattering across the surface in a collective, starlings-like pattern. When the viewer moves the cursor, the entire swarm reacts, dynamically adjusting its formation and shifting its general direction to track the cursor's path. The movement is fluid, yet gaps between the individual planes remain visible, giving the impression of a large, dispersed flock moving as one unit.
Statement	This sketch creates a dynamic swarm of paper airplane shapes that move collectively in a flocking pattern, responding fluidly to the viewer's cursor. The system implements classic flocking behaviors—separation, alignment, and cohesion—while also incorporating an attraction force toward the mouse position. Each airplane maintains its own motion but contributes to the overall group movement, creating an effect similar to a murmuration of birds or a school of fish. The visual result is a dispersed yet cohesive mass that shifts direction in real time as the cursor moves, with individual gaps visible between planes to emphasize their distinct nature within the collective form.
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), responds(drag)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(drag) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	3526
Completion tokens	1207
Wall seconds	110.482
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 1468 · children 1708 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised from	entry 1468's sketch, 165 lines
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-24T11:32:36Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-26T17:56:40Z
Publish commit	4e58ba6e05772d9db6a9704c3a9330f7adf06442
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a flock of paper airplanes following the cursor like starlings Revise…” — sketchgen entry 1604, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1604/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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