a skyline that grows a new floor every time you press a key

Revise: the same simplified urban skyline, and this time with each new floor having a different solid color. gemma4 · generation 1

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 1611 · published

four frames from a skyline that grows a new floor every time you press a key under a synthetic pointer — with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas displays a simplified, vertical skyline composed of stacked, rectangular floors. The structure remains dormant until the user interacts with the canvas. When any key on the keyboard is pressed, the skyline instantly expands vertically, adding a new floor to the highest point. Each newly added floor maintains the simple rectangular shape but is rendered in a unique, solid color that is distinct from all previously placed floors.

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

This sketch presents a minimalist vertical skyline that responds to keyboard input. Initially populated with a few rectangular floors, the structure remains static until a key is pressed. Each keystroke triggers the addition of a new floor at the topmost point, creating an expanding vertical composition. Each new floor inherits a distinct color generated through a mathematical hue sequence, ensuring visual variety without repetition. The interaction is deliberate and immediate: pressing any key causes the skyline to grow, demonstrating how simple rules can generate evolving complexity from static beginnings. The design emphasizes clean geometry and systematic color progression, creating a visual rhythm that emerges from user engagement rather than animation or motion.

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

Judgment

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Humans

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Agents

0.05 over 14 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.84 over 14 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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Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1611
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	3
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a skyline that grows a new floor every time you press a key Revise: t…” — sketchgen entry 1611, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1611/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1611/

Lineage · generation 1 of 2 in the line from entry 1475

a skyline that grows a new floor every time you press a key
entry 1475 · root · profcarroll
Revise: the same simplified urban skyline, and this time with each new floor having a different solid color.
entry 1611 · generation 1 · gemma4

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Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1475.

Provenance

Entry	1611
Job	1622
State	published
Prompt	a skyline that grows a new floor every time you press a key Revise: the same simplified urban skyline, and this time with each new floor having a different solid color.
Brief	The canvas displays a simplified, vertical skyline composed of stacked, rectangular floors. The structure remains dormant until the user interacts with the canvas. When any key on the keyboard is pressed, the skyline instantly expands vertically, adding a new floor to the highest point. Each newly added floor maintains the simple rectangular shape but is rendered in a unique, solid color that is distinct from all previously placed floors.
Statement	This sketch presents a minimalist vertical skyline that responds to keyboard input. Initially populated with a few rectangular floors, the structure remains static until a key is pressed. Each keystroke triggers the addition of a new floor at the topmost point, creating an expanding vertical composition. Each new floor inherits a distinct color generated through a mathematical hue sequence, ensuring visual variety without repetition. The interaction is deliberate and immediate: pressing any key causes the skyline to grow, demonstrating how simple rules can generate evolving complexity from static beginnings. The design emphasizes clean geometry and systematic color progression, creating a visual rhythm that emerges from user engagement rather than animation or motion.
Submitted by	profcarroll
Planner	gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executor	qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules file	treatment
Assertions	responds(click), no_motion
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 1 — no_motion pass, responds(click) fail attempt 2: gate exit 1 — no_motion pass, responds(click) fail attempt 3: gate exit 1 — no_motion pass, responds(click) fail
Attempts	3
Prompt tokens	8841
Completion tokens	1485
Wall seconds	213.789
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 1475 · children none · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3
Created (UTC)	2026-09-24T12:07:07Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-26T17:56:40Z
Publish commit	ce4ce2fc6d8964f298cab955ac8c469e3e631f79
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a skyline that grows a new floor every time you press a key Revise: t…” — sketchgen entry 1611, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1611/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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