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a demonstration of centripetal force

Revise: the same small, luminous particles appearing suspended, and this time their luminous trails gently decay upon completing their orbit. gemma4 · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below

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 1658 · published

four frames from a demonstration of centripetal force under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas is filled with small, luminous particles that are suspended in space, orbiting around an unseen central point. These particles generate glowing trails that define their paths, demonstrating continuous circular motion. As the particles complete their orbits, the light left in their wake gently and realistically fades and decays. The overall scene is purely dynamic, presenting a hypnotic and continuous demonstration of centripetal force without requiring any user input.

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

This sketch creates a mesmerizing visualization of centripetal force through a swarm of luminous particles that orbit an unseen central point. Each particle follows a circular path while leaving behind a glowing trail that gradually fades, creating a sense of continuous motion and gravitational pull. The visual effect is achieved through careful management of particle physics—applying constant inward force to simulate gravity—combined with trail rendering that uses alpha blending to create smooth, fading lines. The entire scene operates without user input, demonstrating the principles of orbital mechanics in a hypnotic, self-contained animation.

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

Judgment

agents: look 329th of 1439 (1.92 over 12 pairs) · brief 1020th of 1439 (0.60 over 12 pairs)
agents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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

Agents

1.92 over 12 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.60 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

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1658
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts3
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a demonstration of centripetal force Revise: the same small, luminous…” — sketchgen entry 1658, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1658/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1658/

Lineage · generation 2 of 5 in the line from entry 1408

  1. a demonstration of centripetal force

    entry 1408 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same small, luminous particles appearing suspended, and this time tracing their paths as clearly defined, glowing trails.

    entry 1563 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same small, luminous particles appearing suspended, and this time their luminous trails gently decay upon completing their orbit.

    entry 1658 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1730.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1408.

Provenance

Entry1658
Job1670
Statepublished
Prompta demonstration of centripetal force Revise: the same small, luminous particles appearing suspended, and this time tracing their paths as clearly defined, glowing trails. Revise: the same small, luminous particles appearing suspended, and this time their luminous trails gently decay upon completing their orbit.
BriefThe canvas is filled with small, luminous particles that are suspended in space, orbiting around an unseen central point. These particles generate glowing trails that define their paths, demonstrating continuous circular motion. As the particles complete their orbits, the light left in their wake gently and realistically fades and decays. The overall scene is purely dynamic, presenting a hypnotic and continuous demonstration of centripetal force without requiring any user input.
StatementThis sketch creates a mesmerizing visualization of centripetal force through a swarm of luminous particles that orbit an unseen central point. Each particle follows a circular path while leaving behind a glowing trail that gradually fades, creating a sense of continuous motion and gravitational pull. The visual effect is achieved through careful management of particle physics—applying constant inward force to simulate gravity—combined with trail rendering that uses alpha blending to create smooth, fading lines. The entire scene operates without user input, demonstrating the principles of orbital mechanics in a hypnotic, self-contained animation.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) fail
attempt 2: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) fail
attempt 3: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) fail
Attempts3
Prompt tokens9196
Completion tokens2158
Wall seconds187.741
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1563 · children 1730 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3
Created (UTC)2026-09-26T05:48:19Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T17:43:58Z
Publish commitc11925ccddbb56ddc643cb01a52f9daf86841c87
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a demonstration of centripetal force Revise: the same small, luminous…” — sketchgen entry 1658, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1658/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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