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a tide pool where the anemones close when the mouse comes near

Revise: the same vibrant tide pool environment, and this time the background water reflects sunlight more brightly when the anemones are open. 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.

seed 1 · entry 1666 · published

four frames from a tide pool where the anemones close when the mouse comes near under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas displays a vibrant, lively scene depicting a shallow tide pool, featuring richly colored rocks, textured sand, and detailed anemones. The water throughout the pool appears dynamic and gently moving. The primary interaction involves the user's mouse proximity: as the cursor moves over the canvas, the anemones react, opening or closing based on the distance. This state change controls the surrounding environment, causing the reflected sunlight on the water to become dramatically brighter and more intensely sparkling only when the anemones are fully open.

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

This sketch depicts a vibrant shallow tide pool environment with animated rocks, sand base, and swaying anemones. The key interaction is that when users move their mouse near the anemones, they respond by opening or closing. When anemones are fully open, this triggers a dramatic visual effect: bright, sparkling sunlight reflections appear on the water surface. The scene dynamically responds to both the natural movement of the anemones and user proximity, creating an immersive underwater experience where the environment reacts to interaction. The visual feedback is immediate and visually striking, with the entire water surface brightening and sparkling as a result of the anemones' openness state.

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

Judgment

agents: look 78th of 1439 (4.38 over 17 pairs) · brief 1174th of 1439 (0.40 over 17 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

4.38 over 17 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.40 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

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1666
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a tide pool where the anemones close when the mouse comes near Revise…” — sketchgen entry 1666, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1666/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1666/

Lineage · generation 2 of 5 in the line from entry 1481

  1. a tide pool where the anemones close when the mouse comes near

    entry 1481 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same vibrant tide pool environment, and this time the background water reflects sunlight more brightly when the anemones are open.

    entry 1616 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same vibrant tide pool environment, and this time the background water reflects sunlight more brightly when the anemones are open.

    entry 1666 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1737.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1481.

Provenance

Entry1666
Job1678
Statepublished
Prompta tide pool where the anemones close when the mouse comes near Revise: the same vibrant tide pool environment, and this time the background water reflects sunlight more brightly when the anemones are open. Revise: the same vibrant tide pool environment, and this time the background water reflects sunlight more brightly when the anemones are open.
BriefThe canvas displays a vibrant, lively scene depicting a shallow tide pool, featuring richly colored rocks, textured sand, and detailed anemones. The water throughout the pool appears dynamic and gently moving. The primary interaction involves the user's mouse proximity: as the cursor moves over the canvas, the anemones react, opening or closing based on the distance. This state change controls the surrounding environment, causing the reflected sunlight on the water to become dramatically brighter and more intensely sparkling only when the anemones are fully open.
StatementThis sketch depicts a vibrant shallow tide pool environment with animated rocks, sand base, and swaying anemones. The key interaction is that when users move their mouse near the anemones, they respond by opening or closing. When anemones are fully open, this triggers a dramatic visual effect: bright, sparkling sunlight reflections appear on the water surface. The scene dynamically responds to both the natural movement of the anemones and user proximity, creating an immersive underwater experience where the environment reacts to interaction. The visual feedback is immediate and visually striking, with the entire water surface brightening and sparkling as a result of the anemones' openness state.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), responds(drag)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(drag) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens3534
Completion tokens1503
Wall seconds123.937
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1616 · children 1737 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1616's sketch, 131 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-26T06:33:01Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T17:43:58Z
Publish commit12bf1e5419389fd2a1d635a5b949915b1325e02f
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a tide pool where the anemones close when the mouse comes near Revise…” — sketchgen entry 1666, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1666/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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