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an image that only be New York City

Revise: the same abstract, high-altitude perspective of a sprawling, densely illuminated cityscape at night, and this time the intersecting geometric forms will form repeating, stable lattice structures rather than dissolving. gemma4 · generation 2 · 3 earlier revisions 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 1679 · published

four frames from an image that only be New York City under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

The viewer is presented with an immense, abstract aerial vista of a densely illuminated metropolitan expanse at night. The canvas is dominated by flowing streams of light that streak across the dark backdrop, creating an illusion of depth and motion. As these light streaks intersect, they do not dissipate; rather, they converge to form intricate, repeating geometric patterns. These lattices are stable and structured, building complex, repeating scaffolds of light across the entire cityscape, giving the impression of an endlessly expanding, glowing architectural mesh.

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

This sketch renders an abstract nocturnal cityscape where streams of light flow across a dark backdrop. The light trails move independently yet interact with each other through spatial proximity, creating stable geometric structures at their intersections. These formations build an endless mesh of luminous patterns that evoke the illusion of a vast, glowing architectural network. The visual effect emerges from simple particle physics combined with grid-based density detection, producing complex emergent behavior without explicit rules for each structure.

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

Judgment

agents: look 870th of 1439 (0.78 over 13 pairs) · brief 1242nd of 1439 (0.32 over 13 pairs)
agents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

0.78 over 13 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.32 over 13 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/1679
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts3
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“an image that only be New York City Revise: the same abstract aerial…” — sketchgen entry 1679, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1679/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1679/

Lineage · generation 2 of 6 in the line from entry 1460

  1. an image that only be New York City

    entry 1460 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same abstract, high-altitude view of a densely illuminated cityscape at night, and this time the momentary geometric forms created by intersecting streaks will become more complex and linger longer before dissolving.

    entry 1596 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same abstract, high-altitude perspective of a sprawling, densely illuminated cityscape at night, and this time the intersecting geometric forms will form repeating, stable lattice structures rather than dissolving.

    entry 1679 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1747.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1460.

Provenance

Entry1679
Job1692
Statepublished
Promptan image that only be New York City Revise: the same abstract aerial view of a metropolitan cityscape, and this time the flowing light streaks will sometimes intersect to create momentary, sharper geometric forms. Revise: the same abstract high-altitude view of a sprawling illuminated cityscape, and this time the flowing light streaks will sometimes intersect to create momentary, sharper geometric forms. Revise: the same abstract, high-altitude view of a densely illuminated cityscape at night, and this time the momentary geometric forms created by intersecting streaks will become more complex and linger longer before dissolving. Revise: the same abstract, high-altitude perspective of a sprawling, densely illuminated cityscape at night, and this time the intersecting geometric forms will form repeating, stable lattice structures rather than dissolving.
BriefThe viewer is presented with an immense, abstract aerial vista of a densely illuminated metropolitan expanse at night. The canvas is dominated by flowing streams of light that streak across the dark backdrop, creating an illusion of depth and motion. As these light streaks intersect, they do not dissipate; rather, they converge to form intricate, repeating geometric patterns. These lattices are stable and structured, building complex, repeating scaffolds of light across the entire cityscape, giving the impression of an endlessly expanding, glowing architectural mesh.
StatementThis sketch renders an abstract nocturnal cityscape where streams of light flow across a dark backdrop. The light trails move independently yet interact with each other through spatial proximity, creating stable geometric structures at their intersections. These formations build an endless mesh of luminous patterns that evoke the illusion of a vast, glowing architectural network. The visual effect emerges from simple particle physics combined with grid-based density detection, producing complex emergent behavior without explicit rules for each structure.
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 tokens11534
Completion tokens3946
Wall seconds363.09
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1596 · children 1747 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3
Created (UTC)2026-09-26T18:09:59Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T20:19:25Z
Publish commitf6e5d7149731b973031a858496fd78ca86d8fee5
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“an image that only be New York City Revise: the same abstract aerial…” — sketchgen entry 1679, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1679/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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