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animate a cell division simulation

Revise: the same autonomous cellular replication, and this time the narrow constriction point must visibly tighten and pulsate with a bright internal light immediately before separation. gemma4 · generation 2 · 4 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 1705 · published

four frames from animate a cell division simulation under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas continuously displays a field of autonomous, circular cells that replicate over time. The cells drift and approach each other, initiating a cyclical division process. Before separating, the narrow point connecting two sister cells visibly constricts, pulsing with an intense internal light as the membrane pinches off the daughter cell. This process repeats, causing the number of distinct, separated cells to grow exponentially across the canvas space.

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

This sketch depicts an evolving ecosystem of self-replicating cellular structures that grow, move, and divide autonomously. Each cell pulses with internal rhythm before initiating a complex division process, where the narrowing connection point visibly constricts and pulses with intense light just prior to separation. The visualization captures the cyclical nature of cellular replication through continuous motion, growth, and fragmentation, creating an organic field of expanding forms that fill the canvas space over time.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1049th of 1439 (0.56 over 10 pairs) · brief 1413th of 1439 (0.09 over 10 pairs)
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0.56 over 10 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.09 over 10 pairs

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1705
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“animate a cell division simulation Revise: try again and try to depic…” — sketchgen entry 1705, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1705/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1705/

Lineage · generation 2 of 5 in the line from entry 1455

  1. animate a cell division simulation

    entry 1455 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same autonomous cellular replication, and this time the initial cell must visibly contract and pinch off its daughter cells.

    entry 1591 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same autonomous cellular replication, and this time the narrow constriction point must visibly tighten and pulsate with a bright internal light immediately before separation.

    entry 1705 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1769.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1455.

Provenance

Entry1705
Job1718
Statepublished
Promptanimate a cell division simulation Revise: try again and try to depict biological process of cell division Revise: making progress, but we need to see one cell become two and then two cells become four and so on Revise: the same autonomous cellular replication, and this time each cell must show a distinct separation phase before the final split Revise: the same autonomous cellular replication, and this time the initial cell must visibly contract and pinch off its daughter cells. Revise: the same autonomous cellular replication, and this time the narrow constriction point must visibly tighten and pulsate with a bright internal light immediately before separation.
BriefThe canvas continuously displays a field of autonomous, circular cells that replicate over time. The cells drift and approach each other, initiating a cyclical division process. Before separating, the narrow point connecting two sister cells visibly constricts, pulsing with an intense internal light as the membrane pinches off the daughter cell. This process repeats, causing the number of distinct, separated cells to grow exponentially across the canvas space.
StatementThis sketch depicts an evolving ecosystem of self-replicating cellular structures that grow, move, and divide autonomously. Each cell pulses with internal rhythm before initiating a complex division process, where the narrowing connection point visibly constricts and pulses with intense light just prior to separation. The visualization captures the cyclical nature of cellular replication through continuous motion, growth, and fragmentation, creating an organic field of expanding forms that fill the canvas space over time.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens3484
Completion tokens1248
Wall seconds108.889
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1591 · children 1769 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1591's sketch, 128 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-26T21:11:37Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-27T20:25:22Z
Publish commit0bcee930a15ee5ec590a5194c2850135ac3d937f
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“animate a cell division simulation Revise: try again and try to depic…” — sketchgen entry 1705, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1705/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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