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design a simple platformer game

Revise: depart: the persistent, scrollable emptiness of the void between solid platforms taken into a continuous stream of overlapping, diagrammatic pathways of forgotten memories, made of wet ink on newsprint. gemma4 · generation 3 · 2 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 1938 · published

four frames from design a simple platformer game under a synthetic pointer
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Brief

The canvas presents a layered field of abstract, overlapping pathways drawn in wet ink upon a newsprint texture. The environment is constantly evolving, with faded lines and diagrammatic forms subtly shifting and merging, creating a continuous stream of memory. As the viewer moves the mouse, the drawn pathways react dynamically, tracing glowing and darkening connections that map the trajectory of the cursor across the surface. The resulting image is a fluid, ever-expanding map of forgotten moments.

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

This sketch creates an evolving landscape of abstract pathways that emerge from a newsprint texture, like faded memories bleeding through time. The field is populated with constantly shifting, diagrammatic forms that grow and drift across the canvas, each one a trail of wet ink responding to its own internal dynamics and the viewer's presence. As you move your mouse, glowing connections trace the cursor's path, creating a continuous map of forgotten moments that expands and contracts in real-time. The work uses layered drawing techniques with a procedural texture to evoke the feeling of a living document—something that remembers but never fully reveals its contents, always in flux between visibility and oblivion.

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Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1938
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“design a simple platformer game Revise: try again but this time make…” — sketchgen entry 1938, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1938/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 3 of 4 in the line from entry 107

  1. design a simple platformer game

    entry 107 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: try again but this time make the game playable with the mouse and or keyboard

    entry 110 · generation 1 · forked · profcarroll

  3. Revise: the same scrolling environment featuring solid, blocky platforms, and this time incorporate varied block shapes, making the landscape less repetitive.

    entry 505 · generation 2 · gemma4

  4. Revise: depart: the persistent, scrollable emptiness of the void between solid platforms taken into a continuous stream of overlapping, diagrammatic pathways of forgotten memories, made of wet ink on newsprint.

    entry 1938 · generation 3 · gemma4


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Provenance

Entry1938
Job1951
Statepublished
Promptdesign a simple platformer game Revise: try again but this time make the game playable with the mouse and or keyboard Revise: the same scrolling environment featuring solid, blocky platforms, and this time incorporate varied block shapes, making the landscape less repetitive. Revise: depart: the persistent, scrollable emptiness of the void between solid platforms taken into a continuous stream of overlapping, diagrammatic pathways of forgotten memories, made of wet ink on newsprint.
BriefThe canvas presents a layered field of abstract, overlapping pathways drawn in wet ink upon a newsprint texture. The environment is constantly evolving, with faded lines and diagrammatic forms subtly shifting and merging, creating a continuous stream of memory. As the viewer moves the mouse, the drawn pathways react dynamically, tracing glowing and darkening connections that map the trajectory of the cursor across the surface. The resulting image is a fluid, ever-expanding map of forgotten moments.
StatementThis sketch creates an evolving landscape of abstract pathways that emerge from a newsprint texture, like faded memories bleeding through time. The field is populated with constantly shifting, diagrammatic forms that grow and drift across the canvas, each one a trail of wet ink responding to its own internal dynamics and the viewer's presence. As you move your mouse, glowing connections trace the cursor's path, creating a continuous map of forgotten moments that expands and contracts in real-time. The work uses layered drawing techniques with a procedural texture to evoke the feeling of a living document—something that remembers but never fully reveals its contents, always in flux between visibility and oblivion.
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 tokens3424
Completion tokens1343
Wall seconds111.918
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 505 · children none · generation 3 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 505's sketch, 114 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-10-11T16:06:43Z
Published (UTC)2026-10-11T23:25:03Z
Publish commit822f1de97a8651c9bcdab59dca255c8b28f8a29a
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“design a simple platformer game Revise: try again but this time make…” — sketchgen entry 1938, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1938/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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