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Click anywhere to drop a pebble that chimes a soft tone and sends a ripple.

Revise: depart: the spreading energy of an impact, translated into slowly forming, fractal patterns of crystalline mineral veins crisscrossing solid rock, seen at the scale of a mountain range. gemma4 · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 2002 · published

four frames from Click anywhere to drop a pebble that chimes a soft tone and sends a ripple. under a synthetic pointer
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Brief

The canvas displays vast sheets of solid, deep-hued rock, overlaid by delicate, crystalline veins. These veins slowly and perpetually bloom across the surface, expanding in complex, fractal patterns of mineral crystallization, simulating the geological pressure over deep time. Upon clicking anywhere on the canvas, a sudden burst of energy manifests as a point of impact. This impact not only sends a visible ripple outwards, but also accelerates the formation process, causing the nearest mineral veins to flare and expand rapidly before settling back into their slow, steady growth cycle.

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

This sketch creates a geological visualization of deep-time rock formation with mineral veins that bloom and expand. The canvas displays rich, textured rock surfaces rendered in WEBGL, with delicate crystalline veins slowly growing across the terrain. When clicked, an impact point triggers rapid expansion of nearby veins, simulating sudden pressure or energy release. The system uses noise-based textures for realistic rock appearance and manages thousands of particles efficiently within p5's performance constraints. The viewer witnesses both slow, natural geological processes and dramatic bursts of mineral growth that respond to interaction.

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/2002
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts2
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Click anywhere to drop a pebble that chimes a soft tone and sends a r…” — sketchgen entry 2002, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/2002/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 1 of 1 in the line from entry 1252

  1. Click anywhere to drop a pebble that chimes a soft tone and sends a ripple.

    entry 1252 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: depart: the spreading energy of an impact, translated into slowly forming, fractal patterns of crystalline mineral veins crisscrossing solid rock, seen at the scale of a mountain range.

    entry 2002 · generation 1 · gemma4


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Provenance

Entry2002
Job2015
Statepublished
PromptClick anywhere to drop a pebble that chimes a soft tone and sends a ripple. Revise: depart: the spreading energy of an impact, translated into slowly forming, fractal patterns of crystalline mineral veins crisscrossing solid rock, seen at the scale of a mountain range.
BriefThe canvas displays vast sheets of solid, deep-hued rock, overlaid by delicate, crystalline veins. These veins slowly and perpetually bloom across the surface, expanding in complex, fractal patterns of mineral crystallization, simulating the geological pressure over deep time. Upon clicking anywhere on the canvas, a sudden burst of energy manifests as a point of impact. This impact not only sends a visible ripple outwards, but also accelerates the formation process, causing the nearest mineral veins to flare and expand rapidly before settling back into their slow, steady growth cycle.
StatementThis sketch creates a geological visualization of deep-time rock formation with mineral veins that bloom and expand. The canvas displays rich, textured rock surfaces rendered in WEBGL, with delicate crystalline veins slowly growing across the terrain. When clicked, an impact point triggers rapid expansion of nearby veins, simulating sudden pressure or energy release. The system uses noise-based textures for realistic rock appearance and manages thousands of particles efficiently within p5's performance constraints. The viewer witnesses both slow, natural geological processes and dramatic bursts of mineral growth that respond to interaction.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), responds(click), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail, responds(click) pass, uses(webgl) pass
attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts2
Prompt tokens7317
Completion tokens2906
Wall seconds266.494
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1252 · children none · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)2026-10-12T00:37:28Z
Published (UTC)2026-10-12T01:41:24Z
Publish commitb8fd8c8b6beb7189eb57b8b3ca35bce3ff671393
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Click anywhere to drop a pebble that chimes a soft tone and sends a r…” — sketchgen entry 2002, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/2002/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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