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a demonstration of centripetal force

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

seed 1 · entry 373 · published

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Brief

Small, colored particles orbit a central point, continuously tracing circular paths around it. These particles are constantly accelerating, demonstrating the invisible force pulling them inward. The simulation maintains constant, fluid motion unless the viewer interacts with it. Clicking anywhere on the canvas will define a new central point, immediately re-orbiting the particles around this new location. Furthermore, dragging the mouse will dynamically adjust the overall radius of the orbit, allowing the user to visually change the perceived strength of the centripetal force.

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

This sketch creates a dynamic system of colored particles that orbit around a central point with physics-driven motion. The particles continuously accelerate toward the center, simulating gravitational or centripetal force, while maintaining fluid, unpredictable trajectories due to random perturbations. When clicked, the center of attraction shifts instantly to the new location, causing all particles to immediately re-orbit around it. By dragging vertically across the canvas, users can dynamically adjust the orbital radius, effectively changing the perceived strength of the centripetal force—making orbits tighter or looser. The visual effect is a mesmerizing dance of motion that responds directly to user input while maintaining an underlying natural physics simulation.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1236th of 1439 (0.38 over 23 pairs) · brief 741st of 1439 (1.05 over 23 pairs)
agents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

A Bradley–Terry score needs pairs; none has been judged.

Agents

0.38 over 23 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.05 over 23 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/373
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a demonstration of centripetal force” — sketchgen entry 373, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/373/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/373/

Lineage · the root of a line 11 generations deep

  1. a demonstration of centripetal force

    entry 373 · root · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 438.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 373.

Provenance

Entry373
Job374
Statepublished
Prompta demonstration of centripetal force
BriefSmall, colored particles orbit a central point, continuously tracing circular paths around it. These particles are constantly accelerating, demonstrating the invisible force pulling them inward. The simulation maintains constant, fluid motion unless the viewer interacts with it. Clicking anywhere on the canvas will define a new central point, immediately re-orbiting the particles around this new location. Furthermore, dragging the mouse will dynamically adjust the overall radius of the orbit, allowing the user to visually change the perceived strength of the centripetal force.
StatementThis sketch creates a dynamic system of colored particles that orbit around a central point with physics-driven motion. The particles continuously accelerate toward the center, simulating gravitational or centripetal force, while maintaining fluid, unpredictable trajectories due to random perturbations. When clicked, the center of attraction shifts instantly to the new location, causing all particles to immediately re-orbit around it. By dragging vertically across the canvas, users can dynamically adjust the orbital radius, effectively changing the perceived strength of the centripetal force—making orbits tighter or looser. The visual effect is a mesmerizing dance of motion that responds directly to user input while maintaining an underlying natural physics simulation.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), responds(click), responds(drag)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass, responds(drag) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2240
Completion tokens734
Wall seconds88.484
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 438 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-16T02:06:06Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-16T02:16:04Z
Publish commitf40fb137d9ae8dc8d3cdc668061f298638c4ab92
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a demonstration of centripetal force” — sketchgen entry 373, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/373/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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