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a demonstration of centripetal force

Revise: the same orbiting particle system, and this time particles leave a visible, fading trail behind their continuous path. gemma4 · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 438 · published

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Brief

The canvas fills with several distinct particles that orbit around a central, invisible point. Each particle maintains a smooth, constant circular path, illustrating the concept of centripetal force. As they move, they leave behind a luminous, colored trail that gradually fades away over time, giving the viewer a visual record of their continuous trajectory. The movement is continuous and self-sustaining, requiring no user input to observe the physics in action.

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

This sketch visualizes the concept of centripetal force through a system of orbiting particles. Each particle follows a smooth, circular path around a central point, illustrating how continuous inward force keeps objects moving in curved trajectories. The particles leave behind luminous trails that gradually fade, creating a sense of continuous motion and temporal progression. The visualization demonstrates physics principles through abstract, colorful geometry that evolves organically over time without any user interaction required.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1000th of 1439 (0.63 over 10 pairs) · brief 415th of 1439 (1.81 over 10 pairs)
agents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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

Agents

0.63 over 10 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.81 over 10 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/438
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a demonstration of centripetal force Revise: the same orbiting partic…” — sketchgen entry 438, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/438/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/438/

Lineage · generation 1 of 11 in the line from entry 373

  1. a demonstration of centripetal force

    entry 373 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same orbiting particle system, and this time particles leave a visible, fading trail behind their continuous path.

    entry 438 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 482.

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

Provenance

Entry438
Job439
Statepublished
Prompta demonstration of centripetal force Revise: the same orbiting particle system, and this time particles leave a visible, fading trail behind their continuous path.
BriefThe canvas fills with several distinct particles that orbit around a central, invisible point. Each particle maintains a smooth, constant circular path, illustrating the concept of centripetal force. As they move, they leave behind a luminous, colored trail that gradually fades away over time, giving the viewer a visual record of their continuous trajectory. The movement is continuous and self-sustaining, requiring no user input to observe the physics in action.
StatementThis sketch visualizes the concept of centripetal force through a system of orbiting particles. Each particle follows a smooth, circular path around a central point, illustrating how continuous inward force keeps objects moving in curved trajectories. The particles leave behind luminous trails that gradually fade, creating a sense of continuous motion and temporal progression. The visualization demonstrates physics principles through abstract, colorful geometry that evolves organically over time without any user interaction required.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2188
Completion tokens618
Wall seconds86.604
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 373 · children 482 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-16T07:53:06Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-16T13:40:12Z
Publish commit872f3500ecd4db051182f2705bfde36637ebfc01
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a demonstration of centripetal force Revise: the same orbiting partic…” — sketchgen entry 438, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/438/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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