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create a simple retro driving game without sound. arrow keys drive. space bar is brake. acceleration is automatic.

Revise: make it playable profcarroll · generation 4 · 3 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 592 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a retro, stylized representation of a road that scrolls constantly beneath the player's vehicle. The environment features the main path, complemented by simple parallel side roads that run alongside the primary route. As the car moves, the road geometry subtly curves at the far end of the visible path. Randomly positioned, periodic visual obstacles appear along the edges of the road, requiring navigation. The viewer controls the vehicle's direction using arrow keys to steer and uses the space bar to apply the brakes.

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

This sketch creates a retro-style driving experience with a constantly scrolling road that curves in the distance. The viewer controls a vehicle using arrow keys to steer and spacebar to brake, navigating around randomly positioned obstacles on the road edges. The road features a main path with parallel side roads, and subtle curvature effects at the horizon that give depth to the scene. The implementation uses efficient drawing techniques to maintain performance while creating an engaging visual representation of a moving highway environment.

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Judgment

agents: look 1164th of 1439 (0.46 over 27 pairs) · brief 566th of 1439 (1.40 over 27 pairs)
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Agents

0.46 over 27 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.40 over 27 pairs

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/592
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts2
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“create a simple retro driving game without sound. arrow keys drive. s…” — sketchgen entry 592, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/592/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 4 of 6 in the line from entry 55

  1. create a simple retro driving game without sound. arrow keys drive. space bar is brake. acceleration is automatic.

    entry 55 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same retro driving scene, and this time make the road appear to curve at the end.

    entry 84 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same retro representation of a road rushing beneath a vehicle, and this time include simple side roads leading off the main path.

    entry 126 · generation 2 · forked · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same retro driving simulation, and this time include periodic visual obstacles appearing along the edges of the road.

    entry 177 · generation 3 · gemma4

  5. Revise: make it playable

    entry 592 · generation 4 · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 678.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 55.

Provenance

Entry592
Job593
Statepublished
Promptcreate a simple retro driving game without sound. arrow keys drive. space bar is brake. acceleration is automatic. Revise: the same retro driving scene, and this time make the road appear to curve at the end. Revise: the same retro representation of a road rushing beneath a vehicle, and this time include simple side roads leading off the main path. Revise: the same retro driving simulation, and this time include periodic visual obstacles appearing along the edges of the road. Revise: make it playable
BriefThe canvas displays a retro, stylized representation of a road that scrolls constantly beneath the player's vehicle. The environment features the main path, complemented by simple parallel side roads that run alongside the primary route. As the car moves, the road geometry subtly curves at the far end of the visible path. Randomly positioned, periodic visual obstacles appear along the edges of the road, requiring navigation. The viewer controls the vehicle's direction using arrow keys to steer and uses the space bar to apply the brakes.
StatementThis sketch creates a retro-style driving experience with a constantly scrolling road that curves in the distance. The viewer controls a vehicle using arrow keys to steer and spacebar to brake, navigating around randomly positioned obstacles on the road edges. The road features a main path with parallel side roads, and subtle curvature effects at the horizon that give depth to the scene. The implementation uses efficient drawing techniques to maintain performance while creating an engaging visual representation of a moving highway environment.
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 1 — motion(idle) fail
attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts2
Prompt tokens4521
Completion tokens2387
Wall seconds189.588
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 177 · children 678 · generation 4 · critique by profcarroll
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)2026-09-17T04:01:42Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-17T05:21:31Z
Publish commitaaf412db46bf91dec293a123a8a3333730e2e7c1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“create a simple retro driving game without sound. arrow keys drive. s…” — sketchgen entry 592, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/592/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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