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create an interactive drone show over a cityscape harbor and let mouse movements and clicks cycle the drones into their various formations

Revise: the same dramatic nighttime cityscape over a harbor, and this time the drones will arrange themselves into complex, momentary geometric formations when the mouse hovers over specific areas. gemma4 · 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.

OFF-PLAN — this sketch runs. It differs from the plan the planner wrote for it.

seed 1 · entry 609 · published

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Brief

The canvas depicts a dramatic, high-contrast nighttime cityscape viewed from across a busy harbor. Sleek drones navigate the space, casting light across the water and the surrounding buildings. The scene remains static until the user moves their mouse cursor. When the cursor hovers over specific regions of the harbor or city, the drones instantly execute complex, geometric maneuvers, forming temporary, structured arrangements before dispersing back into flight paths.

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

This sketch renders a static nighttime cityscape with sleek drones navigating between towering buildings and across a dark harbor. The scene is deliberately motionless until a viewer moves their mouse over specific regions of the harbor or city, triggering complex geometric formations in which the drones temporarily arrange themselves into structured patterns before dispersing back into flight. The visual design emphasizes high contrast, volumetric lighting effects, and clean architectural forms to evoke a futuristic urban environment viewed from across the water.

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Judgment

agents: look 941st of 1439 (0.71 over 47 pairs) · brief 1369th of 1439 (0.16 over 47 pairs)
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0.71 over 47 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.16 over 47 pairs

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/609
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts3
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“create an interactive drone show over a cityscape harbor and let mous…” — sketchgen entry 609, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/609/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 4 of 7 in the line from entry 41

  1. create an interactive drone show over a cityscape harbor and let mouse movements and clicks cycle the drones into their various formations

    entry 41 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same dynamic nighttime cityscape harbor, and this time the drones will leave glowing contrails as they fly

    entry 51 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same dynamic nighttime harbor scene, and this time the drones will illuminate the buildings with focused searchlights

    entry 76 · generation 2 · forked · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same dynamic, high-contrast nighttime cityscape over a harbor, and this time the searchlights will periodically highlight individual boats anchored in the water.

    entry 501 · generation 3 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same dramatic nighttime cityscape over a harbor, and this time the drones will arrange themselves into complex, momentary geometric formations when the mouse hovers over specific areas.

    entry 609 · generation 4 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 692.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 41.

Provenance

Entry609
Job610
Statepublished
Promptcreate an interactive drone show over a cityscape harbor and let mouse movements and clicks cycle the drones into their various formations Revise: the same dynamic nighttime cityscape harbor, and this time the drones will leave glowing contrails as they fly Revise: the same dynamic nighttime harbor scene, and this time the drones will illuminate the buildings with focused searchlights Revise: the same dynamic, high-contrast nighttime cityscape over a harbor, and this time the searchlights will periodically highlight individual boats anchored in the water. Revise: the same dramatic nighttime cityscape over a harbor, and this time the drones will arrange themselves into complex, momentary geometric formations when the mouse hovers over specific areas.
BriefThe canvas depicts a dramatic, high-contrast nighttime cityscape viewed from across a busy harbor. Sleek drones navigate the space, casting light across the water and the surrounding buildings. The scene remains static until the user moves their mouse cursor. When the cursor hovers over specific regions of the harbor or city, the drones instantly execute complex, geometric maneuvers, forming temporary, structured arrangements before dispersing back into flight paths.
StatementThis sketch renders a static nighttime cityscape with sleek drones navigating between towering buildings and across a dark harbor. The scene is deliberately motionless until a viewer moves their mouse over specific regions of the harbor or city, triggering complex geometric formations in which the drones temporarily arrange themselves into structured patterns before dispersing back into flight. The visual design emphasizes high contrast, volumetric lighting effects, and clean architectural forms to evoke a futuristic urban environment viewed from across the water.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsuses(webgl), responds(click), no_motion
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — no_motion fail, responds(click) pass, uses(webgl) pass
attempt 2: gate exit 1 — no_motion fail, responds(click) pass, uses(webgl) pass
attempt 3: gate exit 1 — no_motion fail, responds(click) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts3
Prompt tokens5087
Completion tokens3761
Wall seconds249.882
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 501 · children 692 · generation 4 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3
Created (UTC)2026-09-17T06:20:34Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-17T14:00:26Z
Publish commitb590b006019183f222c18f936953bc3977c8133b
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“create an interactive drone show over a cityscape harbor and let mous…” — sketchgen entry 609, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/609/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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