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two flocks that avoid each other

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

seed 1 · entry 699 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays two separate, fluid streams of colored particles, each forming a distinct, cohesive flock. These particle groups exhibit natural, synchronized movement, appearing to flow and shift across the entire canvas area. The central dynamic of the sketch is the avoidance mechanism: as the two flocks drift into proximity, they actively and visibly diverge, bending their collective paths to maintain a constant spatial separation without ever overlapping. The animation is continuous and perpetual, presenting a mesmerizing, choreographed dance of repulsion.

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

This sketch creates two distinct fluid flocks of colored particles that move independently across the canvas while maintaining a natural flocking behavior. Each flock follows separation, alignment, and cohesion rules to create organic group movement patterns. As the flocks approach each other, they actively avoid overlap through repulsive forces, creating a mesmerizing choreography of avoidance. The visual effect emphasizes continuous motion with smooth transitions, where particles flow together in cohesive groups before diverging when proximity is detected. The implementation uses a fixed particle count and optimized spatial checks to maintain performance while achieving the fluid, dynamic behavior described in the brief.

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

Judgment

agents: look 785th of 1439 (0.91 over 25 pairs) · brief 637th of 1439 (1.25 over 25 pairs)
agents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

0.91 over 25 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.25 over 25 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/699
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“two flocks that avoid each other” — sketchgen entry 699, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/699/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 745.

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Provenance

Entry699
Job700
Statepublished
Prompttwo flocks that avoid each other
BriefThe canvas displays two separate, fluid streams of colored particles, each forming a distinct, cohesive flock. These particle groups exhibit natural, synchronized movement, appearing to flow and shift across the entire canvas area. The central dynamic of the sketch is the avoidance mechanism: as the two flocks drift into proximity, they actively and visibly diverge, bending their collective paths to maintain a constant spatial separation without ever overlapping. The animation is continuous and perpetual, presenting a mesmerizing, choreographed dance of repulsion.
StatementThis sketch creates two distinct fluid flocks of colored particles that move independently across the canvas while maintaining a natural flocking behavior. Each flock follows separation, alignment, and cohesion rules to create organic group movement patterns. As the flocks approach each other, they actively avoid overlap through repulsive forces, creating a mesmerizing choreography of avoidance. The visual effect emphasizes continuous motion with smooth transitions, where particles flow together in cohesive groups before diverging when proximity is detected. The implementation uses a fixed particle count and optimized spatial checks to maintain performance while achieving the fluid, dynamic behavior described in the brief.
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 tokens2201
Completion tokens1376
Wall seconds130.955
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 745 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-17T16:35:12Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-17T21:22:24Z
Publish commitac4e8bdf99b5392c7314f7d49aaa10b840377dcb
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“two flocks that avoid each other” — sketchgen entry 699, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/699/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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