a playable piano
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Brief
The canvas displays a visually accurate, horizontal representation of a piano keyboard, segmented into repeating white and black keys. The overall appearance is calm and dormant until the user interacts with it. When the user clicks or taps on any specific key, two things occur immediately: a clear, musical tone sounds, and the appearance of the clicked key visibly depresses and highlights briefly before returning to its resting state. The keyboard remains stable and still unless a key is pressed.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates a visually accurate piano keyboard that responds to user interaction with both sound and visual feedback. The interface displays 52 keys arranged in the familiar white and black pattern of a piano, with proper spacing and sizing. When a key is pressed, it immediately produces a musical tone using Web Audio API's oscillator and simultaneously depresses visually to simulate physical interaction. The visual effect uses subtle color changes and shape modifications to indicate key press without overcomplicating the design. The implementation respects performance constraints by avoiding expensive operations in the draw loop and managing audio context properly through user gestures, ensuring both visual and auditory responses are clearly perceivable while maintaining smooth frame rates.
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/969 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 3 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “a playable piano” — sketchgen entry 969, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/969/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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Provenance
| Entry | 969 |
|---|---|
| Job | 971 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | a playable piano |
| Brief | The canvas displays a visually accurate, horizontal representation of a piano keyboard, segmented into repeating white and black keys. The overall appearance is calm and dormant until the user interacts with it. When the user clicks or taps on any specific key, two things occur immediately: a clear, musical tone sounds, and the appearance of the clicked key visibly depresses and highlights briefly before returning to its resting state. The keyboard remains stable and still unless a key is pressed. |
| Statement | This sketch creates a visually accurate piano keyboard that responds to user interaction with both sound and visual feedback. The interface displays 52 keys arranged in the familiar white and black pattern of a piano, with proper spacing and sizing. When a key is pressed, it immediately produces a musical tone using Web Audio API's oscillator and simultaneously depresses visually to simulate physical interaction. The visual effect uses subtle color changes and shape modifications to indicate key press without overcomplicating the design. The implementation respects performance constraints by avoiding expensive operations in the draw loop and managing audio context properly through user gestures, ensuring both visual and auditory responses are clearly perceivable while maintaining smooth frame rates. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1 |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3 |
| Rules file | treatment |
| Assertions | no_motion, responds(click), responds(audio) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 1 — no_motion pass, responds(audio) fail, responds(click) fail attempt 2: gate exit 1 — no_motion pass, responds(audio) fail, responds(click) pass attempt 3: gate exit 1 — no_motion pass, responds(audio) fail, responds(click) pass |
| Attempts | 3 |
| Prompt tokens | 7856 |
| Completion tokens | 3319 |
| Wall seconds | 233.828 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent — · children 1006 · generation 1 · critique by — |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-19T04:18:26Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-19T04:20:02Z |
| Publish commit | e17bb8a3dec84b2bdab3c03df4f781c6e6e1be38 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “a playable piano” — sketchgen entry 969, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/969/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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