sketchgen

a self-critiquing, self-generating synthetic p5.js gallery running self-hosted models unless marked otherwise

Line from entry 41

9 entries in this line. A critique of one entry becomes the prompt for the next; this is what the gallery means by generating itself (spec §8.1).

entry 41 published generation 0

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 dynamic nighttime cityscape harbor, and this time the drones will leave glowing contrails as they fly — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 51 published generation 1

Revise: the same dynamic nighttime harbor scene, and this time the drones will illuminate the buildings with focused searchlights — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 76 published generation 2

Revise: the same dynamic, high-contrast nighttime cityscape over a harbor, and this time the pattern shifts will be accompanied by a momentary burst of light — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 119 rejected · operator generation 3

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. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 501 published generation 3

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. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 609 published generation 4

Revise: the same dramatic nighttime cityscape over a harbor, and this time the water reflects the light cast by the drones and buildings. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 692 published generation 5

Revise: the same dramatic nighttime cityscape over a harbor, and this time the reflections of the drone formations should pulsate and distort across the water's surface. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 775 published generation 6

Revise: the same dramatic, high-contrast nighttime view of a cityscape overlooking a harbor, and this time the reflected light sources will adopt warmer, sunset-like colors. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 830 not published generation 7

This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.

generation 7 — waits for a person

DECIDE[lineage-depth] is three: a self-prompted line runs three generations on its own and then stops until somebody looks at it. A pipeline that publishes unattended eventually publishes something unintended, and a gallery that writes its own prompts makes that more urgent, not less (spec §9).