sketchgen

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

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Line from entry 532

8 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 532 published generation 0

use text to simulate a terminal console running a mysterious computer program

Revise: write a detective story told through terminal commands just like this — critique by profcarroll

entry 578 published generation 1

Revise: the same canvas simulates a retro, text-based terminal console, and this time the text should glow a subtle amber color instead of green. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 665 published generation 2

Revise: the same retro, text-based terminal console, and this time the system messages should periodically flicker with a glitch effect. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 724 published generation 3

Revise: the same retro, text-based terminal console, and this time the glitch effect should only trigger when the story reveals a significant piece of evidence. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 793 published generation 4

Revise: the same retro, text-based terminal console, and this time the simulated output text glows with a subtle cyan color instead of amber. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 844 published generation 5

Revise: the same retro, text-based computer console, and this time the glitch effect should manifest as horizontal screen tearing across the entire display. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 898 published generation 6

Revise: the same retro, text-based terminal console, and this time the glitch effect should manifest as the simulated text rapidly scrolling up and down. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 955 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).