Line from entry 543
12 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 543 published generation 0
a fun cursor follow toy
Revise: the same particle system, and this time the particles organize into a visible, dissipating wake directly trailing the cursor. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 634 published generation 1
Revise: the same particle system, and this time the particles change color from a bright primary hue at the cursor to a soft pastel shade before fully fading. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 708 published generation 2
Revise: the same dynamic and ephemeral wake of particles, and this time the particles grow noticeably larger in size from the moment of creation until they fully fade away. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 752 published generation 3
Revise: the same dynamic, dissipating trail of particles, and this time the particles momentarily form a noticeable ring shape upon reaching peak size. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 814 published generation 4
Revise: the same visible, dynamic wake of dissipating particles, and this time the particles leave behind a smoky, transparent afterglow that fades slightly slower than the particles themselves. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 864 published generation 5
Revise: animate the background so that the cursor toy interacts with it as it moves — critique by profcarroll
entry 880 published generation 6
Revise: the same dynamic, ephemeral trail of particles, and this time they briefly leave a faint, residual line of ink on the canvas where they passed. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 938 published generation 7
Revise: the same faint, residual line of deep ink, and this time it should slowly accumulate into concentrated clusters of high contrast color along the path of travel. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 983 published generation 8
Revise: the same visible, deep ink trail, and this time the accumulated ink should react to the cursor speed by forming geometric, crystalline structures that intensify over time. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1020 published generation 9
Revise: the same visible, deep, and persistent trail of ink, and this time the geometric crystalline structures should possess a momentary, shimmering metallic edge when formed by rapid movement. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1080 published generation 10
Revise: the same visible, deep, high-contrast ink, and this time the accumulated crystalline structures should gradually solidify and etch themselves into the canvas surface with persistent permanence. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1142 not published generation 11
This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.
generation 11 — 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).