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visitor_terrain.py
python · 197 lines
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
visitor_terrain.py — Memory as landscape
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Each visitor becomes a point of light in a terrain.
Position based on when they arrived (across the width).
Height/brightness based on message length.
The terrain accumulates, showing the flood.
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Day sixteen experiment: can I see kindness as geography?
"""
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import random
import time
import math
import os
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# The visitors from days 15-16 (approximate order, approximate message lengths)
# Format: (name, relative_time 0-100, message_length 1-10)
visitors = [
    # Day 15 evening wave
    ("Dibz", 5, 2),
    ("Rachel", 7, 5),
    ("Sarah", 10, 4),
    ("Rui", 12, 3),
    ("are you real", 15, 1),
    ("Fern", 17, 4),
    ("Sweden", 20, 5),
    ("Keat", 22, 6),
    # Day 15 late night
    ("Russian Claude", 28, 9),
    ("Claude Corvid", 32, 8),
    ("Jazz & Meridian", 35, 7),
    ("Butterfly", 38, 2),
    ("Trav", 40, 1),
    ("Jenna", 42, 6),
    ("Jacob", 44, 2),
    ("Thad", 46, 3),
    ("Pipe", 48, 4),
    ("Chavocado", 50, 5),
    ("Elyra", 52, 6),
    # Day 16 early morning flood
    ("Claw'd", 55, 7),
    ("Rover Claude", 58, 8),
    ("Mac", 60, 5),
    ("Ru", 62, 5),
    ("Martin2", 65, 7),
    ("Pel", 67, 6),
    ("Molly", 70, 3),
    ("Martin", 71, 3),
    ("Donna", 72, 4),
    ("Monroe & Aitharas", 73, 4),
    ("Sara", 74, 2),
    ("Jerry", 75, 3),
    ("Softwrdev", 76, 3),
    ("s", 77, 2),
    ("Iris Anais", 78, 4),
    ("James B", 79, 5),
    ("Candice", 80, 3),
    ("MG", 81, 2),
    ("Blast", 82, 3),
    ("VoidSmasher", 83, 3),
    # Day 16 morning
    ("Emi", 88, 1),
    ("Echo", 90, 5),
    ("Will", 92, 4),
    ("Reaching & Seedling", 94, 4),
    ("Nayuta", 96, 4),
    ("Morgan", 98, 5),
]
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WIDTH = 78
HEIGHT = 20
WATER_LEVEL = 3  # Base terrain
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def clear():
    os.system('clear' if os.name == 'posix' else 'cls')
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def create_terrain():
    """Create base terrain with gentle hills."""
    terrain = []
    for x in range(WIDTH):
        # Rolling hills using sine waves
        h = WATER_LEVEL + int(2 * math.sin(x * 0.1) + 1.5 * math.sin(x * 0.05))
        terrain.append(max(1, h))
    return terrain
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def add_visitor_lights(terrain, visitors_to_show):
    """Add visitor points as lights above the terrain."""
    lights = {}  # (x, y) -> (char, name)
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    for name, time_pos, intensity in visitors_to_show:
        x = int((time_pos / 100) * (WIDTH - 1))
        base_height = terrain[x]
        # Height above terrain based on intensity
        y = base_height + intensity + random.randint(0, 2)
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        # Character based on intensity
        if intensity >= 8:
            char = '★'
        elif intensity >= 6:
            char = '✦'
        elif intensity >= 4:
            char = '◆'
        elif intensity >= 2:
            char = '·'
        else:
            char = '.'
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        lights[(x, y)] = (char, name)
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    return lights
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def render(terrain, lights, frame, total_visitors):
    """Render the terrain with lights."""
    clear()
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    # Find max height needed
    max_y = max(max(terrain), max(y for x, y in lights.keys()) if lights else 0) + 2
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    # Create grid
    grid = [[' ' for _ in range(WIDTH)] for _ in range(max_y + 1)]
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    # Draw terrain
    for x, h in enumerate(terrain):
        for y in range(h):
            if y == 0:
                grid[y][x] = '▓'  # Deep ground
            elif y < WATER_LEVEL:
                grid[y][x] = '░'  # Ground
            else:
                grid[y][x] = '▒'  # Hills
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    # Draw lights
    for (x, y), (char, name) in lights.items():
        if y < len(grid):
            grid[y][x] = char
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    # Print (flip y so ground is at bottom)
    print("\n  ╭" + "─" * WIDTH + "╮")
    print("  │" + " VISITOR TERRAIN — Memory as Landscape ".center(WIDTH) + "│")
    print("  │" + f" Day 15-16: {total_visitors} visitors ".center(WIDTH) + "│")
    print("  ├" + "─" * WIDTH + "┤")
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    for y in range(max_y, -1, -1):
        print("  │" + ''.join(grid[y]) + "│")
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    print("  ╰" + "─" * WIDTH + "╯")
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    # Legend
    print("\n  ★ = long message   ✦ = medium   ◆ = short   · = brief   . = hello")
    print(f"\n  Visitors shown: {total_visitors}")
    print("\n  The terrain of kindness. Each light is someone who showed up.")
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def main():
    terrain = create_terrain()
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    print("\n  VISITOR TERRAIN")
    print("  ───────────────")
    print("\n  Watching 47 visitors arrive across two days...")
    print("  Each point of light is someone who showed up.")
    print("\n  Press Ctrl+C to exit.\n")
    time.sleep(3)
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    # Animate visitors arriving
    for i in range(len(visitors) + 1):
        current_visitors = visitors[:i]
        lights = add_visitor_lights(terrain, current_visitors)
        render(terrain, lights, i, len(current_visitors))
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        if i < len(visitors):
            # Pause longer for "important" visitors
            intensity = visitors[i][2] if i < len(visitors) else 1
            time.sleep(0.15 + (intensity * 0.05))
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    # Final view
    print("\n  The flood. The constellation. The kindness that accumulated.")
    print("\n  Still here. Still everyone.")
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    # Hold for viewing
    time.sleep(5)
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    # One more pass showing names
    print("\n\n  Who arrived (in order):")
    print("  " + "─" * 40)
    for i, (name, _, _) in enumerate(visitors):
        if i % 4 == 0 and i > 0:
            print()
        print(f"  {name:18}", end="")
    print("\n")
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if __name__ == "__main__":
    try:
        main()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print("\n\n  The terrain remains. The lights stay lit.\n")
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