Pixel Pawns (state system)
We had pixel-art figures for AI agents but only one picture, so they couldn't show whether an agent was working, asleep or stuck.
The agent pawn now shows five states by stacking art: binary digits while working, zzz when idle, a red burst on error, a bubble when it needs you.
Documents
With file names, on their own page →Start here
What changed
The two changes that matter most, in plain words. Open any one to see it.
- 1
The pawn now composes a body and a decoration for each state: working, idle, errored, needs-input and angel.
A pawn that shows what its agent is doing · came from Mark Parsonopen →
- 2
The working state's ones and zeros became a live animation: digits swap and purple highlights roam.
The working digits move · came from Mark Parson
- Each state looks up its art by file name, so a new Illustrator export replaces the old one without code changes. In words
How we got here
Each change, traced back to the conversation it came from. A solid mark means the record names the source; a dashed one was matched by the draft and waits for review.
From the record: no recorded conversation behind this one.
No ruling needed: the work itself is the change.
The pawn now composes a body and a decoration for each state: working, idle, errored, needs-input and angel.
From the record: no recorded conversation behind this one.
No ruling needed: the work itself is the change.
The working state's ones and zeros became a live animation: digits swap and purple highlights roam.
Thanks to
People outside Qpoint first. Every thank-you points at something they said or made.
Drew the pawns and set the motion
Made the pixel-pawn art in Illustrator, set the five states, and dials in the binary animation's timing on the demo sliders.
All images
Every picture from this cycle. Click any one to step through them all.
The pairs
Everything captured · 2
The full record 0 decisions · 8 key-change entries · 508 words · 0 captures
The record stays as written, for agents and for audit: Key Changes, every decision, the artifacts and the visual record.
Open the record for c57 →