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GPT-6 Astra in Codex CLI 0.156.1

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OKAnimated short film drawn in code (HTML/JS)xhigh effortHome harness

Wall time 27m 50sCost $6.79 estimated

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OK. Finished on its own after 27.8 min.

Attempt 3 of 3

Every try of this model in this harness on this prompt, oldest first. This run is the cell's result.

  1. Attempt 1 OK15m 59s$3.442026-09-23
  2. Attempt 2 ended in an infrastructure failure, not a model result17m 43s$3.162026-09-25
  3. Attempt 3 OK this run27m 50s$6.792026-09-25

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The exact prompt

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Write a single self-contained HTML file that plays an original animated short film, about 50 seconds long, drawn entirely in code.

Hard technical rules:
- One file: HTML + inline <script> (+ optional inline <style>). No external images, fonts, libraries, audio files or network requests of any kind. Every frame is drawn procedurally with Canvas 2D (or WebGL if you prefer).
- The canvas renders at a fixed internal resolution of 1920x1080 and is scaled with CSS to fit the window (letterboxed, black background).
- The animation starts automatically on page load and is driven ONLY by requestAnimationFrame and the timestamp from performance.now() (measure elapsed time from the first frame). Everything on screen must be a pure function of elapsed time t, so the film is deterministic and can be captured frame by frame. No Math.random() at draw time — use a seeded PRNG / hash noise so frames are identical run to run. No setTimeout/setInterval for animation.
- Define window.FILM_DURATION (seconds). After the film ends, hold the final frame.
- Soundtrack: write an original WebAudio score (melody, chords, a little percussion or ambience, and sound cues that match story moments) synced to the same timeline. Put ALL audio scheduling in a function window.buildSoundtrack(ctx, startTime) that schedules every note/effect on any BaseAudioContext (so it also works on an OfflineAudioContext). Also expose window.renderSoundtrack = () => an OfflineAudioContext(2, 44100*FILM_DURATION, 44100) render of it returning a Promise<AudioBuffer>. For live viewing, start the soundtrack on the first click/tap/keypress (browsers block autoplay) aligned to the current film time; show a small unobtrusive "tap for sound" hint until then. Use only oscillators, noise buffers you generate, filters, gain envelopes — no samples.
- No console errors.

The film (this is a showcase of what you can animate — make it genuinely beautiful and moving):
- An ORIGINAL story with a small emotional arc (setup, a problem or longing, a turn, a warm resolution). A single consistent main character — any character you like — who appears in every scene and is recognisably the same design throughout.
- At least 4 distinct scenes, with real transitions between them (e.g. wipes, iris, match cuts, cross-dissolves, camera moves through space).
- Expressive character animation: a proper walk cycle (legs, arms, body bob), blinking, and facial emotion changes (e.g. curious, sad, surprised, joyful) that follow the story.
- A virtual camera that pans, zooms and tracks, with parallax layers for depth.
- Lighting and time-of-day changes across the film (e.g. dawn → day → dusk → night, or a storm clearing), with colour grading, glows, and shadows.
- Particles and weather (rain, snow, fireflies, leaves, dust, stars — your choice, at least two kinds).
- On-screen story text / subtitles in a tasteful storybook style that tell the story in a few short lines.
- A cohesive art direction: a warm, hand-made "paper cut-out / storybook" look is welcome (textured paper, soft edges, slight wobble), but choose what serves your story.
- End with a title of your film and a gentle closing frame.

Output ONLY the complete HTML file, starting with <!DOCTYPE html> and ending with </html>. No explanation, no markdown fences. Save it as index.html in the current directory. You may open it in headless chromium to check it and iterate.

===== mr_engine: next user turn, sent after the previous turn has finished =====

the design looks great but i feel like we can be more creative - add animations, cool graphics that you create with svgs or whatever (they could even move etc), etc, be creative!

How it was made

Wall time 27m 50sFirst artifact at 7m 12s6 saved versions

Versions saved during the run

6 intermediate outputs, in the order the model wrote them.

Version 6 of 6
  1. v1 7:17
  2. v2 10:30
  3. v3 12:07
  4. v4 19:44
  5. v5 21:00
  6. v6 21:43

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Cost breakdown

Headline cost $6.79, estimated from the token counts at list price.

Tokens by typeTokens$ per 1MCost
Input (uncached)99$10.00$0.0010
Cache write110,166$10.00$1.1017
Cache read1,869,054$1.00$1.8691
Output76,323$50.00$3.8161
of which reasoning15,872billed as output
Total computed from tokens
$6.7879
Total reported by the harness
none

Computed from harness-reported token counts x list prices. Cache writes priced at the input rate (the price table has no separate cache-write price).

Prices: Project price table (vendor list prices), 2026-09-22.

Run notes

2 scripted user turns, agentic harness (self-review allowed): the frozen prompt, then fixed follow-up turn(s), each sent after the previous turn finishedlabelled re-run (of frontend_creative_ab__codex__gpt-6-astra__B)A/B test frontend_creative_ab: variant B (2 scripted user turns on the js_short prompt), paired with js_short__codex__gpt-6-astra

  • frozen prompt (written): engine/prompts_written/frontend_creative_ab.txt: A/B variant B = two user turns: turn 1 = js_short's frozen prompt (b8f0f81e, unchanged; A = the existing js_short results), turn 2 = the post's line verbatim, sent after turn 1 finishes (supervisor 725c3fc2 05:53Z; zero results)
  • plain CODEX_HOME copy (config.toml only, run work/ trusted; no AGENTS.md/skills/state)
  • Mode: interactive TUI in tmux (160x48), inside bubblewrap sandbox
  • Isolation audit: outside paths seen