The climb, one scroll through

What the recording shows

One scroll through the climb as it runs inside this site: the Wanderer at the trailhead under the night sky, the first light and the Footholds, the Phoenix igniting at the midpoint, the Camps, and the summit where the firebird fills the sky over the closing principle and the contact links. The scroll is scripted (scripts/capture-climb.mjs: a 24 second ease from the top of the island to its end, with a two second hold before and after), so the pace is steady rather than a person’s hand. The 36 seconds also include the first eight or so while the models loaded after the door was pressed. There is no audio track; the climb has no sound.

How it was made

Recorded with Playwright’s video capture at 1440 by 900 against the built site, then encoded with ffmpeg to this site’s video rules: H.264, CRF 23, capped at 5 Mbps, no audio, faststart so the player can begin before the file finishes. The result is 36 seconds, 25 frames per second, 0.8 Mbps, and 3.6 MB, under the 5 MB limit for a self-hosted clip. Nothing downloads until you press play.

What it does not show

The five concept films of the original Camps beat and the summit’s far mountain vista are not in the ported climb yet, because their provenance is not recorded; the cards and the procedural ridges stand in their place. The exhibit entry lists every difference from the first version.