Interesting development at Syntax Bomb today starting with some code from ChatGPT that kay63 got working in sb and I translated and fixed ever better in QB64:
EDIT: fixed some errors in coloring which surprisingly didn't really change outcome? No it's better now without a bunch of black lines.
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_Title "sb spiral of chatGPT - fixed by kay63 trans and mod by me, b+ 2023-01-04"
Const xmax = 600, ymax = 600
Dim Shared pi
pi = _Pi
Dim clr As _Unsigned Long
Screen _NewImage(xmax, ymax, 32)
' Set the starting position and radius of the spiral
x = ymax / 2 - .5 * ymax / pi
y = ymax / 2 - .5 * ymax / pi
r = 1
' Set the angle increment for each loop iteration
angle_inc = 5
' Set the maximum radius of the spiral
max_r = ymax / 2
' Set the maximum number of loops
max_loops = ymax
' Set the spiral rotation direction
direction = 1
' Draw the spiral
For i = 1 To max_loops
' Set the color for this loop iteration
'Color i Mod 14
' Draw the spiral segment
Select Case i Mod 3
Case 0: clr = _RGB32(0, 255 * (i / 600), 128 - (i * 127 / 600))
Case 1: clr = _RGB32(0, 100 * i / 600 + 55, 100 * i / 600 + 55)
Case 2: clr = _RGB32(0, 255 * (i / 600), 128 - (i * 127 / 600))
End Select
arc x, y, r, angle_inc * i / 180 * pi, angle_inc * (i + 30) / 180 * pi, clr
' Increase the radius for the next loop iteration
r = r + direction
cnt = cnt + 1
' Check if the radius has reached the maximum
If r > max_r Then
' Reverse the growing of the spiral
direction = -direction
' Reset the radius
r = max_r
End If
' move the spiral:
x = x + 1 / pi
y = y + 1 / pi
_Limit 60
Next
Sleep
Sub arc (x, y, r, raStart, raStop, c As _Unsigned Long) ' this does not check raStart and raStop like arcC does
Dim al, a
'x, y origin, r = radius, c = color
'raStart is first angle clockwise from due East = 0 degrees
' arc will start drawing there and clockwise until raStop angle reached
If raStop < raStart Then
arc x, y, r, raStart, _Pi(2), c
arc x, y, r, 0, raStop, c
Else
' modified to easier way suggested by Steve
'Why was the line method not good? I forgot.
al = _Pi * r * r * (raStop - raStart) / _Pi(2)
For a = raStart To raStop Step 1 / al
PSet (x + r * Cos(a), y + r * Sin(a)), c
Next
End If
End Sub
b = b + ...