Practice kit v0.1
Can you ask AI to make a penguin?
Everything you need to practise: the penguin references, the final image, the scoring script and the rules.
What is in the zip
| File | What it is |
|---|---|
penguin/front.png, side.png, back.png, top.png | The four reference views of the practice animal. |
penguin/final.png | The finished look. Your textured model should match it. |
penguin/*-mask.png | Silhouettes (white = animal) that the scorer compares your model with. |
penguin/subject.json | Real size in metres: height 0.70, length 0.30, width 0.25. |
score_glb.py | The scoring script. It needs Python, numpy and Pillow. |
README.md | Input and output formats, scoring conventions, and what the score cannot see. |
Score your own model
python score_glb.py out/untextured.glb penguin/ --out score.json python score_glb.py out/textured.glb penguin/ --out score.json --textured
The shape score is the average overlap of your model's silhouette with the reference silhouette in four views. To pass the judging you need 0.80 on shape and 0.80 on colour match, on each of the three hidden animals.
A model of the wrong thing still scores around 0.5 on shape. The script only sees outlines, so the experts also check that your model is complete and recognisable.
Rules in brief
- You write an agent skill (a
SKILL.mdplus scripts). The skill is what is judged, not a model you made by hand. - Allowed models, at these versions or lower: Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, Sol (gpt-6.1-sol), Luna (gpt-6-luna). These are the only AI models allowed. AI image generation is allowed; AI 3D generation is not (anything that produces a 3D shape from text or images).
- Staff run your skill unattended on three hidden animals. They are not penguins and may look very different: another body plan, thin or soft parts, no legs.
- Each judged run is limited to 2.5 million tokens and 2 hours. Your own testing is not limited.
- No hand edits to any output.
- Test your skill on other animals before you submit, for example a turtle, a frog, a giraffe, a bat or a crab. A skill that only works for penguins will fail.
- Judging is the script score, then expert review. The reward goes to the first team whose submission passes both, by submission time.
- Up to 2 submissions per team.
Dates
- Friday 23 October 2026: a team of several students registers by email with member names and student IDs. A student working alone does not register.
- Tuesday 10 November 2026, 11:59 pm Eastern: submission deadline.
Questions and registration: randy.lin@algomau.ca
The practice penguin
