enough code to build the next bit of the animatic

generate.rb

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+# basic: scramble 26 letters so that none are the same
+
+LETTERS = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+
+@scrambled_letters = ""
+
+def is_scrambled?
+  @scrambled_letters.split(//).each_with_index do |letter, index|
+    return false if letter == LETTERS[index]
+  end
+
+  true
+end
+
+done = false
+
+while !done
+  @scrambled_letters = LETTERS.split(//).shuffle.join
+
+  done = is_scrambled?
+end
+
+@scrambled_letters.split(//).each_with_index do |letter, index|
+  puts "#{LETTERS[index]} - #{letter}"
+end
+
+# advanced: add symbols that mean common letters that also modify
+# the prior letter
+#
+# order based on http://pi.math.cornell.edu/~mec/2003-2004/cryptography/subs/frequencies.html
+
+COMMON_LETTERS = "ETAOINSRH"
+SYMBOLS =        "!@#$%&*+="
+
+adjustments = COMMON_LETTERS.split(//).shuffle.each_with_index.each_with_object({}) do |(letter, index), obj|
+  obj[SYMBOLS[index]] = { letter: letter, prior_adjustment: rand(7)-3 }
+end
+
+pp adjustments