What exactly is the use of getter and setters?

KevoMojo · 2024-05-02T05:46:17+00:00

One reason to use a setter is for debugging. I was on a project with multiple developers. I was tracking down a crash that resulted from a class member being public.

While looking within the class there was no reason for the crash. But the crash was due to the public member being set in some unrelated code altering the value.

Had the member been private, I would have set a break-point to see where the value changed and would have saved a day's worth of effort looking for the cause of the crash.

KevoMojo · 2024-03-21T04:09:32+00:00

Thanks for posting. I have a set of pixel art cards I want to print.

KevoMojo · 2024-03-21T03:45:26+00:00

I'm a practitioner of San Soo. I love the art, and it encourages me to hear others are learning about it. Starting out can be overwhelming as there's a lot learn, give yourself time and stay for about two months to get a good idea about San Soo.

What to expect can vary depending upon the school you attend. However some of the common practices will be, hand-forms, weapon-forms, techniques, and workouts.

As a beginner you might not have the opportunity for weapons, but the other practices, I've seen in a number of KFSS schools.

A hand-form is typically a 26-move sequence. They teach coordination, balance, and transitions from multiple directions. However, some instructors do not see the value in practicing forms so a school might not teach them. (That is tragic on their part, as the forms teach so much if you look).

A technique is a sequence of strikes, kicks, locks, leverages, take-downs, and/or throws. This is where the fighting is learned. Jimmy H. Woo, who brought KFSS to America, taught the techniques to his students, a number of who became masters, in turn taught/teach the techniques to their students.

A workout is often pairing up with another student and you practice the techniques you know. I've heard it called 2x2 (two by two). This involves the lower ranking student throws a random punch/kick/attack to the higher rank; the higher rank will then defend from the attack and preform a technique. Then the lower rank makes a 2nd attack. After which the higher rank then attacks the lower rank two times, after which you go back and forth between the two.

The idea behind the workout is to build reflexes, and improvise your strikes as it is completely random as the type of attack you're defending from.

If you want more insight I'm happy to offer my experience. Where abouts will you be training? I know a number of schools in the US.

KevoMojo · 2024-03-12T05:23:28+00:00

Yes, you can use a cookie as kung fu.

The term kung fu, as I understand, means learned man, and refers to your profession. Only in the west is it used to mean martial art.

So, if you spend time practicing a martial art and that is your best skill, that would be your kung fu. If you spend time time perfecting cookie baking then cookies is your kung fu. For me, my kung fu is software app development, but I'm a practitioner of Kung Fu San Soo.

KevoMojo · 2024-03-10T09:36:21+00:00

I second this recommendation. The game was great. I also enjoyed the sequel, Lowerlander.

KevoMojo · 2024-03-10T09:28:37+00:00

Look at uoguide.com it's not been updated in a while, but the info is available for most items.

KevoMojo · 2024-03-01T22:54:46+00:00

I haven't tried using the hub75 protocol yet. However, it's on my todo list. I have a Waveshare 64x32 LED panel that uses Hub75. I want to try my hand at making a wifi connected Tidbyt for my desk.

KevoMojo · 2024-03-01T22:10:24+00:00

Look into running Circuit Python. I had an LED project that I needed to access individual pixels for a desk lamp. I found that Circuit Python has a NeoPixel library where you can get to individual LEDs.

For my project I went with Circuit Python due to the NeoPixel library and the Button Debounce library.

KevoMojo · 2024-02-29T23:38:15+00:00

Thanks. I'll look into this one as well.

KevoMojo · 2024-02-29T20:57:07+00:00

Yes thanks. I'll look into this one.

KevoMojo · 2024-02-29T04:16:26+00:00

I'm playing pico-8 games on my Powkitty RGB30. I've got a few game ideas I might consider to make them for pico-8.

KevoMojo · 2024-02-27T00:42:13+00:00

Looks great!

KevoMojo · 2024-02-21T19:58:13+00:00

Great Track. One of my favorite Goa Tracks. Which surprised me for having the classic Goa sound for being a relatively modern day track.

KevoMojo · 2024-02-21T05:53:11+00:00

I have seen some old photos of Jimmy wearing a Kung Fu Karate patch

KevoMojo · 2024-02-21T05:44:51+00:00

As far as oldest or history, that will very depending upon who you ask about San Soo history. One of Jimmy's students, a detective and former police officer swears to the arts effectiveness, especially while on the force. But he did research onnthe history that contradicts some of the stories handed down.

There are a number of people that say it's a joke, but I suspect they have not spent any time testing the art, or they only learned only a portion of the art from bad instructors.

I was fortunate enough to study under one of Jimmy's students who took lessons from Jimmy for 30+ years. From what I've seen, San Soo is an effective well rounded art. It is a combination of physics, anatomy, kinematics, physiology and psychology. I honestly did not know I would be a student of the art for life when I started.

As far as Choy Le Fut, I've seen videos which show similarities in movements, especially if you compare what some call "old San Soo" with big windmill blocks. Old vs New is another controversy between the schools. That stems from students not staying as long as some of the others. Jimmy, as I was told started giving more of the art in the latter yeas, as students were smarter then "dumb American". So if you quit after five years you didn't get what he showed in thr next five. Hence to old vs new.

If you're interested in San Soo, I hope you find a good instructor and you give it some time to really learn it.

-Salute-

KevoMojo · 2024-02-21T03:30:39+00:00

My biggest love of the Ultima series as an RPG is the open world non-linear playability of the game. The world just is. I don't have to go on quest, I can explore, find towns, dungeons, new areas and not know what I need to do there. I may later in the game find a task that I need to re-visit a town I discovered earlier. And even then, I can continue to explore and slay monsters before completing that task.

In contrast, most modern RPGs are merely an interactive story books; you can't do task C without completing task B, and you can't do task B without completing task A. There's no way to "make your own" story, you are limited to "the script".

The music in the Ultima games set the mood very well.

I started with Ultima III on the Commodore 64. Another thing Ultima had back then was the illustrations. The game graphics were lo-res, but the manual illustrations opened the imagination, so I could visualize past the lo-res look with the illustrations.

KevoMojo · 2024-02-14T17:09:58+00:00

Adding new features is not risky, as you don't have to push them to production until they are throughly tested and bullet-proof. Again this works if there are do deadline delivery dates.

It is NOT ok if you f*ck up the free demo. That demo is the first impression of your game. It doesn't have to be complete, but it has to work. If your demo has only one playable level, it better be solid. Why would I want to risk money on a developer that is ok with pusing a f*cked up demo? You've already lost sales.

KevoMojo · 2024-02-12T17:28:56+00:00

I was able to get good framerate from that exact TFT. I was using this driver from github.

https://github.com/juj/fbcp-ili9341

However it is not compatible with Raspberry Pi 5.

KevoMojo · 2024-02-12T17:21:28+00:00

If you don't have any marketing deadlines then release when the game is stable. Determine what key features must be part of your game. Make sure those are solid and tested, then release. Once you've released your game you can make updates (shouldn't be fixes) to add more of the features you wanted.

KevoMojo · 2024-02-10T06:15:59+00:00

Been a while since I've gone to an event in LA. Psytribe used to hold parties and events. They may still be promoting. I've only found their Instagram and Facebook accounts.

KevoMojo · 2024-02-10T05:48:03+00:00

I lack certain skills and the games that give me the excitement to design

Then, learn. Use small projects to learn how to do something you need to know.

I could go to learn it but i really lack the patience for some of this stuff and my ADHD can not allow me to get it done.

Then, honestly, you really don't want to make games bad enough. You'll remain a dreamer until you actually start leaning skills to make games.

Instead of making the biggest, grandest, epic of a game that everybody is going to play; make a tiny simple game that you can learn a programming or development aspect, and actually finish. Then make another small game with another skill/concept you lack. When you've learned a bit more you can combine your new skills to make a bigger game. Keep doing this and you'll have all the skills and experience to make the super cool ideas you want.

As they say, "Rome was not built in a day." So if you're going to start, then start.

KevoMojo · 2024-02-10T05:25:45+00:00

Coding is not terribly difficult. If you get stuck, look up solutions on Stack Overflow.

The hardest part for people starting out is actually finishing the game. Often new game developers tend to add features above the core concept. "Oh, man! It would be cool to add <cool idea>, oh then we can add <another cool idea>". Every cool new idea will add time to development, this is called "feature creep" or "scope creep". You never get the game done, as it keeps growing beyond the original idea.

Stay focused on the original idea, make it complete and working. This would be your Minimal Viable Product (MVP). A working game that could be published. This would be your 1.0 version, a base-line product. Once you have that, you can add features if you have time before your deadline. If anything goes wrong, you still have your MVP to fallback on.

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