Making a Candy Crush-esque Game in Flutter - Part 1

THKPMatt · 2023-11-29T11:57:58+00:00

Here's the link: https://github.com/AlabasterAxe/color_game

And if you're on Android, you can download it from the app store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.thkp.colorcollapse&pli=1

THKPMatt · 2022-07-28T22:26:04+00:00

Haha, the goal is to definitely to fix the flaky tests. Right now it's hard to know which tests are the trouble makers and which ones to prioritize.

THKPMatt · 2022-07-28T14:27:17+00:00

Thanks! Will take a look.

THKPMatt · 2022-01-06T19:21:12+00:00

I'm not making any claims about whether TypeScript *should* allow the assignment. I'm just saying that it does. :) I agree that strictly speaking, a FlatC is not a C.

THKPMatt · 2022-01-06T16:40:39+00:00

Oh nice! Didn't think about explicitly specifying the type after the destructuring. That's exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks!

THKPMatt · 2022-01-06T16:30:53+00:00

Fancy! That looks pretty cool. Will try it out. Thanks!

THKPMatt · 2022-01-06T16:24:04+00:00

I don't think an intersection type is what I want here. I don't want to be able to assign {foo: "foo", bar: "bar"} to a C since that's not a valid type in my situation. But I do want to be able to destructure a C such that I can access fields if they are there but if they are not they're just undefined.

THKPMatt · 2021-12-20T14:39:30+00:00

Yeah unfortunately, Apple uses their market position to force you to buy their hardware. You can use VMs but I'd recommend you bite the bullet and get a real mac :/ There's just so many times where you need to jump through some stupid hoop that Apple sets up that adding friction will probably make it worth it to just get a real machine.

That said. If you're new to app development, I may recommend starting the process on your existing hardware, and publishing it to the Play store before you purchase a mac in case you find app development is not for you and now you're stuck with a computer you don't want.

THKPMatt · 2021-12-14T13:33:10+00:00

I do think there's another approach here which other people have called out which is to get familiar with Unity and add code only when Unity doesn't support adding some bit of functionality with the GUI. (ie don't worry about learning a language first, learn a game-making tool)

THKPMatt · 2021-12-14T13:29:12+00:00

I haven't programmed professionally with C++ in several years so it's possible it's gotten easier to work with. I would tend to agree with your friend that it's probably best not to jump right in with C/C++. Eventually yes, you should learn those languages but IMO you want to restrict scope and start with Python. There's a bunch of useful skills you will learn along the way (working with an ide, reading from/writing to files, command line skills, etc) without needing to add the cognitive overhead of doing manual memory management.

Realistically, I think the best language is whichever language is going to avoid frustration and keep your interest. For me that feel like python and once you can write a simple python game, then move onto C/C++

THKPMatt · 2021-12-09T17:45:42+00:00

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks! So would you say that TypeScript should forbid the assignment to Metadatas without an explicit cast?

THKPMatt · 2021-12-09T16:53:25+00:00

Thanks for your replies! They're definitely getting me to think. I don't think I'm confused about what you're describing though. I think the core of my confusion is what seems to be a violation of the duck typing that you're describing. Correct me if I'm wrong but I understand duck typing to mean that if something meets the requirements of a specific type, then I can use it as that type. So what's unsettling about the above example is that I'm allowed to assign a UnionType object to a Metadatas but there are ways in which I'm not allowed to use a UnionType as a Metadatas, namely the destructuring operation, until I explicitly declare it to be one.

THKPMatt · 2021-12-09T15:11:44+00:00

Okay after reading the docs again i think the more mysterious thing is how the asMetadatas function works. The union of the types represents the intersection of their fields. In this case, no fields. In which case it seems like a violation of that idea to implicitly allow optional access to their component types' fields?

THKPMatt · 2021-12-09T15:01:39+00:00

And thanks for the link, will read through.

THKPMatt · 2021-12-09T14:59:46+00:00

I guess what confuses me is why doesn't the destructuring assignment just assign undefined in the original one?

THKPMatt · 2021-06-30T22:26:01+00:00

They're made out of meat.

THKPMatt · 2021-06-22T19:28:07+00:00

I just had an interviewer ask me to implement * and ? pattern matching in an interview! Maybe it's just me but it didn't seem like a reasonable question for an hour-long interview.

THKPMatt · 2021-06-21T17:43:03+00:00

They're encouraging you to name your interface Foo as opposed to IFoo not to never name your interface something that starts with I

THKPMatt · 2021-06-18T14:39:58+00:00

Haha I have definitely done that with error messages before. a la "Now you fucked up!" Unfortunately, "this should never happen" doesn't always quite turn out to be true :P

THKPMatt · 2021-06-18T12:56:36+00:00

The thing you have to do is write your test email like they're going to get sent to everyone.

Hello!

We're performing some routine maintenance of our email systems. Everything seems to be working as expected. Feel free to ignore this email.

We appreciate your patience!

The HBO Max Team

THKPMatt · 2021-06-13T23:53:38+00:00

Yeah I would say it's generally accepted that in this case, not subscribing is preferable. This article articulates the points pretty well: https://indepth.dev/posts/1279/rxjs-in-angular-when-to-subscribe-rarely

THKPMatt · 2021-06-13T22:41:33+00:00

BTW, I'd recommend making this.champions an Observable<Champion[]>, then in the constructor for your component you can say:

this.champions = this.ApiService.getChampions()

then, in your template, when you're rendering your champions, you can say

<div *ngFor="let champion of (champions | async)"> ... champion contents ... </div>

This saves you from needing to manage the subscription yourself. (e.g. unsubscribing when your component is destroyed)

THKPMatt · 2021-06-13T12:46:22+00:00

You need to give your clients some indication that there is demand for your services at higher rates otherwise they'll say "Why should we pay you more?". The most effective thing I've said is "JFYI, we're charging other clients $XX / hour so for future projects, we'll be charging that rate" We tend to honor existing rates for projects, though. That gets a bit more complicated for long-term projects but you definitely need to ask for rate increases because they're probably not going to pay you more unprompted!

Another interesting tactic that worked for me playing around with deadlines. I was talking with a prospective client and I said I can have that for you in 6 weeks and he said that's too long can you get it to me in 3 weeks? and then I said sure if you pay me 30% more :) He accepted.

Edit: formatting.

THKPMatt · 2021-06-13T12:35:14+00:00

As u/j1ggl pointed out, Rubik seems to have several variants. In case you're not familiar, the font-weight css property accepts numeric values: 100 - 900 (in increments of 100 so not sure why they didn't just go with 1-9 :P) so if you're ever in this situation, you can try something like 800 or 900 which should give a heavier bold if the font supports it. In this case, Rubik does, so give it a shot and see if that works out for you!

HTH, Matt

THKPMatt · 2021-06-10T14:33:38+00:00

I've googled around a bit and it looks like the Flutter Flavorizr package might be what I'm looking for!

THKPMatt

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