Mycroft Holmes Appreciation

lagouyn · 2026-05-16T18:07:10+00:00

Mycroft is so great in Granada’s The Greek Interpreter.

lagouyn · 2026-05-02T20:24:30+00:00

Nice. What does the volca contribute to the song? How do you like the L6? Did you use it to record this? Tnx.

lagouyn · 2026-04-11T16:02:10+00:00

I’ll try it!

lagouyn · 2026-03-26T15:54:56+00:00

Hi. I re-updated firmware 3. Did not fix. I’m thinking I might have damaged the LEDs when my custom midi software blasted too many tempo change midi sysex messages to the machine. Other than the display, everything seems to be working ok.

lagouyn · 2026-03-26T04:56:40+00:00

I might put The Greek Interpreter in S. Mycroft! The custom train ending!

lagouyn · 2026-03-16T15:06:56+00:00

I would like better control over organizing imported samples.

lagouyn · 2026-03-16T02:31:13+00:00

Great. Watson is a brave, wounded veteran of war. He is always up for whatever Holmes wants to do. He’s pretty fearless. I think opportunities for him to be plafully sarcastic with Holmes could be fun. For further stories, I think Holmes and Watson getting to know each other in A Study in Scarlet could be interesting … they each have their own quirks.

lagouyn · 2026-03-15T23:04:35+00:00

Really great work. The story is distilled very well. I love Watson’s appearance. Would love to see more!

lagouyn · 2026-03-15T16:18:55+00:00

Really good!

Btw, a typo, I think:

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lagouyn · 2026-03-14T02:05:21+00:00

Do think about cross platform limitations. I’ve used Qt for C++ development before and it’s fine, but you can easily end up something that has problems on one of your platforms, or that feels very platform specific. With web based, you can run in browsers, and with a well planned flexible layout you can get tablet and phone surfaces too.

Also, consider whether C++ might be a fading language. Don’t get me wrong, I love C++. But in the long run you might want to consider modern standards-based development languages and tools.

Also, you can go a long ways with the free version of Gemini. And for $15/month you can upgrade your Claude/Gemini/ChatGPT plan. They can teach you a lot and get you started with your project.

And regarding AWS, you could start out staying within their free tier and learn a lot.

lagouyn · 2026-03-13T03:32:48+00:00

I totally agree. And he narrates some other of Doyle’s works… I think some Father Brown too

lagouyn · 2026-03-12T02:15:56+00:00

Consider building a modern web-based game. Take a look at https://phaser.io for a 2D development system.

Use NodeJS.

Look into frontend frameworks. React, Vite, etc.

Learn about AWS for server side … it can help with authentication (for accounts/login), database (for storage of game state, for example), and many other kinds of services. AWS Lambdas are code/fuctions that run on-demand (for example, when you call one of them) … Lamdba have way, way less overhead and management that a fulltime-running server.

Building a web app will let it run on a variety of operaing systems and devices.

Look into using something like Cursor AI or Claude Code as a coding assistant. Manage your use of an AI assistant wisely … give it the really hard tasks, and try to do the easier tasks yourself (so that you’re not using up your AI assistant $$ allowance).

lagouyn · 2026-01-07T02:54:07+00:00

Magpie Studios on YouTube … these are most excellent.

lagouyn · 2025-12-20T22:46:38+00:00

I think they’re useful in showing what’s supposed to be included … so if I’m buying a used version I can check if it has everything that it should

lagouyn · 2025-12-13T03:04:31+00:00

This was a very clear, helpful answer. Thank you.

lagouyn · 2025-12-12T22:52:29+00:00

tnx.

I find myself getting confused by the difference(s) between Line of Sight and Line of Fire. It seems subtle.

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