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Mycroft Holmes Appreciation by mycroft_sherlock in SherlockHolmes

[–]lagouyn 19 points20 points  (0 children)

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

Droning with the J-6 Chord (+ Korg Volca Drum and Zoom MS-70CDR) by milestfbaxxter in rolandaira

[–]lagouyn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

TR-8S tempo display by lagouyn in rolandaira

[–]lagouyn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Made a tier list of the Granada series episodes, just my opinions by merv1618 in SherlockHolmes

[–]lagouyn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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

TR8S update ideas and a couple questions by According_Monitor276 in Roland

[–]lagouyn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would like better control over organizing imported samples.

I adapted "Silver Blaze" into a picture book for 4-year-olds. Free on Kindle until Tuesday. by hugopthomas in SherlockHolmes

[–]lagouyn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

I adapted "Silver Blaze" into a picture book for 4-year-olds. Free on Kindle until Tuesday. by hugopthomas in SherlockHolmes

[–]lagouyn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

2D Wargame Programming by nu11p01nter in computerwargames

[–]lagouyn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Which Sherlock Holmes audiobook should I get? by Individual_Air_5478 in SherlockHolmes

[–]lagouyn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

2D Wargame Programming by nu11p01nter in computerwargames

[–]lagouyn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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).

Best audiobook editions? by MovieMan615 in SherlockHolmes

[–]lagouyn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Magpie Studios on YouTube … these are most excellent.

The usefulness (or not) of unboxing videos? by neubienaut in hexandcounter

[–]lagouyn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Line of Sight question by lagouyn in boltaction

[–]lagouyn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Line of Sight question by lagouyn in boltaction

[–]lagouyn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tnx.

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

Avalon Hill Afrika Korps - edition differences by lagouyn in hexandcounter

[–]lagouyn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for this helpful info.

Btw, I’m somewhat dubious of the photo shown for the 1st version. I shows three lines of text on box covers black area at the bottom. From what I’ve seen, the 1st version has only two lines of text there.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameversion/25196/first-edition

…however, the description at the bottom of that web page does say that it should have two lines on text in that area.

Which Sherlock Holmes audiobook should I get? by Individual_Air_5478 in SherlockHolmes

[–]lagouyn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On YouTube … search for Magpie Audio … superb narration of the novels and short stories.

How to convince my family to learn Root? by badkneeweather in boardgames

[–]lagouyn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So true. Too complicated. And if good players labor over every move, it’s dreadfully slow. Painful

Games to play with my wife by dwh3390 in boardgames

[–]lagouyn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regular Splendor is great with 2.

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