SolfeGuido MemE is a powerful and highly customizable GoHugo theme for personal blogs. 2021-09-23T18:59:56+02:00 https://solfeguido.github.io/ AzariasB https://solfeguido.github.io/ azarias.boutin@gmail.com [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en) Hugo 2.0 Released https://solfeguido.github.io/posts/released2/ 2021-09-23T18:56:24+02:00 2021-09-23T00:00:00+00:00 AzariasB https://solfeguido.github.io/ azarias.boutin@gmail.com [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en)https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.solfeguido2 As stated in the previous post, this version is a complete rewrite in kotlin + libgdx. I decided to release this version as a separate app for several reasons :]]> SolfeGuido 2.0 is now available on the play store !

SolfeGuido is now available on the play store at the following adress : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.solfeguido2

As stated in the previous post, this version is a complete rewrite in kotlin + libgdx.

I decided to release this version as a separate app for several reasons :

  • The save files are not compatible from one version to another, and creating a converter would have taken too much time.
  • The style is quite different from one app to the other. And I still quite like the simplicity of the first version
  • I like the idea of having the “original” app still bein available instead of just forgetting about it, and erasing everything about it.

So that’s all for now, enjoy !

]]> Kotlin for the win https://solfeguido.github.io/posts/kotlinftw/ 2020-03-12T19:10:24+01:00 2020-03-12T15:52:22+01:00 AzariasB https://solfeguido.github.io/ azarias.boutin@gmail.com [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en) The flaws found in löve2d were the following:

  • Big package size (3MB of native libs)
  • Lack of locale detection
  • Lack of HTTPS support
  • Lack of strong typing in lua
  • Does not seem to crash correctly on android
  • All the UI must be created from scratch

After a little bit of research and testing, I finally decided to rewrite SolfeGuido using LigGdx with Kotlin as the programming language. Let’s see point by point how this frameworks solves every flaws of löve2D:

  • The empty android .adb is only 1MB, which is 3 times less than löve2D (and I don’t care about the build size for desktop)
  • Good support for i18n and an out of the box translation system
  • Https support thanks to the JRE
  • Really good typings, non-nullable types and more in Kotlin
  • Crash is reported on the google play
  • A really powerfull widget bundle that comes with animation support, styling, …

Because of all these existing features, it takes time to learn how to use them properly, but when you know how to use them, you can work quite fast on the app.

Hopefully, this will be a good choice for the future, we’ll see how it goes !

]]> SolfeGuido's rewrite https://solfeguido.github.io/posts/rewrite/ 2020-02-05T14:10:08+01:00 2020-02-05T12:59:03+01:00 AzariasB https://solfeguido.github.io/ azarias.boutin@gmail.com [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en) After the 1.4 release, I’m quite happy with the state of SolfeGuido. Of course, a lot of features I want to implement are missing. I still want to add a lot of other gamemodes, if possible also add new translations, new options and so on … However, I encountered several limitations of love2d (the current game engine used for SolfeGuido) :

  • The package size for a basic hello world is more than 3 MBytes. For game as small as SolfeGuido, that’s twice the size of the assets !
  • Love2D/Lua is not really good at detecting the phone’s locale. One could ask the user, but I’d rather have it selected by default, and let the user change it later on
  • There is no HTTPS module in Löve2d, it seems like it’s going to be added in a future version, but other game engine already have this feature
  • Because it’s based on a scripting language (which is also a strength) it’s quite easy to make a mistake and only realize this way later (or even too late), a compiled (or even transpiled) language could help reduce the risk of error
  • When the game crashes, a lovely screen can be shown on android, but this does not report anything to the play store, and it’s then quite impossible to know if any crashes happened
  • Also, (but this is more my fault), the widget system is not very well coded, and could use a complete rewrite.

So I’m now pausing the development of SolfeGuido, while searching for a new game engine that meet all the required criterias !

Onward to SolfeGuido 2.0 !!

]]> Update 1.4 https://solfeguido.github.io/posts/update_1_4/ 2020-02-03T10:28:38+01:00 2020-02-03T09:25:13+01:00 AzariasB https://solfeguido.github.io/ azarias.boutin@gmail.com [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en) 1.4 : The Swedish Release

A new version has been released !

This version fixes some rendering issues, improves some performances, and add new features, such as :

  • The Swedish language
  • A pop-up to notify when a new version is installed, what are the new features
  • A step-by-step guide when first starting the game to configure it to fit the needs of the user

You can get this release on github.

]]> Update 1.3 https://solfeguido.github.io/posts/update_1_3/ 2020-02-03T10:27:16+01:00 2020-01-16T19:21:57+01:00 AzariasB https://solfeguido.github.io/ azarias.boutin@gmail.com [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en) 1.3 : The Performance version

A new version has been released !

This released is aimed toward performance improvements, some small things have been added as well, but not much.

  • Saving the statistcs right after a game is finished to avoid loosing data
  • The notes fade in and fade-out
  • When giving a wrong answer, the note become a “ghost note”
  • Some very special effects at the end of a game
  • Added ut3 and ut4 keys
  • Improved performance for buttons
  • Improved rendering performance of various objects
  • The loading at the start is now longer to load all the notes
  • Jingles have been added (but are not really cool for now)

Enjoy !

]]> Released https://solfeguido.github.io/posts/released/ 2019-12-18T15:03:54+01:00 2019-12-18T14:03:12+01:00 AzariasB https://solfeguido.github.io/ azarias.boutin@gmail.com [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en)https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.solfeguido]]> Released !

SolfeGuido is now available on the play store at the following adress : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.solfeguido

]]> SolfeGuido https://solfeguido.github.io/posts/solfeguido/ 2019-12-16T16:49:34+01:00 2019-12-16T15:32:43+01:00 AzariasB https://solfeguido.github.io/ azarias.boutin@gmail.com [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en) SolfeGuido

Learn to read a music sheet the fun way !

SolfeGuido was created as a mobile game. It works on computer, but is more enjoyable on a phone or tablet.

Features

  • Train to read on three keys :

    • G key
    • F key
    • F & G keys

  • Many stats are available (and more to come) :

    • Number of games played
    • Number of points won
    • Average reaction time
    • Wrong notes guessed
    • Longest play streak
    • Total time played

Example

InGame

Source code

SolfeGuido is open-source, the code is available at https://github.com/SolfeGuido/SolfeGuido

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