Learning Vs Executing

• - a simple exercise DB which can be created by any user.
• - a workouts DB, which can be put together by any user.
• - a way to track your workouts and see your history.

Since there’s no complex decision-making involved and the core mechanic is so simple, I decided to make a tiny tribute by trying to create a digital version of it.

• You have 4 pieces of 4 different types of fruits on 4 different trees.
• You have a 6-face dice: 4 faces are reserved for the fruits, one for the crow, and one for a fruit basket.
• You have a crow and 4 tiles + one tile that looks like a gate (entrance to the farm).
• Players roll the dice in turn. If they get a fruit (and it's still on the board), they can pick it up.
• If the crow appears, it advances one tile.
• If the fruit basket appears, you can pick any remaining fruit.
• Collect all fruits before the crow reaches the gate = you win.
• Crow reaches the gate before all fruits are collected = crow wins.

It’s a very simple game, and the way I did each mechanic is far from being efficient or clean — but I did it all by myself (okay, well, not the art — that was generated).

 “Your page needs to work without Turbo first. Then you enhance it with Turbo.”

def roll_dice
  @dice = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  @rolled_dice = @dice.sample
  case @rolled_dice
  when 1
    @dice_image = "apple_dice"
  when 2
    @dice_image = "plum_dice"
  when 3
    @dice_image = "pear_dice"
  when 4
    @dice_image = "banana_dice"
  when 5
    @dice_image = "crow_dice"
  else
    @dice_image = "basket_dice"
  end

  flash[:dice_image] = @dice_image
  flash[:rolled_dice] = @rolled_dice.to_s
  redirect_to projects_farm_dice_path
end

class CreateGameStates < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.0]
  def change
    create_table :game_states do |t|
      t.integer :garden_apples, default: 4
      t.integer :garden_pears, default: 4
      t.integer :garden_bananas, default: 4
      t.integer :garden_plums, default: 4
      t.integer :player_apples, default: 0
      t.integer :player_pears, default: 0
      t.integer :player_bananas, default: 0
      t.integer :player_plums, default: 0
      t.integer :crow, default: 0
      t.boolean :game_over, default: false
      t.boolean :crow_wins, default: false
      t.boolean :player_wins, default: false
      t.timestamps
    end
  end
end

def roll_dice
  @dice = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  @rolled_dice = @dice.sample
  case @rolled_dice
  when 1
    @dice_image = "apple_dice"
    @game.garden_apples -= 1
    @game.player_apples += 1
  when 2
    @dice_image = "plum_dice"
    @game.garden_plums -= 1
    @game.player_plums += 1
  when 3
    @dice_image = "pear_dice"
    @game.garden_pears -= 1
    @game.player_pears += 1
  when 4
    @dice_image = "banana_dice"
    @game.garden_bananas -= 1
    @game.player_bananas += 1
  when 5
    @dice_image = "crow_dice"
    @game.crow += 1
  else
    @dice_image = "basket_dice"
    flash[:choose_fruit] = true
  end

  @game.save
  is_end_game
  flash[:dice_image] = @dice_image
  flash[:rolled_dice] = @rolled_dice.to_s
  redirect_to projects_farm_dice_path
end

def is_end_game
  puts "Apples: #{@game.player_apples}, Bananas: #{@game.player_bananas}, Pears: #{@game.player_pears}, Plums: #{@game.player_plums}, Crow: #{@game.crow}"

  if @game.player_apples >= 4 &&
     @game.player_bananas >= 4 &&
     @game.player_pears >= 4 &&
     @game.player_plums >= 4
    player_victory
  elsif @game.crow >= 5
    crow_victory
  end
end

def player_victory
  @game.game_over = true
  @game.player_wins = true
  @game.save
  puts "Players win!"
end

def crow_victory
  @game.game_over = true
  @game.crow_wins = true
  @game.save
  puts "Crow wins"
end

• Building recomplab.com was interesting from a product perspective. It’s wild how fast you can go from idea to app in the store.
  But it felt like a chore, frustrating and not much fun.
• Building Experiment 5 was a blast. I got stuck, cursed, probably has still mistakes in it, but figuring things out on my own made the suffering worth it and the satisfaction of being able to do it yourself is just priceless. (Plus I'm looking forward revisiting the code in some days and see if I can refactor it a bit)

  

“It’s more fun to be competent.”