James Hou
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Hey there! I like to share something I made š
Dojo, a daily kendo practice, disguised as a card collection š¤ŗāļøā©ļø
Kendo is something that been sticking with me last 3 years... mostly get hit with a stick, repeatedly. But the part that sticks isn't the strikes, it's keiko: the same move, the same bow, over and over until they're yours. You don't win in kendo. You just keep showing up.
So I made an app that does the same thing. Dojo gives you one pack of three cards a day. No more, no matter how nicely you ask. Collect cards and you've quietly walk the path of a kendo practitioner!
It not a slot machine. No progress bars, no streak guilt, no confetti cannon at the finish. The grid just fills, one quiet day at a time.
I hope Dojo (https://dojo-kendo.figma.site/) bows politely and asks you to come back tomorrow. And every card teaches you a little bit of kendo in English and Japanese, so you're learning while you collect.
š What to look for
- One pack a day, waiting is a feature, not a bug.
- Shin-Gi-Tai: 36 cards
- Zero dopamine gimmicks
- Bilingual cards a tiny kendo crash course.
š How it was made
Pen and paper -> ideas, scribbles
Claude -> to think out loud, plan and organized
Figma -> to design the look, layout and details
Agents / Weave -> to generate the card by theme
Figma Make -> pack it all up in as an interactive experience
Let me know what you think and hope you give Kendo a try! š
https://dojo-kendo.figma.site/
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