Comments on Never Read Passively: iPhone Resurrection and New iPhone App Project

Just stumbled across this post in my own search fo...

2009-04-16T05:16:00.000+10:00

Just stumbled across this post in my own search for existing genetic algorithm/creature apps for iphone. It really shouldn't take much effort to implement as you describe above.

Rather than take the time to develop it myself (Also a PhD student trying to finish by August), I'll be glad to offer assistance if needed. I just released an iphone/ipod touch app based on the sio2 engine (cerebrii - 3d brain atlas : cerebrii.com/app ) that just hit the appstore last week.

I ended up in at same point you were at and headed to sio2 as the forums are very active and the blender3d work flow makes life simple.

Feel free to send me any questions. I spent entirely too much time handling messaging and objectiveC memory issues to let my experience go to waste.

I would love to see the equivalent of breve creatures for iphone!

Good luck!

Hi-I know how you feel because I went (and still a...

2009-04-04T02:50:00.000+11:00

Hi-
I know how you feel because I went (and still am) going through this emotional high of ideas.

I will (humbly) say this. Don't get too emotionally invested. If your idea is good and you the idea is influenced by some prior game/idea out there, then chances are good that someone has done it or someone is doing it. I just drafted up an idea only to find someone implementing it.

BUT, with that said, that doesn't mean that your app can and will be better. I just think it's prudent to set your emotions in the right place so that you don't get crushed if you see someone doing the same/similar thing and choose to continue on.

It might be useful to do a SWOT analysis. Identify your "threats" and how you can beat them. For example, it seems like you have very specific algorithmic knowledge that a teenage objective-c programmer couldn't replicate. That's a strong position to be in.

Anyway, good luck. I look forward to seeing your results. We're all in this together trying to invent cool things. :)

I had the exact same idea (my PhD also involved so...

2009-03-24T00:44:00.000+11:00

I had the exact same idea (my PhD also involved some evolutionary computation). I don't have the spare time required to pull it off, so I never really considered even trying to actually do it. I'll be very excited to see what you can actually produce with the concept. Good luck.