- Time: I have college classes. I have a part time gig (system administrator). I have another part time gig (iPhone development). I have a wife. I'm hardly on EVE anymore, much less have the time to continue on this project.
- Money: I don't mean real money. Several people have come out and offered ISK. To date, I've only had one donor who gave me 5 million. I'm not calling you a freeloader if you choose not to donate anything. It would definitely make me a jerk if I did think that way. However, any ISK donation would certainly encourage me to continue working.
- Help: I've only had one somewhat qualified designer approach me. After a few email exchanges I never heard from him again. No developer has come forward. Implementing stuff takes time. Overhauling stuff takes even more. I'm also not that great of a UI designer. When I was at WWDC, I met up with a design expert from Apple and we chatted one on one with the current state of my app. However, this is only a solutions for the current problems on hand, not future ones.
- Feedback: I've had some responses as to how I can improve my app. For example, people preferred not having a training queue be in a separate window but rather in the same main one. Currently I'm making changes to do just that. Otherwise, silence. Just downloads and silence.
I really do enjoy working on this app. I know there are a lot of Mac EVE players happy that someone out there is helping out their game playing experience. Its natural for people to be compensated for their efforts in some way, if not always financially. However, for the most part it feels like its been a one-way experience.
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My $0.02: for the type of development you are doing (hobbyist) you really have to get all of your compensation from the pure enjoyment of just doing it.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I appreciate your response. However, I wasn't trying to imply that I need every single one of the points mentioned for me to continue. If that's the impression that I was making, then I'm sorry for wording it so poorly.
ReplyDeleteI would be completely satisfied working on this project without any form of ISK donation. Help and/or constant feedback would be enough to encourage me to continue. However, I'm not even getting that.
I think what you have done is great thus far, and Id love to find a way to take it to the next level an EFT module and some market pieces would be great. I was looking into working on a project similar to this, and just due to a lack in documentation anywhere and time available I gave up for a while.
ReplyDeleteWould love to start working on something again!