Comments on: Go with AI comes to the iPhone

By: Jens Alfke

Jens Alfke — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:35:00 +0000

pz: Great! Thanks again for the app, and for responding to our feedback!

By: Faruk Ateş

Faruk Ateş — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:52:46 +0000

pz: I have a whole range of UI improvements / ideas for your app; I was going to make a Go app myself but it’s not in the cards any time soon, but there’s a lot of things that have started to really frustrate me (though your new version may fix many of them, I’ll see when it shows up on the appstore) and I’d be more than happy to share them with you for your consideration :)

You can contact me at my firstnamelastname @me.com (where the last name has a regular “s” in it instead of the special one) to get in touch if you’re interested.

By: pz

pz — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:35:25 +0000

FYI - i just submitted a new version for approval. i’ve improved the touch control and made it configurable since some people wanted the offset and others didn’t. its easier to start new games. i’ll keep iterating on it but i needed to get this new version out quick so i didn’t have time to get all the features in.

hopefully it’ll show up in the store in the next couple days.

By: pz

pz — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:13:12 +0000

I definitely agree about faster game creation. I have a bunch of ‘asdf’ type game names, too. Thanks again for all the feedback and don’t forget to tell all your friends :)

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:53:36 +0000

I think the click location would make a good setting, since I can definitely see arguments on both sides, even within my own head.

My main concerns with version 1.0 are with the flow of new game creation. It should be easier and less “clicky” to get to a fresh game - or just to restart the one you’re currently in (ie, create a new game with the exact same settings as last one).

I’m current playing through loads of 7x7 games with 2 or 3 level ability, so anything to make the process simpler would be appreciated.

In any case, thanks so much for writing iGo and bringing it out - good luck with all your future revisions.

By: Faruk Ateş

Faruk Ateş — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:48:58 +0000

pz: while not a bad idea, it’s unintuitive for touch screen use. Either way, a confirmation of each move (perhaps a setting: auto-confirm move after X seconds, 0..5+Never, where if set to Never it gives you a confirm dialog/button and won’t ever auto-confirm) would be a fantastic addition. :)

By: pz

pz — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:42:38 +0000

This is so random. I wrote iGo and only found this because I was reading your blog post on HN about Python 3k (and i agree with your sentiment… but i digress).

Thanks for getting the word out. And thanks for the feedback from you and the commenters. I’m going to hopefully release an update in the next week or so.

(By the way, I purposefully put the piece cursor above your finger so it’d be visible.)

By: faruk Ateş

faruk Ateş — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:10:55 +0000

It would be ideal if Undo was done simply via swiping from right to left, possibly with a confirm dialog that’s embedded and really fast (interaction-wise).

By: michael

michael — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:33:35 +0000

Thanks for writing about this new release. I’ve been checking the app list (ordered by release date, etc) for weeks, hoping something like this would pop up.

And those issues definitely seem fixable in version 1.1.