Lunacy iPhone App
 

My team is developing an iPhone/iPod touch app for keeping track of every rule to Lunacy as well as the important images included in these manuals. This app will be distributed on iTunes. We were just wondering how much people would be willing to pay to support this program? $0.99? $3?

Thanks
Team 41: RoboWarriors

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I'd pay a buck for it, if the visuals are nice and well organized...

..but that means I'd have to buy an iphone :(

How about a web page online that is compatible with i-phones?

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Depends how well laid out it is. If it's clean, then I would.

But beware: you don't own those rules, so selling any form of them may be of questionable legality. Check around first to make sure you're not breaking a law... (why FIRST doesn't license their manuals under the CC is unknown...)

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I'd prefer the app over the web page, myself...If it's got an intuitive interface and decent graphics I'd pay three bucks for it.

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I would love an app for my Touch; I have it with me at all times in our shop. However, a web page wouldn't be accessable while there (no wireless net), so the app would be preferable. I'd be willing to pay for it.

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That's a very good question which I'd like to see answered officially. But regardless, you should take caution as it currently is not licensed under CC.

Another thing to consider is updating the app, because if they do approve it, you would need to take great care to have the rules pushed to the clients ASAP after an update in the rules. Especially if people are paying for this app, that should be a given.

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if i had an iphone i would buy it for about a buck probably no more.

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I just emailed the manual (each section attached to a separate message) to myself. Now I have all the PDFs on my iPod Touch, which displays them quite well.

I created a special "Documentation" category in my Google-hosted email account for such things. In addition to the game manual, it includes a team directory and some control system reference documents.

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depending on the preview screen I'd pay 1-3 bucks for it.

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Now finally, I found something educationally useful for my ITouch rather than just music and videos!:D :D :D

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It is a very cool idea HOWEVER, as pointed out above, the Lunacy game rules are copyrighted products that belong to FIRST. You will need their permission to redistribute them in any way, even for this purpose. In particular, if you are selling the rules (embedded in the app), you will likely run into problems with obtaining permission. With FIRST chartered as a not-for-profit organization, there are legal implications if they allow any of their products to be sold or resold. So don't be too surprised if they have to decline your request for permission for redistribution.

-dave



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Im not sure how many people want to pay for it. You might be better off releasing free (if FIRST allows it) and then having a paypal link if people want to donate. That way they can pay for what they think it is worth.

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The gracious thing to do, would be to make it free :)

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...And the professional thing to do (were it legal) would be charging at minimum a monetary amount that would compensate for the effort put in.

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I agree. Somewhat unrelated, but that's one of the things that a lot of people don't grasp about some open-source licenses. Asking for money is not all that evil, because people put a lot of time and effort into a program or code. Sure, it would be nice if it were free, but the author is not obligated to hand it out for nothing.

As stated by Dave, though, it won't happen here for legal reasons.

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It would be nice to seeing an open source scouting app for the iPhone. I'm not a developer my any means, so I wouldn't know how to approach that at all.

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Personally, i think that you should make it 25 cents to 75 cent per team # so ppl don't spend alot of time and money on it... Great fund raising idea:cool:

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For those who do have and iPhone or iTouch I highly recommend getting the "Files Lite" app. It is the free version of "Files" when connected to a network (wifi or 3g) the app turns your iPod into a server in a sense. You add it as a network on your computer (detailed instructions included with the app) and you can drag up to 200 MB of files to be stored on you iPod(I believe the full version is unlimited). The app then allows you to view these files at anytime. (no network necessary) I currently have the complete manual, all of the Game Specific and Basic Field Drawings and I am only using 19 of 200 MB.

For anyone that has either device this app is a must have.

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just a suggestion.. someone should make it for the G1 also =D lol

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I just downloaded a free app called Discover to keep the rules on my touch.

You punch in your ipod's IP in your computer's web browser and it lets you upload any doc you want to your ipod's memory.

I threw all the .pdf's for the rules onto it and it works great!


I also downloaded "SaveMyDocs" for about $4 which allows you to download files (pdf's for example) to your memory straight from the built in safari. So nomatter where I am, I can save the team updates for offline viewing later.

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If you got an app that could read sundail at competition I would buy that in a second.