Day 1: Magic
Magic is a social implementation of the classic Magic Eight Ball. Ask a question and turn over the eight ball to reveal your fate! If you don’t like the answer, you can enter your own. Your answer is then transmitted to other people running Magic and offered up as a possible answer to their own questions. Magic is continuously downloading new answers to your questions - answers that have been entered in by people all over the world. As long as it is running, it is evolving. Have fun!
November 1st, 2007 at 7:48 am
Hm…. you say i’d have to turn over the eight ball. That made me wonder how to do it to get a result.
I tried to touch-drag the ball expecting it to rotate and nothing happened.
Then i thought turning over the whole device would reveal an answer. Nope.
I even held the device above my head to see if an answer appearsn when the iPhones screen is facing down.
Then i shook the iPhone and i saw an answer and finally i found out that by rotating the iPhone 180 degrees it will unveil your magic answer.
Nice gadget! I’ll try to create custom answers.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:50 am
@Magician: lol - I’m glad you worked it out! I decided I didn’t want to come right out and say directly how to do it, so I gave a hint instead. It’s more fun to let everyone figure it out.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:17 am
My favorite thing so far is to check and see the questions people are typing in to the submission box instead of answers. This has the potential to be fun
November 1st, 2007 at 10:54 am
it looks good although i was confused how it worked at first, i thought i had to shake it wildly.
November 1st, 2007 at 11:09 am
Its not working for me
November 1st, 2007 at 1:29 pm
I had no problems figuring out how it works
Great app..I always wanted to have one of those
Do you think that implementing shaking instead of turning device upside down would be more difficult?
November 1st, 2007 at 1:31 pm
P.S. My country’s flag (Serbia) is missing
http://blog.bigzaphod.org/wp-content/plugins/firestats/img/flags/rs.png
November 1st, 2007 at 4:18 pm
It’s replying to me with responses which make no sense.
“rid”, “49″ and other random gibberish.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:19 pm
It’s replying to me with responses which make no sense.
“rid”, “49″ and other random gibberish.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:38 pm
“Contrary to popular belief, it is not necessary to shake or jostle the ball before turning it, as doing so can create air bubbles that may visually distort the answer.” - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_8-Ball
i just like to shake it, is that so wrong?
very good start, sean.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:07 pm
hehe - I didn’t do shaking because the idea of turning it upside down occurred to me and it was more interesting at the time and seemed easier to implement.
As to why there’s gibberish answers sometimes - well, that’s because people are putting in gibberish entries into the system. Simple as that.
Chaos is part of the nature of the internet and seems unstoppable.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Buen comienzo Sean. Solo faltan 29
Buena Suerte.
November 2nd, 2007 at 3:52 am
it’s a good one!
go on Sean!
I’m with you!
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:34 am
This is a very creative app! I can’t wait for the rest of the month. We are posting info and screenshots on our site at AppleiPhoneSchool.com/category/iApp-a-Day
November 2nd, 2007 at 7:04 am
hi there, fun apps…i’ve also looked at the source of pumpkin…trying to learn how to code for the iphone…will you be releasing the sources of your other apps as well? anyway, now i have a reason to check installer everyday…
November 5th, 2007 at 10:49 am
Sean, is there any way to moderate the repository of answers? I’m quite willing to suggest more improvements for Magic 8 and keep repository clean so that the users have more fun using this app.
I guess your schedule is full til the end of Nov, but if you’re interested I can help you out with this app
November 10th, 2007 at 10:25 am
I love it
November 10th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
thank!
November 23rd, 2007 at 12:15 am
How does it worked? I am on the version of 1.0.2….and is it just face down the iphone? Please advise, thanks.