iPhone app development

[MrPinkPanther]

By September I hope to have 2 new apps released, the first is undisclosed and nearly done but the second is where you come in. I've developed a very basic 2D multiplayer environment and I really need some inspiring ideas to utilise it. Basically I want to develop the iPhones first real MMO (I am aware of the Watchmen MMO but it doesn't work properly) but I haven't got a theme, I don't want to go for the fantasy style because its way too overused but to create something new.

Basically I'm needing some rough ideas to get me started and I thought where better to go than HabboxForums technology section where all of the users are ex-MMO players!

So for example, these are the kind of ideas I need:
-Pokemon style "monster" MMO
-Shop keeper, trade based MMO

Note: "Realtime" combat is not really possible, it would require too much power to keep track of all the objects on screen down to the millisecond

[Robbie]

Do one where you have to run an airport, lol.

[MrPinkPanther]

Do one where you have to run an airport, lol.
That would be pretty cool but I'm thinking more of an MMO because I think there is a massive gap in the market there.

[GoldenMerc]

What about running a shopping centre;

From doing things like the bills (e.g how you do with rollercoaster tycoon where you have to do pay rolls for people such as cleaners)
you hire out shop space ect?

[Jordan,]

yh that shoppy center one is good.

[Blob]

What about running a shopping centre;

From doing things like the bills (e.g how you do with rollercoaster tycoon where you have to do pay rolls for people such as cleaners)
you hire out shop space ect?

and then you can rent space in your mall (if you be an mall owner) to other people (if they select to be business people)

tht would be cool

[GoldenMerc]

If you did it for iPhone and its a success do it for G1, do a 21 day free trial then charge them :)

[MrPinkPanther]

I don't know if any of you remember SkyIsle but funnily enough that was just about the same as my original idea for it but I had to change it because my skills weren't up to scratch. I suppose now that I'm a better developer I could do it, cheers ross. I think ill go with that. +Rep all

[GoldenMerc]

Do it for G1 first then i can test it PLEASEEEE

[Recursion]

Unless he knows Java then coding for the G1 is pretty hard, he might also need an Android phone to dev test on incase the virtual one doesn't suffice.

[MrPinkPanther]

I know a little Java but nowhere near enough to develop an app of this size and also the userbase is nowhere near that of the iPhone.

Heres my order of preference:
iPhone > PC (Flash app) > DS > Android phones

If it does have a significant amount of success then it is more than likely that I will port it over to PC and release it as a free flash app for those who have purchased the iPhone version. Anything other than iPhone or PC is extremely unlikely.

[GoldenMerc]

:(
i want to see this but i aint getting a iphone lol.
Also android userbase is rather big...

[Jordan,]

iphone user base is bigger then the android and its a better platform.

[MrPinkPanther]

Whatever happens I'm developing for the iPhone OS first but out of intrest, how big is the Android userbase?

[GoldenMerc]

http://www.android.com/
http://androidforums.com/

[MrPinkPanther]

I meant roughly how many million users :) I honestly have no idea.

[GoldenMerc]

Yeh but Android is still a upcoming market, iPhone didnt get its success and customers because of reviews of iPhone, it got most of it market because of the success of the iPod and various other Apple hardware, while android is all for the inside of phones which deems it far more worthy tbh.

[MrPinkPanther]

********. I was going to start developing this but I've just found out a similar game is being developed and under the same publisher! They dont want to compete with themselves obviously but I have something else to develop now anyway ^^.