(kinda thinking aloud here)
I guess one of the things that made [ipoke~] work so well (and easy) was that there was already an ongoing discussion and a readymade group of interested and able people involved. Although Katja very much did all the porting the discussion element was crucial. So much so that the next 2 releases of [ipoke~] are pretty much done on the Pd side with numerous bug fixes and tightening (v.4 should be out soon and v.5 forthcoming with 4 point interpolation - the infamous [tabwrite4~] idea). The interpolation was nailed down by Matt with some exploratory probing by Chuck and everyone else.
Anyway, I have no concerns that atm it's just Katja ( with Alex Harker and P.A.) for most of the coding. But yeah, the graphics is going to be a challenge methinks. Katja, maybe you have some ideas for approaching a Pd visual whiz? We can have a think.
I'll email P.A. later today and get the source and we can work out some kind of timeline for getting on with it if that's ok with you...
Can't wait:)
J.
P.S. - I'm still up for some beta-testing of SliceJockey:)