Hi, sorry for contacting you like this. I wanted to say sorry for sort of taking your idea and running with it so blatantly. By the time I got inspired to try it myself the exact how's and where's of its origin weren't in my head any more so I treated it more like a general concept rather than taking inspiration from someone else.
More seriously, it induced discussions and bouncing of ideas, so it was good for me too. Plus, it seems we're taking the same basic idea in two different directions, so why not?