[Question] ios development

[asian hacker]

Hey guys, i have a question. So im developing an iphone app just for fun (with close to no experience) and im using xcode 4.2. So im using the Open gl es template... i made the main menu as a normal view controller (and other sub menus) but what about the actual game? Do i use the GLKit view controller or just another normal view controller and what do i do with it? Any help would mean alot and +rep. Thanks guyss

[|C++|]

dont mean to troll but you +18 rep wont do anything for us, lol.
to your question you actually have to code the game as far as im concerned. but i dont think you should listen to me because im not qualified, just thought i should give my idea.

[Dudevid]

I would also recommend checking out a middleware solution such as Unity or Marmalade which can serve as a core codebase and 2D/3D engine from which one then compiles down to different platforms. Saves a heck of a lot of time and also exposes your game to the widest audience with minimal extra effort/refactoring/recoding. My personal recommendation goes to Unity.

Experience? I used Unity to build an iOS augmented reality Driver: San Francisco mini-game for Ubisoft and Reflections:

[Pichu]

Hey guys, i have a question. So im developing an iphone app just for fun (with close to no experience) and im using xcode 4.2. So im using the Open gl es template... i made the main menu as a normal view controller (and other sub menus) but what about the actual game? Do i use the GLKit view controller or just another normal view controller and what do i do with it? Any help would mean alot and +rep. Thanks guyss

I'm going to say this, before you decide to try and code a game, you should learn how to code first. It will help you out a lot, it will take time to reach a level where you can create novice games but rushing into something like so, it isn't the smartest thing to do.

[|C++|]

I'm going to say this, before you decide to try and code a game, you should learn how to code first. It will help you out a lot, it will take time to reach a level where you can create novice games but rushing into something like so, it isn't the smartest thing to do.

lol, your correct and wrong at the same time, THERE IS NO "SHOULD LEARN TO CODE" in this situation, lol YOU !!HAVE!! TO KNOW HOW TO CODE in order to make a game lol.

[asian hacker]

lol i hate kids who come on here expecting to be able to do something without any experience.
they're so dumb.

I know obj C buddy, i just havent developed for ios. Its just a question dude.

[Pichu]

lol, your correct and wrong at the same time, THERE IS NO "SHOULD LEARN TO CODE" in this situation, lol YOU !!HAVE!! TO KNOW HOW TO CODE in order to make a game lol.

... Damn you for analyzing my sentence.. Aha but you don't have to learn you can still take sample source and modify it and combine to get something going. :P

[Epic?]

objective c won't really help you when developing games and other ios applications

main languages are c c# c++ java and python.
just saying. would be better if you knew one of those languages buddy.

Objective-C is probably the language to use when developing for the iOS.

[|C++|]

... Damn you for analyzing my sentence.. Aha but you don't have to learn you can still take sample source and modify it and combine to get something going. :P

lol, yes but you cant change a tire by 1 degree if you dont know anything about tires.

[Pichu]

lol, yes but you cant change a tire by 1 degree if you dont know anything about tires.

Yea you can, just kick it enough and it should budge 1 degree. :carling: