Quick question about viewing gamesalad games on the iPhone

TylorSkory

Hello, I made a sample game I wanted to try testing on my iPhone (I already have a developer account). From my understanding, I have two options for doing this.

1) Just manually putting the application onto the iPhone, through Gamesalad publish and iTunes.

2) Using the GameSalad iOS viewer app (which requires downloading the xcode project, adding correct provisioning files, and then uploading it to the iPhone. Correct?)

I had thought I would have been able to download a official "GameSalad iOS Viewer" application through the appstore, but I don't think that's the case. It looks like I have to manually add it to my iPhone.

Am I on the right track here? Just want to make sure I'm not missing anything.

Photics

The GameSalad Viewer should be on the app store. Heh, but it's not.

What if I published it under my developer account? Would GameSalad get mad? HA HA

old_kipper

You are correct. 1). Do the xcode project build of the viewer onto your device and then just wifi the app from the edtior, 2). publish an adhoc build through the GS server and tied to your ios dev cert, or 3).publish to the big wide world through the GS server to the store.

WHy there isn't a GS player app is I am sure down to not wanting test builds going wild as game, keeping control of the value of the GS server revenue stream from pros, etc, and possibly something around the Apple publishing licence, but I have seen an app from another dev company that has just been published that was allowed.

hope that helps.

kipper

old_kipper

Photics said:
The GameSalad Viewer should be on the app store. Heh, but it's not.

What if I published it under my developer account? Would GameSalad get mad? HA HA

1). Why should it be on the store?

2). Why wouldn't they get mad? It is there software and business that took a long time, real money, and thought to develop and they have every right to own and control it. Their current business model if generous so why would you even suggest such a thing as publishing a way around their income?

mynameisace

I'd have thought it'd have broke some sort of Apple law with having multiple games being allowed on the device that are not App store builds yet. I must be wrong though if another dev company has one. Out of curiosity, what company is it?

Ace

Photics

old_kipper said:
1). Why should it be on the store?

• Marketing
• Easier for developers

old_kipper said:
2). Why wouldn't they get mad? It is there software and business that took a long time, real money, and thought to develop and they have every right to own and control it. Their current business model if generous so why would you even suggest such a thing as publishing a way around there income?

I'm not suggesting a way to hinder their income. I think that if the GameSalad Viewer was on the iTunes App Store, it would help the company make more money.

I'm not suggesting someone upload the viewer and charge for it. I think it should be on the iTunes App Store for free.

Basically... it's like this... "Hey GameSalad, if I can do this, why aren't you?"

old_kipper

Ace

I will try to find it, but it was amongst a bunch of browsing the other day and my can't find it right now.

kipper

mynameisace

No worries, just was curious.

Ace

Oaklandasfan

If you publish the game and put it on your iphone, it gives you the GS viewer. Or at least that happened to me.

mynameisace

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/geplayer/id411290039?mt=8

Found it Kipper.

Ace

TylorSkory

Thanks guys for the info! Very helpful.

TylorSkory

Awesome! I just got it working perfectly. I'm now able to test my game on my iPhone. Very cool! Thanks everyone.

Xizax

another place to download is at staff.internaldrive.com/viewer.html
ignore the odd picture and you must go to this on your iphone, ipod touch, ipad
i dont think you need xcode for this but i did it and i had xcode i dont think i used it