GameSalad for Windows?

x08x08 Member Posts: 4
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
Hi! I am, unfortunately, too poor to afford a mac (and if I scraped enough together to buy an el'cheapo one - I'd get smacked by the missus).... but I really want to begin making games for the iPhone and GameSalad just looked.. WOW!

...

... until I found out it is only for Mac. Any chance for a Windows (7) version?

PS. Why doesn't this forum have a search function? I'm sure this question has probably been asked before...

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  • IsabelleKIsabelleK Member, Sous Chef Posts: 2,807
    No plans for Windows version I'm afraid. But if GS runs on Windows, you will still need Mac to send your game to Apple.

    There is a search function - magnifier next to the GameSalad logo.
  • x08x08 Member Posts: 4
    ADD: In the FAQ, it says:

    "When will GameSalad Creator be available for Windows?

    We've always had a great relationship with Apple and could not be more pleased with a development environment than that provided by Apple products. We want GameSalad to be the best it can be, and that starts with making it the best development tool available on Apple hardware. "

    While this indicates that the creators of GameSalad really like Apples, it does not completely imply that there will never be a Windows version.
  • x08x08 Member Posts: 4
    Thanks, Moon. Didn't see that. I really do hope that they develop a Windows version - and until then, I guess I am going to have to see if VMWare works for simulating a mac to run it.
  • Metronome49Metronome49 Member Posts: 297
    You would still need a Mac to get in on the App Store.
  • ChunkypixelsChunkypixels Member Posts: 1,114
    I wouldnt be at all surprised if Masala turns out to be GameSalad on Windows.

    Im pretty sure its one of the behind the scenes top priorites for the investors. Theres infinately more PCs out there than there are Macs, and with Android stated as a target in the Roadmap, it shows that theres already pressure to open up the software to a much wider user base.

    From an investor point of view, GameSalad on Windows would be a huge boost to sales... and a massive expansion of the user base.

    The investors are going to want GameSalad available on as many machines/OS as possible, and deploying to as wide a variety of devices as they can manage.

    I hope to hell that they ditch the Free pricing though, and have a minimum entry price. Just think of the amount of crapware coming through GameSalad once the userbase expands 10x its current size....

    Pretty scary!...
  • IsabelleKIsabelleK Member, Sous Chef Posts: 2,807
    Chunkypixels said:
    I wouldnt be at all surprised if Masala turns out to be GameSalad on Windows.

    Im pretty sure its one of the behind the scenes top priorites for the investors. Theres infinately more PCs out there than there are Macs, and with Android stated as a target in the Roadmap, it shows that theres already pressure to open up the software to a much wider user base.

    From an investor point of view, GameSalad on Windows would be a huge boost to sales... and a massive expansion of the user base.

    The investors are going to want GameSalad available on as many machines/OS as possible, and deploying to as wide a variety of devices as they can manage.

    I hope to hell that they ditch the Free pricing though, and have a minimum entry price. Just think of the amount of crapware coming through GameSalad once the userbase expands 10x its current size....

    Pretty scary!...

    Remember that you will still need Mac. And in many countries is hard to find a friend with a Mac, in eastern Europe it is almost impossible. So you will need to buy it anyway.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    GameSalad for windows will likely be along the same lines as Corona for windows. "Windows = Android only"
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  • Metronome49Metronome49 Member Posts: 297
    @TheMoonwalls

    Just to play on the iOS App Store, if they get in to Android that'll be a different story.
  • the19thbearthe19thbear Member Posts: 102
    I took my old old pc laptop and made a hackintosh out of it. Works fine as a Mac..
    Search for tony osx 86 on google for guidelines:)

    I'll be getting a real Mac from work soon though!!!:)
  • MammothMammoth Member Posts: 640
    I was a longtime PC user. Just buy the cheapest possible mac mini. It will work good. If you want you can get a KVM switch and you can run both games at the same time. :)
  • icecold601icecold601 Member Posts: 40
    Hey x08,

    I see exactly where you are coming from. I currently do not own a Mac but when I saw Gamesalad, I too was like Wow!

    Solution wise, Hackintosh is second only to purchasing the real thing. Running on it's own is difficult, but if you have a powerful enough PC, you can run OS X as a Virtual Machine inside Windows. This is where I am at and it works great! You don't have to install a load of drivers to get the Internet working for starters never mind Kernel Panic. Setting it up takes about 15 - 30 mins.

    If you are interested, email me at tellmeurkidding[at]gmail[dot]com and I will be glad to help you out :-)
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    icecold601 said:
    Hey x08,

    I see exactly where you are coming from. I currently do not own a Mac but when I saw Gamesalad, I too was like Wow!

    Solution wise, Hackintosh is second only to purchasing the real thing. Running on it's own is difficult, but if you have a powerful enough PC, you can run OS X as a Virtual Machine inside Windows. This is where I am at and it works great! You don't have to install a load of drivers to get the Internet working for starters never mind Kernel Panic. Setting it up takes about 15 - 30 mins.

    If you are interested, email me at tellmeurkidding[at]gmail[dot]com and I will be glad to help you out :-)

    FYI VMWare route only works on certain machine with certain processors. When I looked into using VMware for OSX I had 5 PC's in my house and only 1 had a processor that could do hardware virtualization. Unfortunately that was the old Laptop with a crashed Hard Drive and slow ass processor. So "power" had nothing to do with it.

    Now before getting a REAL macbook pro I had a hackintosh running on a netbook with a 1.6 Ghz atom processor and only 1 gig of ram. Again Power is not everything.

    My real point here is everyone is going to have different results with a hackintosh on everything from installing MacOSX to publishing to the AppStore. an honestly I don't think this is the place to discuss Hackintosh's. there are tons of forums for hackintoshs discuss it there.
    It's a violation of MacOSX licensing agreement to install OSX on anything that is not an apple product so we really shouldn't be discussing how to break apples rules (much less the fact that most of the hackintoshs likely don't have valid non pirated versions of osx anyway) when we are all relying on apple for income from our apps.
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  • ccpccp Member Posts: 139
    x08 said:
    Hi! I am, unfortunately, too poor to afford a mac (and if I scraped enough together to buy an el'cheapo one - I'd get smacked by the missus).... but I really want to begin making games for the iPhone and GameSalad just looked.. WOW!

    ...

    ... until I found out it is only for Mac. Any chance for a Windows (7) version?

    PS. Why doesn't this forum have a search function? I'm sure this question has probably been asked before...

    Hey man...you could always hackintosh your computer...
    go to http://www.mymacnetbook.com/compatibility-chart/ to see if your computer is capable or running mac.
  • JamwithnoJamwithno Member Posts: 312
    sorry but i dont think that are too many iphone developing things for windows i wish i could help sorry
  • calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
    I hope GS wolud not going to be on win
  • IsabelleKIsabelleK Member, Sous Chef Posts: 2,807
    calvin9403 said:
    I hope GS wolud not going to be on win

    First time I'm totally agree with Calvin :)
  • WyrdGuitaristWyrdGuitarist Member, PRO Posts: 91
    calvin9403 said:
    I hope GS wolud not going to be on win

    +1
    There are so many other things the devs could do with that time. I bought a used Mac from eBay, and would recommend it if you've got the $.
  • x08x08 Member Posts: 4
    Thanks guys, I do understand the Wyrd's post in regards to dev's time - havin been in that boat myself with some other projects.. but it really doesn't help my plight. So I guess my options are to either a) buy mac osx and install as vmware - or b) buy a mac. Well.... second option is likely a better choice, so I guess I'm going to have to wait and save up some money - meaning I can start this project in about... a year? Til then, I guess I better work on my 3D projects.
  • gazjmgazjm Member Posts: 578
    Agree with tenrdrmer, gs for windows would be android only. unless apple allow Xcode on a windows platform, there is no way for devs to publish to the AppStore from a pc. maybe gs could be Internet explorer compatible, that's as far as I can see windows publishing getting!
  • calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
    TheMoonwalls said:
    First time I'm totally agree with Calvin :)

    hah!
  • jsaligerijsaligeri Member Posts: 26
    Is there a Gamesalad for Android? Looks like Grisly Manor is out on the Amazon Android AppStore and was app of the day. Maybe that's what project Masala is about?

    /JS
  • calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
    jsaligeri said:
    Is there a Gamesalad for Android? Looks like Grisly Manor is out on the Amazon Android AppStore and was app of the day. Maybe that's what project Masala is about?

    /JS

    but the rodemap says it is coming
    firemaple use corona to publish it to android
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