watch videos and study samples. Ive downloaded all the iOS development videos in podcast and watch them all. You need patience and its not easy if your alone. Doing artwork, imagining gameplay and coding at the same time is really troublesome. Maybe if you have a coding BG it will be easy like c or c++. Anyways i've managed to published 1 game in xcode last year and i have like 12 projects standby, but i enjoy working at GS right now that i have no intention of going back to coding again.
I was thinking that if i can make enough money with GS I can hire some one so i do not have to learn any of this. I am good at concepts, art, etc and love GS for it's scripting-like approach.
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I tried C++, and Objective-C in Xcode a couple or more of times, gave me a headache...annoyed with myself that I couldn't understand it all. I'm stuck in BASIC type programming languages; started with Lingo in Macromind (became Macromedia became Adobe) Director; used RealBasic for a while, then a fair bit in Runtime Revolution (became LiveCode). i'll stick with BASIC programming types now, I l know where I am with that.
Learning any sort of coding to a proficient level can take upwards of six months to a year or more of daily learning; find resources on-line as drahc says; library books/manuals will help as well (cheaper than buying them). Find a part-time college course maybe. Build up your perseverance and patience; Good luck! :-)
PS For interest, I think that BASIC is taught in some schools now; of course, in my day, that was unheard of. Oh, so were home PCs. (Hadn't been invented...)
I forgot QS, I did that too but on a Commodore64. I remember a lot of coding, having a complete platform game. I made sprites that walked to the right and forgot to make sprites that could walk to the left :S Never got to the point of finishing it.
SkyMaple said: How did you learn coding like for Xcode?
"Programing" has been on my mind for a long time but ... Finally, it was GS that motivated me to step things up a notch.
Currently, I am enrolled in BCIT which is the most recognized IT training facility here in Vancouver.
My only regret is that I didn't do this sooner!
Starting with Objective C, while possible, is perhaps a bit overkill but a scripting language such as JavaScript, PHP or Python goes a long way.
The best thing is that with XHTML, CSS and JavaScript one can use PhoneGap to build apps.
There are some great books available which means that there is a way if ... there is a will
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Thanks for the vid, Ludwig. Jeff Minter!!!! We are not worthy!! Terrific guy. :-)
LudwigHeijden said: I made sprites that walked to the right and forgot to make sprites that could walk to the left :S Never got to the point of finishing it.
Poor li'l sprite; still walking right to this day... :-)
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quantumsheep said: I've always liked that vid, and Mr. Minter's a personal hero of mine - terrific guy indeed
I remember seeing him at a computer trade fair about 10 years ago and bugged that he had still kept his long hair! Mine went 10 years before that.... (cut, I mean, took another 15 years for me to lose it... hair envy; whatever next...)
Sorry SkyMaple, your thread's wobbling on its rails!
I wondered a while back if Jeff Minter was still around... and there he is (albeit 4 years ago).
gyroscope said: I remember seeing him at a computer trade fair about 10 years ago and bugged that he had still kept his long hair! Mine went 10 years before that.... (cut, I mean, took another 15 years for me to lose it... hair envy; whatever next...)
Sorry SkyMaple, your thread's wobbling on its rails!
I wondered a while back if Jeff Minter was still around... and there he is (albeit 4 years ago).
He's made a couple of awesome iphone/ipad games recently:
I went to 3dbuzz.com and I went through there C# DVD's. Making XBOX games really helped me out. C# and XNA are great languages to learn how programming mechanics work
I was actually taught some java in high school (I have recently stumbled across the printouts as proof of my forgetfulness...) Unfortunately for me my degree in progress at the university requires some hefty programming sooo needless to say I learned at the university.
quantumsheep said: Sinclair BASIC on the ZX Spectrum is how I learned - I spent months and months typing in programs from books - and just learning all the time.
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I am good at concepts, art, etc and love GS for it's scripting-like approach.
Lump Apps and My Assets
Learning any sort of coding to a proficient level can take upwards of six months to a year or more of daily learning; find resources on-line as drahc says; library books/manuals will help as well (cheaper than buying them). Find a part-time college course maybe. Build up your perseverance and patience; Good luck! :-)
PS For interest, I think that BASIC is taught in some schools now; of course, in my day, that was unheard of. Oh, so were home PCs. (Hadn't been invented...)
""You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike." - Zork temp domain http://spidergriffin.wix.com/alphaghostapps
I think it was a solid foundation in the end!
QS
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io
I remember a lot of coding, having a complete platform game.
I made sprites that walked to the right and forgot to make sprites that could walk to the left :S
Never got to the point of finishing it.
For oldtimes sake:
Lump Apps and My Assets
Finally, it was GS that motivated me to step things up a notch.
Currently, I am enrolled in BCIT which is the most recognized IT training facility here in Vancouver.
My only regret is that I didn't do this sooner!
Starting with Objective C, while possible, is perhaps a bit overkill but a scripting language such as JavaScript, PHP or Python goes a long way.
The best thing is that with XHTML, CSS and JavaScript one can use PhoneGap to build apps.
There are some great books available which means that there is a way if ... there is a will
""You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike." - Zork temp domain http://spidergriffin.wix.com/alphaghostapps
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http://www.gamesaladforum.com/
http://gshelper.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/GameSaladCookbook#p/
Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io
Sorry SkyMaple, your thread's wobbling on its rails!
I wondered a while back if Jeff Minter was still around... and there he is (albeit 4 years ago).
""You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike." - Zork temp domain http://spidergriffin.wix.com/alphaghostapps
Minotaur Rescue - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minotaur-rescue/id408475782?mt=8
Minotron 2112 - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minotron-2112/id421377889?mt=8
Well worth checking out
And now, we return you to your regular scheduled program!
QS
Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io
www.mammothinteractive.net
Unfortunately for me my degree in progress at the university requires some hefty programming sooo needless to say I learned at the university.
http://www.youtube.com/user/AppleProgramming
http://www.youtube.com/user/thenewboston
These 2 guys helped more than any book or class I ever took...
So nope, didn't learn it either ... but sometimes I wouldn't mind if I could code though because that would make one less dependent on others
Good luck
www.marcosriffel.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/thenewboston?blend=1&ob=5