Quick few questions for a new person to GS

jonney

Hello,

I've just got a few questions before i start making the game as reading through the forum some things have confused me:

1: when i start my game in game salad do i make from the very start like the icon, splash screen and the gameplay in game salad?

2) what is adhoc because i seen people talking about it referring to the splash screen?

3) once the game finish do you hit the publish button then what happens? this is assuming i have the apple developers i.d already?

thanks

sorry if these are dumb questions

master200012

1) not necessarily.

2) I believe adhoc is for testing purposes but I'm not sure myself.

3) No, look at the publishing tutorial under Gamesalad's cookbook. The publish button only gives you the overall file as an app. There's a lot more to it.

Congrats on picking Gamesalad and good luck producing!

Barking_Apps

1. it is up to you. I would start with the gameplay then work on the smaller stuff like the icon and splash screen after.

2. this is just a wireless network for your iOS device and your computer

3. once you complete your game you will go through A LOT of stages.You must get a certificate and provisional profile from the iDev centre. Then you will go through the game salad stages of app info, screenshots ect. (the publish button) Then you need to go into iTunes connect and add a new app. Go through these stages (again app info and screenshots). Once this is done you need to upload you binary to the application loader. Then you need to wait 6-7 ish days and you app will be up and running...

Hope this helps!

BarkingApps :o3

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LeonardDeveloper

@jonney
1: no not necessarily; you generally design this win things like illustrator, Gimp, illustrator or photoshop, Of course you do the gameplay in gamesalad


2: adhoc is a beta/preview version of your game before its officially released; it's not compulsory;; what people are talking with it relating to the splash screen is they're wondering will their splash screen show up in adhoc versions.

3: Well people normally test the game first and it's a lot more complicated then hitting the publish button; I HIGHLY recommend you read this first: http://thermo-apps.com/gs-tutorials/apple-publishing-guide/
Really hope this helps you, Ask any questions you have at this forum and we'll give you all the help you need, Good luck on your game developing ventures,
Cheers,
J.Leonard

jonney

@leonardDeveloper yh on question 1 i meant the coding side

jonmulcahy

I disagree, adhoc is the only way to see how your app runs on a device, the viewer is good for quick testing early on, but once you are doing h final polishing / beta testing, you should only be doing adhoc builds.