learning xcode?

FloridaGames

I've been using gs for about a year and a half, I can do some pretty complex things with the software. How long would you guys think it would take me to learn xcode well enough to be able to make a pretty simple game with xcode, lets say brick breaker for example?

GraphicWarehouse

Not long you just need to find the right videos or get a tutor.

memski425

well it depends on your experience with the objective c language and c languages. Xcode usually doesn't make the best games but if you get cocos2d or some extension it simplifies your workload. If you started out programming from scratch, you should be able to get going.

gyroscope

Hi @MjMDesign if you learned Xcode and Objective-C and got to the stage where you can program a brick breaker game and it didn't take you long, I salute you.

@FloridaGames best of luck with learning how to use Xcode as well as Objective-C but if you don't have any other programming experience it'll be an even harder slog than it would be with, and that would be hard enough, that much I know.

Here's a link to the Xcode user manual:

http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/ToolsLanguages/Conceptual/Xcode4UserGuide/000-About_Xcode/about.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010215-CH1-SW1

And here's one of the many Objective-C manuals I found by googling:

http://www.amazon.com/Objective-C-Programming-Ranch-Guide-Guides/dp/0321706285/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327696491&sr=1-1

Best of luck.