Question

I have never developed a game before and actually never developed anything for iPhone.

1. What should be my Plan of Action if I want to build a game for iPhone/iOS? I need to know what are the steps I should be aware of to learn first, since I am a complete newbie to the entire universe of Game Dev and also for iOS programming.

2. I also want to know about how to gaming folks get inspired to write a game? Is there a good book that can give insight on game development from an inception point? How are ideas of games started and built?

3. Please give good examples of the resources I can use at each action step. For example, good resources to read up on Objective-C.

Answer 1

1. Learn Objective C and the IPhone environment.

2. Most game developers start because they already have an idea for the game they want to develop. Game development is tedious, because the code has to work and the game has to be fun. It’s hard to get the fun part right without a lot of trial and error.

   Since you’re just getting started, you can pick a simple game that’s been done many times. Consider that your practice game, while you’re waiting for inspiration for the game you want to develop.

3. Since the IPhone isn’t where I develop my games, I’ll leave this question for others to answer.