So, after many years of talking about it, I’m actually going to write some apps for IOS/Android. Last Friday I went out and bought a Mac Mini and went through a couple of Objective C / IOS courses on Lynda.com. I’m finding things a lot easier than the last time I tried, because of a few things:
- IOS 5 storyboarding is easier than the old method with just XIB files
- I have an open mind about Objective-C – after learning both Ruby and Python recently, it was a little easier to get out of my language bigotry
- I have a decent machine to work on. I was trying to use an ancient Mac Mini that I got from a friend of mine before. It worked (barely), but it was very painful.
Since I was able to make some Cocoa apps no problem, I decided to kick it up a notch and learn OpenGL ES 2.0. I had messed with OpenGL and DirectX in the past, so it wasn’t too big of deal to start working with OpenGL ES. And, since I’m able to do 3D stuff now, I cracked open Blender again and started doing some modeling. In fact, the icon I used for this post is a sprite that I made in Blender for a game that I’m working on. Also, I’ve been learning the power of python from within Blender (although I still haven’t gotten vertex exports working perfectly yet). Hopefully I’ll have something new and exciting to share soon.
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