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mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

have done game dev on ios… man it’s so much easier on android. objective c and the app store are gigantic pains in the ass. you’ll probably also need to get a macbook or other apple device to build from.

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Vlyn@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’m using Godot, so seemingly it could be as easy as export to XCode and build. Seemingly…

Let’s see, still in the process of sourcing a cheap iPhone SE 2020 or 2022. Everyone I know uses Android, so I can’t ask them if they have an old iPhone lying around (:

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- mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I wish ye luck! please do an after-action-review on how that goes, it’s good information for fellow devs
  
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boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Do you still have to use Objective C? They’ve been trying to get everyone to use Swift for nearly a decade now and Swift is a MUCH nicer language, but I have no idea about game dev in particular, since I’ve only done crappy little apps.

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- mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I’m outside the macos ecosystem. so probably?
  
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  - boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Eh, did some research and it turns out you have no need for Objective C using any of the mainstream game engines (Unreal, Unity, Godot) and in general you only need it when working with old frameworks. I’d wager that pretty much anyone who started iOS dev in the last 5 years hasn’t even touched objective C except when working on legacy apps.
    
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