Did you also do the artwork?
I did the concept work, but the guys at makegamewith.us provided the artist.
The concept work is about all you did. Try writing an app that gets more than 0 downloads a day.
Show HN: I'm 14, I learned Objective-C, and this is my first iPhone game
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Re: Show HN: I'm 14, I learned Objective-C, and this is my first iPhone game
#122You are so cool and amazing. Oh wait, this app sucks ass.
Re: Show HN: I'm 14, I learned Objective-C, and this is my first iPhone game
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
When I was 14, you couldn't just go buy a "personal computer", as the minicomputer revolution was underway. So, I had to build my own computer... and I did. (I think I started at 13, and finished at 15). When I say, I built my computer, I mean I designed a PCB, laid it out, etched it, assembled it, then needed to build a display board to output to a TV, which was another several months of design, etc. And when I had…
"You buy a Mac and you get a fantastic IDE and development platform for free, etc." Buy a Mac to hack on iPhone? I don't think that any IDE is so costly if you develop on any other phone.
Just for reference, a quick search reveals that MS VisualStudio can be purchased "from £502" (UK) and a new Mac mini starts at £499.
Re: Show HN: I'm 14, I learned Objective-C, and this is my first iPhone game
#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your book was the first I ever bought about programming. I don't think I ever wrote a line of code from the book but it illustrated basic programming concepts that inspired me to continue development. Very impressed to read that you were only 14 when you wrote it, as I was probably only 14 when I bought it.
Wow! That means so much! Thanks for that comment.
now I love this community even more :)
Re: Show HN: I'm 14, I learned Objective-C, and this is my first iPhone game
#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Systems Programming and Machine Learning Oh? What are you working on? Do you have any code available?
I'm currently working in a Revision Control software in Go (While learning the language), I'll push it to Github when I have a somewhat working prototype.
Interesting. What from those fields are you applying to revision control?
Re: Show HN: I'm 14, I learned Objective-C, and this is my first iPhone game
#126I was writing/learning HTML with FrontPage 2003 and Flash 5 (6? 7? I thankfully don't remember anymore) when I was 14 - while knowing almost no English (thus, not understanding even what the menu items and controls mean!) and without a manual or teacher and just clicking around and seeing what happens to the code :-( Hard, hard times it was. But I enjoyed it nevertheless. But still, I'm jealous of you. If you were to…
Congrats to the OP! Of course, there's always the birth lottery for most people reminiscing here. For people coming from the third world, this kind of a feat would be very rare to come by and won't be appreciated even if they do, as they are still tackling lower level problems. Heck, my parents don't even know I do on the computer. From where I come from, good grades are the best thing a kid could show to their paren…
When I was 14, I lived in Fiji which many consider a third world country. I know what you mean when you say parents consider good grades above all. I've witnessed that firsthand. It's sad how many of my peers were chastised for attempting personal projects outside their school curriculum.
Re: Show HN: I'm 14, I learned Objective-C, and this is my first iPhone game
#127Brilliant work! Where did the sounds/artwork come from? It all fits together very nicely.
I'm looking forward to seeing what you make next!
Re: Show HN: I'm 14, I learned Objective-C, and this is my first iPhone game
#128I was writing/learning HTML with FrontPage 2003 and Flash 5 (6? 7? I thankfully don't remember anymore) when I was 14 - while knowing almost no English (thus, not understanding even what the menu items and controls mean!) and without a manual or teacher and just clicking around and seeing what happens to the code :-( Hard, hard times it was. But I enjoyed it nevertheless. But still, I'm jealous of you. If you were to…
Congrats to the OP! Of course, there's always the birth lottery for most people reminiscing here. For people coming from the third world, this kind of a feat would be very rare to come by and won't be appreciated even if they do, as they are still tackling lower level problems. Heck, my parents don't even know I do on the computer. From where I come from, good grades are the best thing a kid could show to their paren…
well, change that for your kid. Every society builds on the work of previous generations. We in India, are late to the party so yeah, one generation will disappear without enjoying all this, but we can ensure that the next generation won't.
BTW it's never too late. I may not be 14, but I am going to have just about as much fun with my brand new arduino ;-)
Re: Show HN: I'm 14, I learned Objective-C, and this is my first iPhone game
#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
"You buy a Mac and you get a fantastic IDE and development platform for free, etc." Buy a Mac to hack on iPhone? I don't think that any IDE is so costly if you develop on any other phone.
Just for reference, a quick search reveals that MS VisualStudio can be purchased "from £502" (UK) and a new Mac mini starts at £499.
Eclipse and android SDK?
Re: Show HN: I'm 14, I learned Objective-C, and this is my first iPhone game
#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
When I was 14, the only easily available microcomputer was the TRS-80. You couldn't save your programs (unless you owned a tape-player that saved files), it got 40 rods to the hogshead and that was the way we liked it!
When I was 14, I had to push the electrons around by hand. It was painful getting clobbered by those massive protons and neutrons. I eventually got around the problem by converting the particles to waves, so that they only tickled.
When I was 14, time had not yet been discovered so I didn't even know I was 14.