I sold my imac 17" today, so I have more options, and Im heavily leaning on buying a MacBook pro so I have mobility  for dev'ing, we'll see.

YOu don't need to upgrade btw, your mac can dev, because you meet the mac hardware requirement at least, but you also need , as you prob. know, 2gb of ram and a intel cpu based system.

I can go android today but Im just not sold on the stability of the market OR the stability of the software ( from my own and friends experience, we know that to be so, unfortunately ) , so atm I truly think mac may be the only option.

I also signed up for PSM via psvita, for free so that option Im definitely pursuing ,,,The vita is a really kewl device and has amazing visuals, and is portable of course always a plus, but Im not sure how its marketshare is going to hold up given the competition, we'll see. I think it will increase to    game sharing with PS4.

I"d love to see more opinions on this.

Good luck with your mac dev'ing, as you certainly should be good to go, but you need Mountain Lion to 'publish' OR in fact, to use xcode '5'.

cu
vd

I wouldn't knock the OUYA quite yet. The Tegra SoC it uses is still quite formidable. The controller also utilizes a nice Bluetooth DSP for sending and receiving signals to-and-from the console.

As somebody who owns a Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone Black, and has a vested interest in ARM-based SoCs, I think the OUYA is a nice piece of hardware, and there's no reason to dismiss it in any way. What's even cooler is the fact that we'll soon have 64-bit ARM CPUs to tinker with, which opens up a whole new world of energy-efficient computing possibilities.

The Apple ecosystem is certainly "stable", but it is also "pay-to-play", which I don't like. I think open-source technology is the natural direction for our industry to go, as it makes everything more accessible for developers and end users.

I'm sorry that you're going to have to upgrade your machine in order to use the latest tools... have you considered just purchasing a MacBook Air? Or the 13-inch MacBook Pro? Both of those are just a little over $1,000, and would give you access to everything you need to continue doing iOS Development/Publishing for the immediate and near future.

I know it's a little pricey, and I definitely feel you. The Mac I'm using is from late 2007, and the cost of new hardware is why I haven't upgraded yet. When I'm not using this machine, I'm using a new Lenovo I recent got which runs Debian "Jessie", so I sort of have one foot in, one foot out.

Anyway, let us know what you decide to do. I always like to hear other peoples' perspectives on technology and what they think.

Cheers!

Hey Vegan!

I currently work as an iOS Developer, and I think you can still publish if you're targeting 6.1.

Outside of the iTunes App Store, I don't think there's a distribution channel unless you're willing to cater to Jailbroken iPhones.

Speaking of which, are we considering porting the engine to Android? That would give us an open alternative to Apple. : )

Im a bit worried about androids fractured hardware base, so in part that was why I was going for the more stable ( in that regard ) iOs base.

BUt I do have a 10" tablet I guess that would be fun getting maratis to run on..its nothing amazing b ut it might be fun tinkering.

I thought about OUYA, but I dont' think the hardware specs are particularly impressive, and I h ear ? the controller is kinda cheap ? <what do others here think ?>

Anyway , the problem I may not have explained well enough, is ( imho anyway) the sad truth of expensive apple hardware , and that to publish, while my current imac 17" meets the requirements np at all, I don't when it comes to age of the imac itself, which is 2006, and minimum ( given mountain lion is bare minimum to get on Ios app store) is mid 2007, so im forced to buy hardware, which is really I think a sad deal apple  has setup, and where its SO much easier to get going with android, unless Ive missed something..I got a Visual Land Prestige  10" tablet for $73 +$10 shipping, and I'm SO pleased with it, though  I had to  'hack' in google app market LOL..easy enough, but major hassle. ) So my point is,  with the huge market android has though Im unsure of all else, its dreadfully easy to get going and published ( and 3/4's cheaper albeit than apple), even though im a bit more sold on the iOS market and their innovation never ceases to amaze me..but anyway just ideas Im throwing out there to see what others think.

cu
vd

Dahnielson wrote:

Btw, I'm already working on a port for Android. Just haven't had time to finish it as I've been refactoring some other stuff.

Awesome, man. Let us know when you finish it. I've got a Nexus 7 that I wouldn't mind using for testing.

Yep, got an Nexus 7 myself (the old one with Tegra 3) which was my motivation in addition to getting Maratis onto OUYA.

Btw, I'm already working on a port for Android. Just haven't had time to finish it as I've been refactoring some other stuff.

Awesome, man. Let us know when you finish it. I've got a Nexus 7 that I wouldn't mind using for testing.

Hey Vegan!

I currently work as an iOS Developer, and I think you can still publish if you're targeting 6.1.

Outside of the iTunes App Store, I don't think there's a distribution channel unless you're willing to cater to Jailbroken iPhones.

Speaking of which, are we considering porting the engine to Android? That would give us an open alternative to Apple. : )

Btw, I'm already working on a port for Android. Just haven't had time to finish it as I've been refactoring some other stuff.

I currently work as an iOS Developer, and I think you can still publish if you're targeting 6.1.

Outside of the iTunes App Store, I don't think there's a distribution channel unless you're willing to cater to Jailbroken iPhones.

Speaking of which, are we considering porting the engine to Android? That would give us an open alternative to Apple. : )

Also, short of not having ios7 ,  where  is one able to sell games/apps , if not on app store where
only current ios7 stuff is allowed ?

cu
vd

Thanks for the comments : )
welcome to the forum !

BTW, althrough I'm new to Maratis, I'll say it is really an awesome engne! I like it's cute logo, it's easy to use editor and nice&clean render scene, also the code is easy to follow and it's a good start point to study build an custom game engine, thanks for your 10 long years working!

it's probably my fault after modifying the xcode project, I probably linked the ressources in the bad way and send it to svn.
I'll try to update it better soon.

Maybe the levels aren't copied to the simulator properly ?
I haven't changed anything, so I guess the resources are linked correctly too.
That is, they appear under the "Resources" folder in xcode.
Unless I have to do another thing to do the linking properly.

Any ideas ?

[Update]

I think I found the reason. It seems that the resources are set up correctly, but the paths aren't.
So for example, I can load
"ballTest.level"

but not "levels/ballTest.level"

And of course the same goes for the other resources as well.
Any idea why it's like this ? The levels are still grouped under "levels" in the "Resources" folder

[Update2]

Ok, figured this out !
The colors of the folders under the "Resources" folder were all yellow, which seem to mean that the resources are going to be copied to the app root.

Ref: https://iphonedevsdk.vanillaforums.com/ … ories.html

So, I deleted them all first, and added them all again, and it worked. Phew
But I am not sure why it's like that on my side. Is it just me ?