Its pretty exciting to be mentioning my first Objective-C developed iPhone app is now available for Free, on the App Store. This app is for the USO in celebration of their “Patriotic Six” which is the six weeks of patriotism starting Memorial Day (May 31) and ending July 5th.
I got the opportunity to work on this project thanks to Media-Fuse based out of Chicago, an agency that I have worked with for a few years now.
Here is a quick screenshot of the app, be sure to download your own copy.
I am happy to FINALLY announce my first iPhone application, Happy Peg, now available on the iTunes App Store!
Happy Peg is based on the classic “peg game” that you likely played/saw in a restaurant. Its a simple concept that will keep you hooked for hours.
This version takes that classic game and adds the ability to resume a game if you get a call or decide to close the app. It also gives the ability to assist you while you play using simple hints as a guide to possible moves. You can even try to beat your best time completing the game using the in-game timer. All of the custom options (timers and hints) can be enabled/disabled in the Settings.
The application was built using Flash CS5 and the iPhone packager. I am not able to speak about specifics at this time but I can say it makes creating apps a much simpler process compared to Objective-C. For more information and tutorials on creating iPhone apps in Flash please follow Scriptplayground on Twitter. Once I am able to post code and tutorials I will have a complete guide with steps to create Happy Peg and learn the techniques to use in your own apps.
Well, after seeing numerous blog posts, videos, sessions and conferences devoted to iPhone development it has peeked my interest. So today I installed Xcode on my new MacBook Pro, downloaded the SDK and have started sifting through the documentation.
I haven’t even open an Xcode project because I intend to gather the learning materials and learn it all properly, rather than diving in and getting overwhelmed. This is because Objective C is the “weirdest” language I have set out to program in, especially coming from ActionScript and Java-style languages.
I owe my initial interest to Keith Peters about a month ago as he started to write blog posts on Bit-101 while he was learning everything. Soon after I researched some things, read some articles and gathered a list of books I would need, such as the one shown to the right.
However, once that was completed I got thrown on a project for work and all free time was lost. Now I am starting to gain some of that back and hope to dive in next week.
No plans for commercial development, selling an app or any of that.. this is purely to learn something new, have some fun and most importantly, keep my mind active! Expect more on this topic soon, but fear not, I am still an ActionScript developer by “day”.
