iPhone/iPod - should/could I?

[ShizzleCreature]

should I buy the dev kit from apple(100$) so i could develop games for the iPhone/iPod in flash,is it even possiable?
is there a way to make games for the iPhone/iPod FREE just for my iPhone/iPod not to publish it and get money on it?(in flash of curse)

[4urentertainment]

As far as I know, the only way to even test your stuff on iPhone/iPad is to buy the $100 license. And yes, you *can* make iphone games with flash. Although I believe it runs much faster when written in objective-c.

[Manly-Chicken]

At 1/1/11 08:15 AM, ShizzleCreature wrote: should I buy the dev kit from apple(100$) so i could develop games for the iPhone/iPod in flash,is it even possiable?
is there a way to make games for the iPhone/iPod FREE just for my iPhone/iPod not to publish it and get money on it?(in flash of curse)

Free no, but with the latest version of flash (cs5, about $700, $200 for students) you can with actionscript 3, but I heard apps were really slow and you couldnt make complex games on it.

[ShizzleCreature]

At 1/1/11 11:07 AM, Manly-Chicken wrote:

At 1/1/11 08:15 AM, ShizzleCreature wrote: should I buy the dev kit from apple(100$) so i could develop games for the iPhone/iPod in flash,is it even possiable?
is there a way to make games for the iPhone/iPod FREE just for my iPhone/iPod not to publish it and get money on it?(in flash of curse)

Free no, but with the latest version of flash (cs5, about $700, $200 for students) you can with actionscript 3, but I heard apps were really slow and you couldnt make complex games on it.

ok i got flash cs5 allready,but i need certificate file and a provisioning file,wich i dont have.
and for the first post,i heard about making games in cocos2d,the problem is that
A.i dont have macintosh so i cant run xcode with cocos2d...
B.i dont know objective c :(
(is objective c is easy to learn,and i will be able to start making games fast?)

[West-End-Pro]

At 1/1/11 08:15 AM, ShizzleCreature wrote: should I buy the dev kit from apple(100$) so i could develop games for the iPhone/iPod in flash,is it even possiable?
is there a way to make games for the iPhone/iPod FREE just for my iPhone/iPod not to publish it and get money on it?(in flash of curse)

Yes. You can make things for free, but just for YOUR iPod / iPhone, but it has to be jailbroken. With enough searching around the internet you can get hold of the certificate and provisioning file.

[ShizzleCreature]

well,i got a provisioning profile and a certificate file,but when i try to publish it,it gives me a messege that java crashed and then stops publishing..and it happens all the time :/
what to do?

[zrb]

I tried CS5's packager for my iPod.

Its too slow, CS5's not the tool to use if your serious about making apps.

[andy70707]

Apparently with AS3 and AIR you can make apps, but if you want them on the app store you need the license. You can dwonload the SDK (its free) and develop apps just for your device, then if you like it you can buy the license.

[Jimp]

If your'e looking to make money, I wouldnt bother. The App Store is already saturated as hell and the vast majority of games go on to sell 10's of copys. Unless you grab Apples attention or have a LOT of promotion, it seems like a massive waste of time to me. Plus, the Flash export is so limiting that youre gonna be hard pressed to make anything worth playing, let alone paying for!

[Wolfos]

At 1/2/11 07:05 AM, andy70707 wrote: Apparently with AS3 and AIR you can make apps, but if you want them on the app store you need the license. You can dwonload the SDK (its free) and develop apps just for your device, then if you like it you can buy the license.

You can't test them without the license either, not even on the emulator (which is Mac only).

You can develop iPhone games in all sorts of programming languages, for 3D games i would really recommend UDK.