GuitarHero/RockBand fans... side project anyone?

[Szymon Gatner]

On Friday, 13 December 2013 at 15:28:41 UTC, Manu wrote:
> On 14 December 2013 01:09, Szymon Gatner <noemail at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> On Friday, 13 December 2013 at 14:50:18 UTC, Manu wrote:
>>
>>> On 13 December 2013 23:53, Szymon Gatner <noemail at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  On Friday, 13 December 2013 at 13:06:16 UTC, Rikki 
>>> Cattermole wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  On Friday, 13 December 2013 at 12:37:21 UTC, Szymon Gatner 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hi, I am experienced C++ programmer, recently switched to 
>>>>> indie gamedev
>>>>>> (1 title released commercially, another on the way). I am 
>>>>>> really
>>>>>> interested
>>>>>> in this for 2 reasons:
>>>>>> 1) a chance to work with someone of your experience
>>>>>> 2) as soon as it is possible (that would be D working on 
>>>>>> iOS) I would
>>>>>> like to do a transition from C++ to D in our projects so 
>>>>>> new
>>>>>> experience in
>>>>>> D (and in the industry) is just perfect
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please consider me!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> From the sounds of it, it'll be a community project so no 
>>>>> worries, just
>>>>> join in.
>>>>> Have a talk with the GDC compiler guys about helping with 
>>>>> ARM support
>>>>> and
>>>>> getting on iOS. They could definitely use the help!
>>>>> Although from my knowledge there probably will be issues 
>>>>> with tool chain
>>>>> not verified by Apple.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Thing is, I feel nowhere near qualified to work on a 
>>>> compiler. And
>>>> compiler is really just a beginning. Even with Xcode 
>>>> preparing iOS app
>>>> that
>>>> is written in C++ and not Objective-C is still far from easy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Really? Everything I've ever written on iOS was in full C++, 
>>> with just one
>>> .m file to boot, and marshall the view and input events :)
>>> I think doing the same with D would be equally trivial. A 
>>> game doesn't
>>> need
>>> access to the full iOS UI library. Any OS service calls can 
>>> be wrapped in
>>> C
>>> functions in the marshalling .m file.
>>>
>>
>> That is exactly what I do too, all C++ + some .mm files. I 
>> rather meant
>> debugging capabilities of Xcode (well now mych better in v5 
>> but still crap
>> compared to VC), code signing, provisions and a need to use 
>> command line
>> instead of IDE for archiving etc. Tbh I am using CMake to keep 
>> my projects
>> portable so that is a part of a problem but still ;)
>>
>
> Indeed, but I would just never try and debug the iOS build :)
> I always debug the PC build, and then occasionally you need to 
> fix a
> straggling iOS specific issue... but they're typically few and 
> far between,
> particularly if your tech has good portability to start with.

LOL so I am not the only one he does iOS programming more on 
Windows than on Mac. Btw I was very surprised to see that most 
(if not all) attendees of DConf had Mac Books. I hate mine with 
passion.