Complete Newbie looking to break into the industry (eventually), guidance needed :)

I have recently purchased a MacBook, I also bought the book 'Game Development for iOS with Unity 3D by Jeff W Murray

Next month I plan to purchase a Unity iOS license, not the Pro version though. Also a load of other books I’m going to need. I have no idea how to script, but would Objective-C be a good starting point? I feel I need some kind of structured learning, because I am hoping to begin creating games for the iOS as early as this year as an Indie developer. So if anybody can recommend me some good books or any other learning methods that would be great.

I’m more interested in creating mini games in 2.5D rather than anything 3D just yet.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks

davidcrawford1991@hotmail.com

Since you’ll be working in unity I would start with javascript or c#. c# is my language of choice. Here are some advice articles I’ve collected from indie devs. Good luck and the best piece of advice I can give is to keep the scope of your first projects SMALL! :slight_smile: Something like an asteroid clone.

http://supermeatboy.com/134/How_do_I_get_started_programming_games___/#b

http://makegames.tumblr.com/post/1136623767/finishing-a-game

i’d recommend starting with C# as well, it may be harder than javascript but it’d certainly get you further. there are lots of great Unity tutorials out there that you can look into about learning how to code and also how to use Unity in general. Here are some tutorials i personally used and thought were quite useful to getting a hang of using Unity. Getting started on game design is the hardest part, everyone has to start somewhere so good luck to you sir :slight_smile:

http://walkerboystudio.com/html/unity_training___free__.html#unity3game1


http://www.unity3dstudent.com/

also : Unity - Scripting API:
the Unity script reference can really help with coding when you’re not sure about a function.

Ok C# it is then, its just I read somewhere that Apple OS use Objective C.

Thanks for the links, I will be sure to have a good read through them cheers