Where to start? Looking to build a Tower Defense type game

Target Platforms Mobile
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Hi Guys,

I’ve just got my iPhone, a new Mac Mini, an iPhone dev book and looking to purchase Unity 3D Indie and Unity iPhone Basic this week to get started on a product idea I have for building a Tower Defense game.

I know, there are a bunch of tower defense games already for the iPhone, however, I figured I might as well just pick a game style and learn how to build a game. Problem is, I have no idea where to start.

I know vb.net and c# programming for windows, therefore Unity will be right up my alley, but I’ve never done any games, mainly desktop software.

Will anyone kindly point me in the right direction.

Are there similar sample projects I can look at and digest that would work for a Tower Defense type game like geoDefense or Tower Defense?

Any ideas or suggestions would be helpful as I’m just starting out on this iPhone Dev journey.

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I’d say forget the tower defense idea (for now) and start with something very very simple, something you can do in less than 1 week. Publish as a free app on iTunes, just to get the experience. How about something stupid simple, like one of those gun apps where you have a few different guns on the screen and you touch them to make them fire. I dunno, just something easy. Then do a full blown tower defense game once you get your feet wet.

BTW, the company I work for is getting ready to release a tower defense game for the iPhone. Its been in development for about 4 months… 1 full time developer and 2 (mostly) full time graphic guys. … You should definitely start with something simpler.