My iPhone Game Tutorials for Beginners

[GMG Kurt]

oh I get it thats a lot easier to understand than what's in the manuals on the site.
And I made the Hello world application, and that was super helpful.
Thanks for humoring all my questions about Object-C

[GMG Kurt]

what is the difference between the files that end in .m and .h

[GMG Kurt]

Also when you create an iPhone project it gives a lot of different types of templates. What is the most basic one to start with, and what can you do with it?

[GMG Kurt]

where can I find frameworks. (namely UIKit) I'm actually not quite sure what it is in the first place, I only know that you need it or another framework to make a game. So I don't know where to start looking

[Gan]

what is the difference between the files that end in .m and .h

.h is where you declare variables and functions you want to use in your code. Ex:
int myTestNumber;

Then in .m you'd put code like:
-(void)init {
    myTestNumber = 1;
}

Also when you create an iPhone project it gives a lot of different types of templates. What is the most basic one to start with, and what can you do with it?

That's a toughie, depends on the app. If you want to make a game, either a plain UIView, OpenGl or navigation controller template. For a utility app you might want to use the tabbar template.

where can I find frameworks. (namely UIKit) I'm actually not quite sure what it is in the first place, I only know that you need it or another framework to make a game. So I don't know where to start looking

The UIKit framework should already be attached. To see all frameworks, open the Framework folder in the left bar.

Hmm. I should scrap all my tutorials and make new ones. Cause I've learned a ton and can make them much simpler.

[I-NEED-HELP]

Maybe I could add to your template. I added rotation to the OpenGL files and a function to draw rotated images. Also added a Player.h and Player.mm class (Yes, I use Objective-C++). This class has some basic stuff, like score, position, bounding box, image... maybe I will polish/post my version of the template sometime.

[GMG Kurt]

UIKit isn't in the frameworks folder under Mac OS X and it isn't under Library under iOS either. I found the cases for UIKit. Would it be a good framework for an iPhone game, and does it have motion control detectors, or do I have to find another framework?
Again thanks for the patience starting on things like this always give me the most trouble.
EDIT: oh now I'm super duper confused. I found it in the iPhone simulator and I don't understand what I'm supposed to do to be able to use it for your own applications
/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator4.3.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks
oh my head

[Gan]

You're trying much too hard.

You don't need to physically find the UIKit framework. When you make a new project it should already be connected. If you want to connect frameworks to your project, just go to your target settings, link with libraries, hit the plus button, add the framework.

[GMG Kurt]

ooooohhhhhhhh I see now. Thanks! Just two more questions about frameworks
what do they do? are they where the cases are located,
and what do you do with files whose names appear in red?

[Gan]

Frameworks provide useful functions to do stuff.

For example the UIKit framework gives you all the neat UI classes. Like UIImage. Where you can load an image as easy as: UIImage* myImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"My Image.png"];

I have no idea what you mean by cases.

[GMG Kurt]

I thought cases were the functions like you just gave as an example

UIImage* myImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"My Image.png"];

The second time I said cases I meant to say files (just edited the post) I can explain it better with a screen shot:
http://www.mediafire.com/?pwrmqpm91xxw8qv

[Gan]

It means your missing those frameworks. Hm. Your SDK appears connected, what're the bugs when you hit Build & Run?

[GMG Kurt]

weird... it work perfectly. I checked all the processes it can do, and everything works. Here's the folder
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?j2a853ff3ccjhbc
it's something for a tutorial on recognizing touches, and the like.

[Gan]

Well if it works there's no problem!

[GMG Kurt]

is it easy to make an app like Discover? it's an app that turns your iPod into a flash drive, and lets you read PDF's. The only problem is that the PDF reader is horrible, and I thought I might try my hand at remaking, and improving it.