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jotade11

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Hello!

I have been googling around, trying to find where to start for creating Mac games. Please, before you run and say "Click the stickie!", I already have... a long time ago. :) I just have a specific question, and that is: Is it better (for performance, learning experience, ease of use, etc.) to write a complete game in Open GL or to use a prebuilt engine when programming a game for the Mac?

Thanks!
 
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jiminaus

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What programming experience do you have? What games programming experience do you have? What kind of game would like to develop?

Very generally, writing a complete game in Open GL would be the best learning experience but also the hardest, while using an engine would be the best for performance and easy of use.
 
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forcesteeler

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Try Unity Engine or UDK by Unreal Technologies.

You can write your game engine from scratch but its the hardest solution especially if your by yourself.
 
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0098386

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Yeah you really need to stick with Unity or UDK/Unreal Engine 3. They really are great if you want to hit multiple systems at once (and you really really should).
 
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Eric5h5

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Unity...free and runs on OS X, which UDK does not. Theoretically you can get better performance by writing your own custom engine instead of using a general engine, but it will be a much much longer haul.

--Eric
 
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jotade11

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Hmm ok, I've tried Unity before, but I guess I was looking for a little more challenge than scripting, which is not to say it's easy; it's just not the same.

I am a web developer mainly, but I'm trying to learn some Cocoa and other relevant languages (ie. Open GL, Python). I don't really have an idea for a game, perhaps just Pong for now, but I'm going to go ahead and use Unity as recommended.

Thanks for the input and help!
 
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SatyMahajan

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jotade11 said:
Hmm ok, I've tried Unity before, but I guess I was looking for a little more challenge than scripting, which is not to say it's easy; it's just not the same.

I am a web developer mainly, but I'm trying to learn some Cocoa and other relevant languages (ie. Open GL, Python). I don't really have an idea for a game, perhaps just Pong for now, but I'm going to go ahead and use Unity as recommended.

Thanks for the input and help!
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cocos2d is a fantastic 2D engine. I'm using it right now to develop a physics-based sim game. Has Box2D and Chipmunk physics engine support built-in. Might take a look. You can build apps for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/
 
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