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Alternative Development Systems for the Mac

Apple · Programming · 2004-11-22 03:11 · posted by Hemos · from the alternative-development-lifestyles dept. · 128 comments

Carlos Camacho writes "Programmers new to the Mac platform, as well as newbie Mac coders often ask (or complain) about available development tools. Most often, Apple's Xcode is recommended since it is free, and a pretty slick package. For cross-platform work, Metrowerks CodeWarrior series has been with us since the early PowerPC days, and is very flexible in its support for multi-platforms. But with if you want to work in a language other than Objective-C,C, C++ or Java? Or learn an entirely new language? How does the Macintosh fare? iDevGames, a site devoted to Mac game developers, has put together a list of "alternative" development tools for Mac OS X. A good number of the tools listed are either free, or low-cost. So, if you're interested in playing around with Lua, Ruby, something similar to HyperCard, or one of the many BASICs, check out "Alternative Development Systems for the Mac.""

Alternative Development Systems for the Mac

Apple · Programming · 2004-11-22 03:11 · posted by Hemos · from the alternative-development-lifestyles dept. · 128 comments

Carlos Camacho writes "Programmers new to the Mac platform, as well as newbie Mac coders often ask (or complain) about available development tools. Most often, Apple's Xcode is recommended since it is free, and a pretty slick package. For cross-platform work, Metrowerks CodeWarrior series has been with us since the early PowerPC days, and is very flexible in its support for multi-platforms. But with if you want to work in a language other than Objective-C,C, C++ or Java? Or learn an entirely new language? How does the Macintosh fare? iDevGames, a site devoted to Mac game developers, has put together a list of "alternative" development tools for Mac OS X. A good number of the tools listed are either free, or low-cost. So, if you're interested in playing around with Lua, Ruby, something similar to HyperCard, or one of the many BASICs, check out "Alternative Development Systems for the Mac.""

Alternative Development Systems for the Mac

Apple · Programming · 2004-11-22 03:11 · posted by Hemos · from the alternative-development-lifestyles dept. · 128 comments

Carlos Camacho writes "Programmers new to the Mac platform, as well as newbie Mac coders often ask (or complain) about available development tools. Most often, Apple's Xcode is recommended since it is free, and a pretty slick package. For cross-platform work, Metrowerks CodeWarrior series has been with us since the early PowerPC days, and is very flexible in its support for multi-platforms. But with if you want to work in a language other than Objective-C,C, C++ or Java? Or learn an entirely new language? How does the Macintosh fare? iDevGames, a site devoted to Mac game developers, has put together a list of "alternative" development tools for Mac OS X. A good number of the tools listed are either free, or low-cost. So, if you're interested in playing around with Lua, Ruby, something similar to HyperCard, or one of the many BASICs, check out "Alternative Development Systems for the Mac.""

uDevGames 2004 Macintosh Game Development Contest

Games · Programming · 2004-08-11 16:03 · posted by simoniker · from the you-dev dept. · 18 comments

Chris Burkhardt writes "iDevGames officially announced the start of the uDevGames Game Development Contest yesterday. The contest challenges participants to create a Mac OS X game in three months time, which will then be subjected to public vote, peer vote, and a panel of judges, with the best in a variety of categories receiving prizes. iDevGames has issued a press release." Previous winners of the competition include the rather smart Argonaut 2149.

uDevGames 2004 Macintosh Game Development Contest

Games · Programming · 2004-08-11 16:03 · posted by simoniker · from the you-dev dept. · 18 comments

Chris Burkhardt writes "iDevGames officially announced the start of the uDevGames Game Development Contest yesterday. The contest challenges participants to create a Mac OS X game in three months time, which will then be subjected to public vote, peer vote, and a panel of judges, with the best in a variety of categories receiving prizes. iDevGames has issued a press release." Previous winners of the competition include the rather smart Argonaut 2149.

What's Your Favorite Open Source Game?

Ask · Games · 2004-07-13 11:46 · posted by Cliff · from the share-your-opinions dept. · 149 comments

Carlos Camacho asks: "The Inkubator Project is a website for creating free, Open Source Mac games through a collaboration between experienced and inexperienced developers. As webmaster, I am interested in adding to the seven games we have listed in our link section. So, I would like to ask Slashdot readers for their picks of the best Open Source games. The Inkubator Project focuses on Mac developers, however any game project that uses cross-platform technologies is fine."

What's Your Favorite Open Source Game?

Ask · Games · 2004-07-13 11:46 · posted by Cliff · from the share-your-opinions dept. · 149 comments

Carlos Camacho asks: "The Inkubator Project is a website for creating free, Open Source Mac games through a collaboration between experienced and inexperienced developers. As webmaster, I am interested in adding to the seven games we have listed in our link section. So, I would like to ask Slashdot readers for their picks of the best Open Source games. The Inkubator Project focuses on Mac developers, however any game project that uses cross-platform technologies is fine."

Mac Contest Roundup

Apple · Macosx · 2004-04-02 07:16 · posted by pudge · from the themes-and-games-and-cookies-oh-my dept. · 53 comments

MacThemes.net writes "MacThemes.net has had over 45 artists submit entries to our Theme Mockup Contest, of which the top six will be created into actual themes by established themers. Prizes of over a thousand dollars of software and cash will be awarded. Until this Sunday, readers and visitors are asked to visit our entries archive and vote for the submissions. Winners are expected to be announced Monday, April 5th." blobbo writes "iDevGames announces the opening of '21 Days Later', a programming mini-contest that is designed to motivate and educate Mac game developers. It is open to developers from around the globe, and the source code from all entries will be released as open source."

Piracy Helping Larger Game Developers?

Games · Internet · 2004-03-20 06:14 · posted by simoniker · from the jolly-roger dept. · 112 comments

Carlos Camacho writes "Piracy has been in the news recently within the game developer, and game player communities. You've seen all arguments against piracy in the past... Or have you? GBA and Mac game developer Aaron Fothergill of Strange Flavour Software wrote iDevGames a guest-editorial that will hopefully lead more users who copy games to re-think exactly it is that they are hurting. 'One of tenets of the software thief, is that "software is too expensive." They will then usually go on to bemoan how the 'giants' of the industry treat users unfairly and how stealing their software is their way of getting at 'the man.' Unfortunately, little do they realise, that the opposite is happening! Instead, rampant software theft benefits the 100 stone gorillas at the expense of new products that would otherwise be able to compete on price and features, resulting in only the big monopolistic companies keeping their products in the market and being able to control it'."

Piracy Helping Larger Game Developers?

Games · Internet · 2004-03-20 06:14 · posted by simoniker · from the jolly-roger dept. · 112 comments

Carlos Camacho writes "Piracy has been in the news recently within the game developer, and game player communities. You've seen all arguments against piracy in the past... Or have you? GBA and Mac game developer Aaron Fothergill of Strange Flavour Software wrote iDevGames a guest-editorial that will hopefully lead more users who copy games to re-think exactly it is that they are hurting. 'One of tenets of the software thief, is that "software is too expensive." They will then usually go on to bemoan how the 'giants' of the industry treat users unfairly and how stealing their software is their way of getting at 'the man.' Unfortunately, little do they realise, that the opposite is happening! Instead, rampant software theft benefits the 100 stone gorillas at the expense of new products that would otherwise be able to compete on price and features, resulting in only the big monopolistic companies keeping their products in the market and being able to control it'."

Programming Challenges for Mac Developers

Apple · Programming · 2004-03-02 13:34 · posted by pudge · from the i-dev-you-dev-we-all-dev dept. · 47 comments

Carlos Camacho writes "iDevGames, a Macintosh Game Developer's Site has started issuing small programming challenges to Mac developers. The first challenge just wrapped up and the result is two nifty apps. The source code for both apps, and all apps entered into the programming challenges, will be released as open source. The next challenge has added an extra day, so developers have 72 hours. The focus is on creating an application to demonstrate 'A* pathfinding.'"

Programming Challenges for Mac Developers

Apple · Programming · 2004-03-02 13:34 · posted by pudge · from the i-dev-you-dev-we-all-dev dept. · 47 comments

Carlos Camacho writes "iDevGames, a Macintosh Game Developer's Site has started issuing small programming challenges to Mac developers. The first challenge just wrapped up and the result is two nifty apps. The source code for both apps, and all apps entered into the programming challenges, will be released as open source. The next challenge has added an extra day, so developers have 72 hours. The focus is on creating an application to demonstrate 'A* pathfinding.'"

Programming Challenges for Mac Developers

Apple · Programming · 2004-03-02 13:34 · posted by pudge · from the i-dev-you-dev-we-all-dev dept. · 47 comments

Carlos Camacho writes "iDevGames, a Macintosh Game Developer's Site has started issuing small programming challenges to Mac developers. The first challenge just wrapped up and the result is two nifty apps. The source code for both apps, and all apps entered into the programming challenges, will be released as open source. The next challenge has added an extra day, so developers have 72 hours. The focus is on creating an application to demonstrate 'A* pathfinding.'"

Gender Inclusive Game Design Reviewed

Games · Books · 2003-12-01 09:04 · posted by CowboyNeal · from the girl-gamers-get-their-due dept. · 44 comments

BWJones writes "iDevGames has posted a book review on Gender Inclusive Game Design that should prove an interesting read not only for game design, but also for the sociological perspective. I've long wondered why the game design community has not paid more attention to gender issues given that the gaming industry has now eclipsed the movie industry in terms of overall sales. While I am not a gamer per se, I am on the beta test teams for a couple big Mac development/porting houses. I have wondered how some of these games would appeal to different demographics and what the gender demographics were. I am sure that given the financial motives, this data is available somewhere."

Gender Inclusive Game Design Reviewed

Games · Books · 2003-12-01 09:04 · posted by CowboyNeal · from the girl-gamers-get-their-due dept. · 44 comments

BWJones writes "iDevGames has posted a book review on Gender Inclusive Game Design that should prove an interesting read not only for game design, but also for the sociological perspective. I've long wondered why the game design community has not paid more attention to gender issues given that the gaming industry has now eclipsed the movie industry in terms of overall sales. While I am not a gamer per se, I am on the beta test teams for a couple big Mac development/porting houses. I have wondered how some of these games would appeal to different demographics and what the gender demographics were. I am sure that given the financial motives, this data is available somewhere."

uDevGames Source Code Available

Apple · Aptech2 · 2003-04-21 00:28 · posted by Hemos · from the playing-with-it-all dept. · 17 comments

Geert Poels writes "Kiki the Nanobot was the deserved winner of the uDevGames Mac Game Programming Competition. Entrants had to submit their game along with its source code. Provided with open source licenses like MIT, GPL, ... and written using OpenGL, some games will prove a fairly easy port. The source code to the 41 entries have been prepared and are being made available for download. Last week, GameSpy made a round-up of '02 Mac gaming by publishing a 2-page editorial 2002: The Year of the Mac Gamer."

uDevGames Source Code Available

Apple · Aptech2 · 2003-04-21 00:28 · posted by Hemos · from the playing-with-it-all dept. · 17 comments

Geert Poels writes "Kiki the Nanobot was the deserved winner of the uDevGames Mac Game Programming Competition. Entrants had to submit their game along with its source code. Provided with open source licenses like MIT, GPL, ... and written using OpenGL, some games will prove a fairly easy port. The source code to the 41 entries have been prepared and are being made available for download. Last week, GameSpy made a round-up of '02 Mac gaming by publishing a 2-page editorial 2002: The Year of the Mac Gamer."

uDevGames Source Code Available

Apple · Aptech2 · 2003-04-21 00:28 · posted by Hemos · from the playing-with-it-all dept. · 17 comments

Geert Poels writes "Kiki the Nanobot was the deserved winner of the uDevGames Mac Game Programming Competition. Entrants had to submit their game along with its source code. Provided with open source licenses like MIT, GPL, ... and written using OpenGL, some games will prove a fairly easy port. The source code to the 41 entries have been prepared and are being made available for download. Last week, GameSpy made a round-up of '02 Mac gaming by publishing a 2-page editorial 2002: The Year of the Mac Gamer."

uDevGames Source Code Available

Apple · Aptech2 · 2003-04-21 00:28 · posted by Hemos · from the playing-with-it-all dept. · 17 comments

Geert Poels writes "Kiki the Nanobot was the deserved winner of the uDevGames Mac Game Programming Competition. Entrants had to submit their game along with its source code. Provided with open source licenses like MIT, GPL, ... and written using OpenGL, some games will prove a fairly easy port. The source code to the 41 entries have been prepared and are being made available for download. Last week, GameSpy made a round-up of '02 Mac gaming by publishing a 2-page editorial 2002: The Year of the Mac Gamer."

Vote for uDevGame 2002 Winners

Apple · Apple · 2002-11-18 06:51 · posted by pudge · from the vote-for-freedom dept. · 12 comments

Chris Burkhardt writes "The development cycle for uDevGame 2002 came to an end last night, producing 41 brand new Open Source games for Macintosh. The games are now subject to a public vote for the next 9 days where voters can judge them in 5 categories: Gameplay, Graphics, Sound & Music, Originality, and Polish. The winners will be announced on December 2 (along with the release of source code for all 41 games, and postmortems for the winners). Read the iDevGames.com press release, and the original article."

Vote for uDevGame 2002 Winners

Apple · Apple · 2002-11-18 06:51 · posted by pudge · from the vote-for-freedom dept. · 12 comments

Chris Burkhardt writes "The development cycle for uDevGame 2002 came to an end last night, producing 41 brand new Open Source games for Macintosh. The games are now subject to a public vote for the next 9 days where voters can judge them in 5 categories: Gameplay, Graphics, Sound & Music, Originality, and Polish. The winners will be announced on December 2 (along with the release of source code for all 41 games, and postmortems for the winners). Read the iDevGames.com press release, and the original article."