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Deployed my first test game using Unity with Xcode and a physical test device. It’s very different than using just Swift and Xcode. Unity has so many features, it’s crazy. 🤪 So far, I have seen a few errors already on Xcode console (shaders and memory issues mainly) so will have to research those. My main focus at this time is to make sure i’ll be able to get a game deployed to the iOS app store using the Unity platform within a reasonable time frame.
https://unity.com
Android Dev Summit 2019 starts today with the keynote at 10 AM. Visit the Android Dev site for more information.
This week I’m spending most of my spare time organizing my ML notebooks into something I can apply to my projects for production. For example, a background art generation iOS/Mac app using a machine learning model that uses my personal artwork to help me create variations of my own artwork. I’ll also wondering about how to apply this to animation as well but that’s for later! 🤣🖌🖼
Recently went through all of the WWDC 2019 topics on SwiftUI and machine learning, and they are all really great. Since all of my projects are in various stages, I’m going to take the time to convert them to SwiftUI. This should also help me to work through and get a better understanding of different programming paradigms such as protocol oriented programming.
As far as machine learning goes, this is definitely an adventure. I’m currently working through Fast.ai’s Practical Deep Learning for Coders, v3 and it’s simply amazing! Its a top to bottom teaching approach so you’ll learn how to do things first then theory. The DeepLearning.ai courses are more bottom up approach and are just as amazing. Links below.
Tried out Amazon’s AWS Deep Racer virtual circuit last month and I was amazed on how easy and fun it was to do! I entered the May London Loop and ended up # 169 out of 859! Not too bad since this was my first time using AWS. AWS did a great job on how easy it is to set up and train a machine learning model on SageMaker, then use RoboMaker for the simulator, and handle all the backend connections. I’ll be trying out the Kumo Torakku race next since there is about 2 & 1/2 weeks left until it closes. 🤖
Racer name: StarlightDreamStudio
For more info on deep racer:
WWDC19 is only a few weeks away! Looks like it’s going to be a lot of new and fun announcements this year for developers. Have a great day!
Here’s the link:
Starting at 10 AM today, Google I/O will be live-streaming a lot of great stuff today starting off. Here is the link:
https://events.google.com/io/live/
Have a great day!
Fort Seige is my fifth iOS game released on the Apple App Store.
This was a lot of fun to make and I plan to add more levels and fun stuff in it for future updates.
Have a fun day! 😜
For this week I’m going to spend some time to try to create the sound effects I need for my game using Logic Pro. The previous games I made used sound effects made with Garage Band so this will be touch different as far as learning to use Logic Pro. ☺️
I tried out Amazon’s Alexa Skill and I must say it was fun to play with. My first Alexa skill is live now to the public. Its made using an Alexa Blueprint and it was very simple and easy to make. 😆
https://skills-store.amazon.com/deeplink/dp/B07NQK3FD2?deviceType=app&share&refSuffix=ss_copy
After I release my next iOS game in a few weeks, I hope to add a few more Alexa skills to this initial one. Here’s the link to the Amazon Alexa Developer site.
https://developer.amazon.com/alexa
You can either build your own custom experience with code or use one of Amazon’s Blueprints that does not require any code.
Have a fun day! 😁
