Learning the Metal API--🌟

Started learning about Metal for game & machine learning development. It was clear to me that I would have to pick it up sooner or later. I’ve been using SpriteKit for game development for some time now and have been carefully watching to see if it gets updated by Apple, but nothing so far. As for ML, it’s every where in Apple’s APIs so it’s essential to learn about it. What’s underneath both of them? Metal. So far I’ve gone through 8 chapters of Metal by Tutorials by Caroline Begbie & Marius Horga and it’s been really fun to understand it. Let’s have some fun! 🚀

WWDC22 Next Week!

Excited to see what WWDC22 has in store for us next week! 🎉 I’m wondering and excited about all the media speculation about “Reality OS” and the hardware. Maybe they made a new game engine to go along with it or more along the lines of the APIs they currently have for AR/VR/SceneKit? I love that they once again have digital lounges available for us to chat online with others and Apple folks. It’s going to be a fun week!

https://developer.apple.com/wwdc22/

Gamma Fighter update and taking a look under the API hood. 👀

Recently updated one of my iOS games. While doing this I realized how much Objective C and Metal is really behind SpriteKit and other APIs. I felt like Alice going through the mirror and finding myself in an unfamiliar land. Looking at what makes up the API’s is really insightful to see how it’s works under the hood. Every time that I need to use a new API, I always take a look at the source code to gain more insight. Let's go exploring!

https://apps.apple.com/cy/app/gamma-fighter/id1555920102

Starting off the New Year with a new app!

I’ve started preliminary work on a new app that I’ve been thinking about. I won’t go into too much detail for now but I can say its game related, easy to play, and uses the imagination of the user. For this app, I’ll be using SwiftUI and the ML and Vision frameworks from Apple. Let’s see what we can do! I’m also working on a schedule to get more of my apps updated soon.

Here’s more information on using ML and Vision frameworks on Apple Devices: https://developer.apple.com/videos/ml-vision

New game released! Gamma Fighter for iPhone & iPad 🚀🌟🛸

Gamma Fighter is a fast action retro style arcade game that's quick and easy to play. Destroy alien ships and advance to the next level. Good luck pilot and have a great time!

The initial version of this game uses motion to control your rocket ship and integrates Game Center. Future updates will include adding game controller support (virtual and physical). In addition, I am in the planning stages to add support for Watch, Apple TV, and Mac.