So over the past year or so I’ve really felt a calling to return to some sort of programming work. Originally I thought about Unity, but decided it was too familiar and I’d bog myself down asking “is how I’m doing this out of date?” I also wanted to start with simpler projects that feel native to the devices I use in my daily life, so I’ve decided to work on some small iOS projects for now.
The first project I’ve started is called “Kyle Incremental” and it’s primary purpose it to have a space where I can start tinkering with some ideas without the need for fancy graphics. I’ve got a basic story I want to tell as you explore your way through the game, and I’m going to wrap it in some incremental game design that I’ve been a fan of personally.
The goal isn’t to make money with any of these projects. It is simply to ask the question “Can I still do this?” I also really want to see how far AI has progressed not just as a toy for generating pictures and video, but as a tool to help with application development. Today I started the project and I’m honestly stunned with how much I got done in a single day with zero experience in Swift, near zero experience with Xcode (I’ve only used it to deploy Unity games, which does all the work for you).
Let’s see where this journey takes me. Hopefully some positive changes are on the horizon.