I've got almost all of the UI elements working now and, especially, have the tab elements structured properly and navigation is functioning. I have character data that I need to access and begin displaying on the screen now, so I needed to have some way of having some global data that could be accessed from numerous screens. I despised the idea of doing this via a global variable (I actually shuddered at the thought :), but wondered whether I could/should do this via the application delegate (or other pseudo-global class). I was looking online for a good solution to this when I was reminded of one of my favorite design patterns - the singleton. I found a great post that talked about an extremely easy way of doing this in Objective-C. Thankfully the author, Matt Gallagher, provided a quick template for doing it.
So, now I have a character data singleton. I can access it from whatever view needs to know what it contains. And I've been reading about table view and table view cells so I can really finish up my first user story and move onto the next one. I'm really hoping that over the next few weeks I'll be able to bring my idea to life.
On the job front, I have been applying for jobs and doing what I can to put the best foot forward, but I am really looking at trying to make Otto Von work. If I can get things done and tested by the end of June (a VERY tight schedule if it's even possible) I can make the deadline I've set for myself. The reason for the tight schedule? Project Samantha's motif. What is that motif? Well, here's the full disclosure.
Samantha is a multi-player wizard game. The player takes on the role of a wizard in our world and engages in quests for artifacts, experience, and money; duels with other players for experience; and joins or forms covens/guilds for group protection and to participate in monthly 'grand artifact quests'. Obviously there's SO much more to this game than just that, but that's probably the ten second synopsis.
Why Samantha? Samantha Stephens, of course. Not that I don't like the Nicole Kidman version (because I lurve Nicole), but it HAS to be Elizabeth Montgomery. :) Regardless, it was pretty much because of Bewitched that I chose the project name.
So, that's what's up in a nutshell. Lots happening and I'm praying (and could use yours) that I can get this working and out before Harry Potter opens in July. Oh - yeah. The timing. I figure if people come out of the movie and check their iPhones for a wizard game, it would be best if mine were right there for them to download. Since the game will be free with micro-transactions for in-game items, I can hopefully get a lot of downloads and people will be encouraged to purchase some of these items.
We'll see. I'm doing what I can to make this end-of-June deadline and hope that things will work to my benefit. Fortune favors the bold, so let's be bold.
