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The Wiki Game for iOS

by clemesha on 11/23/11, 4:38 AM with 9 comments

• by clemesha on 11/23/11, 4:43 AM

  I built this as a companion to my web app http://TheWikiGame.com. Started it as an HTML5 app (using jQuery Mobile and Phonegap), but I abandoned them in favor of Objective-C, which turned out to be a choice I'm very happy with. Native scrolling was the single biggest thing that convinced me to go with Objective-C.

• by tworats on 11/23/11, 6:52 AM

  I was rooting for HTML5 / jQuery mobile approach to work, but watching it develop (I know clemesha) it became clear that it wasn't going be a very good result.

  The native app, by comparison, is clearly significantly superior. I wish it wasn't so, but it is.

  For games at least, I'm convinced native is the way to go.

  Alex, congrats, the game turned out beautifully.

• by wlievens on 11/23/11, 10:57 AM

  This is awesome. I love it. Thanks for building this.