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I thought Apple would never approve any type of simulator, virtual machine, or app creation platform for iOS itself, since it could be used to generate apps tha

I thought Apple would never approve any type of simulator, virtual machine, or app creation platform for iOS itself, since it could be used to generate apps that might not conform with their guidelines. How did they get around this?

Swizec 15y ago
They don't explicitly mention this in the video, but perhaps the games cannot be exported? So they only work within the simulated environment. Also it looks to be just for games.
- podperson 15y ago
  I think if there's no way to grab the code off a website (or whatever) then it might be OK. I don't think that you'd be precluded from exporting the project and turning it into a standalone. However, you don't appear to be able to do much (not even run full screen) so it's a neat program but probably more for introducing children to coding than doing anything serious.
nickmain 15y ago
Sharing games with others would be the problem, as acknowledged by the creator - http://twitter.com/#!/TwoLivesLeft/status/129304975623995395 http://twitter.com/#!/TwoLivesLeft/status/129304975623995395
- d5tryr 15y ago
  Understandable too. I don't want code that hasn't been curated breaking my ipad...
alexhaefner 15y ago
Lua is pretty popular in graphics. When Apple tightened restrictions on APIs and programming languages that developers were allowed to use in the app store, one that got a pass was Lua. It's used in most games, so companies like EA would have immediately been pushed out of the app store and forced to refactor all their code sans Lua. This app is just allowing users to write Lua that interfaces with a rendering engine they've written, that's included with the app. So I doubt that projects are very portable. That's not to say that they couldn't be made more portable, but as of right now this isn't a publishing platform, just a neat tool.
hiraki9 15y ago
Apple relaxed their restrictions 5 months after announcing them: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/09/09/app-store-statement http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/09/09/app-store-statem...

Swizec 15y ago

They don't explicitly mention this in the video, but perhaps the games cannot be exported? So they only work within the simulated environment. Also it looks to be just for games.

podperson 15y ago
I think if there's no way to grab the code off a website (or whatever) then it might be OK. I don't think that you'd be precluded from exporting the project and turning it into a standalone. However, you don't appear to be able to do much (not even run full screen) so it's a neat program but probably more for introducing children to coding than doing anything serious.

nickmain 15y ago

Sharing games with others would be the problem, as acknowledged by the creator - http://twitter.com/#!/TwoLivesLeft/status/129304975623995395 http://twitter.com/#!/TwoLivesLeft/status/129304975623995395

d5tryr 15y ago
Understandable too. I don't want code that hasn't been curated breaking my ipad...

alexhaefner 15y ago

Lua is pretty popular in graphics. When Apple tightened restrictions on APIs and programming languages that developers were allowed to use in the app store, one that got a pass was Lua. It's used in most games, so companies like EA would have immediately been pushed out of the app store and forced to refactor all their code sans Lua. This app is just allowing users to write Lua that interfaces with a rendering engine they've written, that's included with the app. So I doubt that projects are very portable. That's not to say that they couldn't be made more portable, but as of right now this isn't a publishing platform, just a neat tool.

hiraki9 15y ago

Apple relaxed their restrictions 5 months after announcing them: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/09/09/app-store-statement http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/09/09/app-store-statem...