Making an App for the iPhone is no easy task. Wait, let me restate that. Making an App for the iPhone is a daunting task that takes a long time to complete. For the little guys, like myself, who don’t have the money or resources to create an entire development team; creating an App idea, marketing your App to the masses, managing the business side of the App, and maintaining an iPhone App – is enough work to make your head spin. I just wished any one of these steps could be simplified. Maybe a programming environment with an easy to use interface that would allow me to focus on game design rather than debugging my xcode. That, in itself, would be a huge time saver. Luckily for us, a resource is out there. And they call themselves GameSalad.com

About GameSalad

GameSalad is a social utility that allows designers to connect, collaborate and create better games. We provide:

A community focused on game design and idea exchange

Resources for game creation, including access to experts and interactive media

Innovative tools for game creation that eliminate the need for advanced programming knowledge

A platform for publishing and marketing user created games

GameSalad.com is an online community created to support amateur and professional game developers to connect, gather resources, exchange ideas, buy and sell game artwork, post their portfolio, play member created games and connect games to social networking platforms.

GameSalad Creator is an intuitive development platform that democratizes game design by enabling non-programmers to create original, sophisticated games. Through a user-friendly interface, game designers can access complex algorithms necessary for implementing professional-level artificial intelligence and game play, without programming knowledge.

There are 3 types of accounts to get you started making Apps.

1) The Free Account – You get the game tool, publishing to the Web,
but no iPhone publishing.

2) Express Account @ $99/year – You get the game tool, publishing to the Web,
AND iPhone publishing.

3) Pro Account @ $1999/year – You get the game tool, publishing to the Web, iPhone publishing, Custom Loading Screen, In-Game URL Forwarding, and Direct Customer Support