exactly. im still learning the ins and outs of programming myself, so having a dedicated engine has helped me out alot. Learning a scripting language is much easier then learning Obj-C imo
blt3d, just out of curiosity, how much money have you made from your games up until now? P.S: And how much did the whole Unity package cost you?
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I definitely think an engine is a good idea if you are going to do something 3D. I know that expensive packages can same development time. But I still think there's no substitute for learning Objective C for iPhone dev. It really isn't that hard. I was a web developer (three years ago, not recently) and all I used was Java and PHP, but stepping into Objective C and Open GL just took a long weekend.
