Hello! I'm one of the developers for the Online Academy. We decided to do this because we had a lot of interest for our in-person Summer program but not enough room for everyone who wanted to join. Rather than turn a bunch of really awesome people away, we decided to offer a smaller online version that anyone can take.

I'm happy to answer any questions!

This is HUGE. There are so many learn2code sites, but only Treehouse does a decent job of teaching mobile development.

Awesome to see another competitor enter the ring!

I'm confused. Does this mean:

1) "Learn to build an iPhone game" is 8 weeks.

or

2) Learn to "build an iPhone game in 8 weeks."

I understand I'm going to need to spend 8 weeks on SOMETHING, but what do I get for those 8 weeks: learning, or an iPhone game? ;)

Something tells me it's going to take me longer than 8 weeks to both learn AND to build an iPhone game.

Sorry for the confusion! By the end of the 8 weeks, you will have created your own iPhone game. We assume some programming experience (that you've used e.g. Java or Python, and are familiar with Object Oriented Programming) and teach you what you need to know about Objective-C, Xcode, and Cocos2D to be productive.