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programming is my hobby and I am not ready to leave my other profession yet. I have developed few windows applications, mostly on VB, some small scripts in python, C++, and so...never touched java or objective C

Now, I have few game, app ideas and I am sure they don't exist in iphone and android yet, and even browser based. Now , I want to develop those games in 5-6 months of time and I want users to be able to play from any platform, browser based, android, iphone, etc. just say like Zyanga poker.

I can pretty much give the details of games and even come up with some algorithms and /or idea in most states. So, how much it will cost to develop such program? Should I learn and do programming myself? or should I use unity like program for cross-platform deployment? what about looking for some investors or giving share to programmers, if so, where can I find such possibilities?

Thanks..

and by the way I asked the same question in Stackoverflow and was recommended to ask here

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You'd have to provide a lot more information about the scope of the game to answer any of these questions. If you can build it yourself, go for it. – JeffO Feb 28 '11 at 21:49

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First I suggest you read this article on "How much money can you make on the iOS App Store" so that you can calibrate against a common misconception that you will make a LOT of money. It's certainly possible, but it's definitely not the norm.

If you have the skills to program the games yourself and continue it as a hobby, I suggest you do so. Paying professional iPhone/Android programmers to do it for you will likely not be a cash positive move. I guess I can't really say that without seeing what your app does, but for the majority of apps on the app store, this is the case.

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Your best bet is to build the app using AIR. It will support every platform except IOS (ipad iphone, ipod touch). You will have 90% coverage. If the game does well then you can build it again in Objective C for those two devices that seem to hate flash.

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