iPhone and iPad Game Development for Dummies

Neal Goldstein, Jon Manning, Paris Buttfield-Addison - Collection For Dummies

504 pages, parution le 02/07/2009

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Résumé

Start a fun hobby or a new career - create cool games for the hottest devices around!

Got an idea for a fun iPad or iPhone game but don't know what to do with it? Read this book and you will! You'll see how to design games that play wonderfully on the small screen, what's involved in becoming a registered developer, how to work with the SDK, key features of game architecture, how to market your games, and more. Get your game on!

What makes a good game? - learn the fundamentals of good game design
Put on your developer's hat - become a registered Apple developer, learn how iOS games work, and understand the SDK
The stuff games are made of - build a native user interface, explore game architecture fundamentals, learn to animate objects in iOS, and grasp the basics of OpenGL
Keep score and get social - set up a scoring system and learn to tie your game into social networks like Facebook
To market, to market - get your game into the App Store and boost marketability with such bonus features as gestures, shaking, external displays, and ad-supported revenue

Open the book and find:

The latest and greatest on the iPad, iPhone 4, and iOS 4.0
Elements of great game design and architecture
Why you need to be a registered Apple developer
Why scoring is critical
How to debug your games
What provisioning is and why you need to know
Important social aspects of game design
Key differences between games on the iPad and the iPhone

Learn to:

Build an actual game from start to finish
Recognize what makes a good game for Apple's mobile devices
Use Objective-C, Cocoa, OpenGL ES 2.0, and other iOS programming tools
Connect your app to Facebook, get it into the App Store, and market it

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	First
Auteur(s)	Neal Goldstein, Jon Manning, Paris Buttfield-Addison
Collection	For Dummies
Parution	02/07/2009
Nb. de pages	504
Format	19 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	742g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780470599105
ISBN13	978-0-470-59910-5