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Mastering iOS Game Development

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Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2015

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783554355

Length 228 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Objective-C

Tools

Xcode

Concepts

Mobile Game Development

Authors (2):

Peter Ahlgren

Miguel DeQuadros

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. What to Expect in Xcode and Game Development FREE CHAPTER

2. Creating the Stuff

3. Blast Off! Starting with Development

4. Let's Keep Going! Adding More Functionality

5. Bug Squashing – Testing and Debugging

6. Making Our Game More Efficient

7. Deploying and Monetizing

8. It's Too Dangerous to Go Alone, Take a Friend!

Index

Chapter 1. What to Expect in Xcode and Game Development

Welcome to the world of mobile game development! Whether you are a seasoned developer or a fresh new developer, you are in an exciting fast-paced industry. You have purchased this book expecting to master iOS game development, and that's exactly what you are going to do by the end of this book! However, you need to start somewhere, right? Let's see what will discuss in this chapter:

Signing up to be an iOS developer
Setting up your Mac for development
What to expect from the game development market

The mobile game development industry is so exciting! Get ready to take your first steps into game development. We will get you all signed up to be an Apple Developer, set up your Mac with the development environment, and take a tour of some of the features of Xcode and we are going to see what source files (the files that contain our code) look like. Then, we will discuss the game development market and how AMAZING it isn't. I'm kidding, it is a fun market!

Let's dive right into it, shall we?

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Authors (2)

Peter Ahlgren

Peter Ahlgren

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DeQuadros

DeQuadros

Miguel DeQuadros is a game developer and the founder of the independent development studio, Wurd Industries, based in Ontario, Canada. He has been developing iPhone games since the release of the App Store back at the exciting release of iOS 2.0. Since then, he has released 10 games and 1 entertainment app world-wide on the App Store with more to come from Wurd Industries. He was originally interested in 3D animation and graphical design, which he focused on mainly in 2004. But, he then got the game development bug and has been developing iPhone apps since 2008, which also allows him to use his creativity and knowledge of 3D animation for cut scenes and videos within his apps, and he is loving every minute of it. Starting from his first project, Toy Tennis, back in 2008, down to his current project, SpaceRoads, for PC, Mac, Wii U, and other platforms, he continues to develop high-quality apps and games alike. Moving away from simple game development tools, he now primarily uses Unity3D, 3D Studio Max, and the Unreal Engine for his current project in an aim to create very high-quality games. His games can be seen on the App Store on iOS, Steam Greenlight, Amazon, and IndieCity, and of course on his website, www.wurdindustries.com. His games have been reviewed on YouTube by Action Soup Studios, and you can also find his interviews there.

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