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iPhone Game Blueprints

You're reading from   iPhone Game Blueprints If you're looking for inspiration for your first or next iPhone game, look no further. This brilliant hands-on guide contains 7 practical projects that cover everything from animation to augmented reality. Game on!

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849690263
Length 358 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Igor Uduslivii Igor Uduslivii
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Starting the Game FREE CHAPTER 2. Ergonomics 3. Gesture Games 4. Card and Board Games 5. Puzzles 6. Platformer 7. Adventure 8. Action Games 9. Games with Reality Index

Introducing health and oxygen


The protagonist has two vital variables: health and oxygen. They are tightly interconnected. The astronaut needs air to breathe. One of the essential ingredients in the air is oxygen. It is also used to supply the level of health if the astronaut is wounded. In this case, he consumes the oxygen much faster (to refill the health bar, it may take more than half of the oxygen tank) since there are no medicine chests in the game, only oxygen canisters.

You might notice that most modern games do not feature an image of a red cross on any medical supply recourses. Usually, it is replaced with a stylized emblem that is close to the cross, but has other visual properties. This is because the red cross symbol belongs to International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Because it has a specific and significant meaning, any misuse is forbidden by the law. This protects the emblem from contamination by unnecessary connotations and inflation of correct sense. Thus, other...

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