iPhone and iPad Game Development For Dummies

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  • Author: Paris Buttfield-Addison
    Contributor:

    Jon Manning

    ,

    Neal Goldstein

    Summary:

    The iPhone and iPad are the hottest techno-gadgets on the market today, and games for it are even hotter. To help you cash in on the trend, this book shows what it takes to create a good iPhone and iPad game and how to get it into the App Store. Neal Goldstein, leader of an iPhone app startup company, and his co-authors show you how to build a game that will sell, include quality graphics, market your game through the App Store and more. Whether you're a programming novice or an experienced developer looking to enter the game market, here's how to get going. * Games for the iPhone are among the hottest apps in Apple's App Store * Learn to build two game applications—from beginning to end * Written by successful mobile app developers, this guide begins with how to get started, including downloading the SDK and filling your toolbox * Covers programming with Objective-C and Cocoa, what makes a good game, graphics and creating good mobile apps * Explains how to market your game through the App Store iPhone and iPad Game Development For Dummies can start you on a fun hobby or a lucrative career. Note: Apple's iOS SDK tools are only accessible on Intel-powered Mac and MacBook devices.

    Original Publisher: US , Wiley
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781118001462

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Jon Manning

Neal Goldstein

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The iPhone and iPad are the hottest techno-gadgets on the market today, and games for it are even hotter. To help you cash in on the trend, this book shows what it takes to create a good iPhone and iPad game and how to get it into the App Store. Neal Goldstein, leader of an iPhone app startup company, and his co-authors show you how to build a game that will sell, include quality graphics, market your game through the App Store and more. Whether you're a programming novice or an experienced developer looking to enter the game market, here's how to get going. * Games for the iPhone are among the hottest apps in Apple's App Store * Learn to build two game applications—from beginning to end * Written by successful mobile app developers, this guide begins with how to get started, including downloading the SDK and filling your toolbox * Covers programming with Objective-C and Cocoa, what makes a good game, graphics and creating good mobile apps * Explains how to market your game through the App Store iPhone and iPad Game Development For Dummies can start you on a fun hobby or a lucrative career. Note: Apple's iOS SDK tools are only accessible on Intel-powered Mac and MacBook devices.

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