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CHAPTER 1: GAMES ON IOS 3
What Makes a Good iOS Game? 4
Device Usage 4
Use Unique Features of iOS 4
Make Your Game Fun 5
Graphics and Design 6
Developing Your Idea 6
Documenting Your Game 6
Prototyping ... be interested in writing
a game for iOS. Why do you want to write a game? There are some great reasons to write a
game for iOS, fi rst and foremost is that writing a game is fun! You can escape ... your
game. Writing games for iOS can also be fi nancially rewarding. With the ubiquity of iOS
devices, millions of people can play your game. Moreover, since you will distribute your game
in...
... together and develop his rst video game for his favorite
mobile platform Android.
So far Sergio has released 3 games and he continues developing apps and games for Android
as a hobby. He wishes ... the factory class.
Creating the game manager
The game manager is an important part of most games. A game manager is a class that
should contain data relating to gameplay; including, but not limited ... steps:
1. Create the game manager singleton:
private static GameManager INSTANCE;
// The constructor does not do anything for this singleton
GameManager(){
}
public static GameManager getInstance(){
...
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About GameSalad Pro
Going Pro has several advantages, especially if you intend to get a serious
business out of game development.
A Pro account will enable you to publish on iOS without the
GameSaladsplashscreen ... design environment. You can now move on
to the fun of GameSalad. Let’s create some games!
Summary
Well, the most boring part is done. GameSalad development required this small
sacrifice. From here ... methods. In reality, this is no surprise. GameSalad only hides
the programming aspects of iOS development! The iOSdevelopment
language is Objective-C, and guess what? Objective-C is an object-
oriented...
... also helped to review these books; Unity GameDevelopment Essenals, Unity
3D GameDevelopment by Example Beginner's Guide, and Unity 3D Game
Development Hotshot.
Preface
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Who this ...
potenal of iPhone games and sowares he decided to nd an improved game engine
allowing him to concentrate only on the main purpose of the game developing a game and
not a game engine. Aer ... environment where
you can rapidly construct and test your ideas.
Unity iOSGameDevelopment
Beginner's Guide
Develop iOS games from concept to cash ow using Unity
Gregory Pierce
BIRMINGHAM...
... unexpected results. This type of game usually
appeals to adolescents or hard-core RPG gamers.
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Games of ChanceAny game based upon random result. Most casino games are games
of chance, with a little ... using a more sophisticated game board, as
with Trivial Pursuit.
Most game shows are based on trivia. The audience for trivia games is the mass market.
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Word GamesThese games involve the creation ... machines, or the card game War
are the most basic games of chance.
Games such as Backgammon involve chance, but also require a great amount of strategy.
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Sports GamesThese games allow the player...
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Summary 41
Chapter 3. Big Games, Small Screens 42
Your Competition 42
WAP Games 43
i-mode Games 54
SMS Games 55
J2ME MIDP Games 57
J2ME Palm Games 65
iAppli Games 67
What Are You ... professional game companies often spend as much as a third of the game
development cycle on playtesting and redesign.
Show Me the Money: Micro Game Business Models
If you are a commercial game developer, ... act, you might be able to create
a type of game that nobody has ever thought of before.
The Game Design Process
Every game designer develops his or her game using a different process. Some people...
... called
usability.
Having far less development
resources to tap than Microsoft, Eidos
Chapter 3: What Makes GameDevelopment Hard?
27
ruthless pursuit of a clean, tight game
can you hope to make a great game.
The rest ... with no
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Chapter 3: What Makes GameDevelopment Hard?
A Brief History of Software Development
How to make a game, I believe, is the
most elusive question in the game
industry. In fact, the software ... including the
PC, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, N64,
Game Boy Color, GameCube, and Xbox.
Role-Playing Games
Role-Playing Games
No discussion of game making could be
complete without discussing storytell
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ing....
... teams.
Game Development Is Software Development
Games are certainly special; however,
a point I will be making repeatedly
throughout this book is that game
development is software development.
Games ... 8
Gambling, Puzzle, and Parlor Games 8
Military and Sports Simulations 10
Role-Playing Games 12
Youth Making Games 13
On Money 13
Why Make Games? 14
Chapter 3
What Makes GameDevelopment Hard? 15
The ... a
cursory exposure to formalized game
development.
Parts I and II discuss the chal
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lenges of game development
thoroughly and introduce you to effec
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tive methods of gamedevelopment to
use on your...