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iPhone Games Projects

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  1. P J Cabrera
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  2. Joachim Bondo
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  3. Aaron Fothergill
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  4. Brian Greenstone
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  5. Olivier Hennessy
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  6. Mike Kasprzak
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  7. Mike Lee
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  8. Richard Zito
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  9. Matthew Aitken
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  10. Clayton Kane
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  • First and only book to cover iPhone game development, exclusively
  • Learn by example from 10 of the most successful iPhone game developers
  • The fastest way to learn the tricks of iPhone game development

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Simplify the User Interface for Complex Games: Chess, the Deep Green Way

    • Joachim Bondo
    Pages 1-17

  3. Responsive Social Gaming with RESTful Web Services

    • Pj Cabrera
    Pages 19-58

  4. Rapid Game Development Using (Mostly) Standard C

    • Aaron Fothergill
    Pages 59-98

  5. Brian Greenstone’s Jedi Master List for Game Optimization

    • Brian Greenstone
    Pages 99-127

  6. Starting with a Game Design Document: A Methodology for Success

    • Oliver Hennessy, Clayton Kane
    Pages 129-152

  7. Multiplatform Game Development: iPhone Games for Linux and Windows

    • Michael Kasprzak
    Pages 153-188

  8. Code Optimization with Mike Lee, the “World’s Toughest Programmer”

    • Mike Lee
    Pages 189-211

  9. Networked Games: Choosing the Right Option

    • Richard Zito, Matthew Aitken
    Pages 213-249

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 251-258
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About this book

One look at the App Store will show you just how hot iPhone games have become. Games make up more than 25 percent of all apps, and more than 70 percent of the apps in the App Store's Most Popular category. Surprised? Of course not! We've all filled our iPhones with games, and many of us hope to develop the next bestseller.

This book is a collection of must-know information from master independent iPhone game developers. In it, you'll discover how some of the most innovative and creative game developers have made it to the pinnacle of game design and profitability. This book is loaded with practical tips for efficient development, and for creating compelling, addictive gaming experiences. And it's not all talk! It's supported with code examples that you can download and use to realize your own great ideas.

This book's authors are responsible for some of the all-time most popular and talked-about games:

  • Brian Greenstone developed Enigmo and Cro-Mag Rally.
  • Aaron Fothergill developed Flick Fishing.
  • Mike Lee developed Tap Tap Revolution, the most downloaded game in App Store history.
  • Mike Kasprzak's Smiles was a finalist in the IGF 2009 Best Mobile Game competition.
  • PJ Cabrera, Richard Zito, and Matthew Aitken (Quick Draw, Pole2Pole); Joachim Bondo (Deep Green); and Olivier Hennessy and Clayton Kane (Apache Lander) have received glowing reviews and accolades for their games.

Pair iPhone Games Projects with Apress's best-selling Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK, and you'll have everything you need to create the next game to top the sales charts.

About the authors

PJ Cabrera is a software engineer with more than 12 years of experience developing information systems in various industries, programming in C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, and Ruby. But his real passion for many years has been hacking gadgets (i.e., turning a Sega Dreamcast into a NetBSD router, or running Android and Debian GNU/Linux on a Palm TX) and making home-brewed games for consoles such as Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameBoy Advance, and PSP. He is very excited that he can finally share his creative side on iPhone and XBox 360 with the general public through the App Store and XNA Community Games.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: iPhone Games Projects

  • Authors: P J Cabrera, Joachim Bondo, Aaron Fothergill, Brian Greenstone, Olivier Hennessy, Mike Kasprzak, Mike Lee, Richard Zito, Matthew Aitken, … Clayton Kane

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1969-9

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-1968-2Published: 24 June 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-1969-9Published: 28 July 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 258

  • Topics: Apple and iOS, Computer Applications

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