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Beginning iOS 5 Games Development

Using the iOS SDK for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Lucas Jordan
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  • Continues with the strong selling success of the first book, Beginning iPhone Game Development.
  • Game Apps remain one of the hottest type of apps in Apple iTunes App Store.
  • iPhone and iPad apps development are hot tech and book market areas.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. A Simple First Game

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    Pages 1-10

  3. Setting Up Your Game Project

    • Lucas Jordan
    Pages 11-36

  4. Explore the Game Application Life Cycle

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    Pages 37-64

  5. Quickly Build an Input-Driven Game

    • Lucas Jordan
    Pages 65-94

  6. Quickly Build a Frame-by-Frame Game

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    Pages 95-126

  7. Create Your Characters: Game Engine, Image Actors, and Behaviors

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    Pages 127-154

  8. Build Your Game: Vector Actors and Particles

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    Pages 155-179

  9. Building Your Game: Understanding Gestures and Movements

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    Pages 181-214

  10. Game Center and Social Media

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    Pages 215-236

  11. Monetizing via the Apple App Store

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    Pages 237-251

  12. A Completed View Belt Commander

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    Pages 253-285

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 287-320
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About this book

Game apps on iPhone and now iPad remain one of the most popular type of apps in the Apple iTunes App Store.  Does Angry Birds ring a bell?  What you were once able to do just for the iPhone (and iPod touch) is now possible for the popular iPad, using the new iOS 5 SDK.  

Beginning iOS 5 Games Development provides a clear path for you to create games using the iOS 5 SDK platform for the iPad, iPhone, and iPad touch. You'll learn how to use classes to create game apps, including graphics, and animations. The latest version of Xcode will be used in parts of the book to guide you along the way of building your apps.

Other topics include iOS 5 game apps development with the newest iOS Game Center update, persisting user data, and designing a compelling user experience. After reading this book, you'll come away with the skills and techniques for building a game app, top to bottom, that could perhaps even be sold on the Apple iTunes App Store.

About the author

Lucas L. Jordan is a lifelong computer enthusiast and has worked for many years as a Java developer, focusing on user interface. He has previously written JavaFX Special Effects: Taking Java RIA to the Extreme with Animation, Multimedia, and Game Elements. Lucas is interested in mobile application development in its many forms.

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