iPhone and iPad Game Development for Dummies

by Neal Goldstein, Jon Manning, Paris Buttfield-Addison

Here's the scoop on building and marketing great games for the iPhone and iPad!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 StoreLearn to build two game applications - from beginning to endWritten by successful mobile app developers, this guide begins with how to get started, including downloading the SDK and filling your toolboxCovers programming with Objective-C and Cocoa, what makes a good game, graphics, and creating good mobile appsExplains 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.Apple's iOS SDK tools are only accessible on Intel-powered Mac and MacBook devices.

508 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 22, 2010

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