One look at the App Store will show you just how hot i Phone 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 i Phones with games, and many of us hope to develop the next bestseller.
This book is a collection of must-know information from master independent i Phone 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 i Phone Games Projects with Apress’s best-selling Beginning i Phone Development: Exploring the i Phone SDK, and you’ll have everything you need to create the next game to top the sales charts.
Table of Content
1. Tapulous, http://tapulous.com, Mike Lee [email protected]. Tap Tap Revenge: music game.- 2. Pop Cap, http://popcap.com, Garth Chouteau [email protected]. Bejewelled 2: animated puzzle.- 3. Freeverse, http://freeverse.com, Brian Akaka [email protected]. Moto Chaser: racing game. Burning Monkey Casino: humorous gambling.- 4. Pangeasoft, http://pangeasoft.net, Brian Greenstone [email protected]. Nanosaur 2: 3D flying dinasaurs. Billy Frontier: alien cowboys.- 5. Demiforce, http://www.demiforce.com/home.html, Steve Demeter [email protected]. Trism: tilt and touch puzzle.- 6. Subatomic Studios, http://subatomicstudios.com, Jamie Gotch [email protected]. Fieldrunners: tower defense.- 7. Abrosia Software, http://www.Ambrosia SW.com/, Andrew Welch
About the author
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 Net BSD router, or running Android and Debian GNU/Linux on a Palm TX) and making home-brewed games for consoles such as Dreamcast, Play Station 2, Game Boy Advance, and PSP. He is very excited that he can finally share his creative side on i Phone and XBox 360 with the general public through the App Store and XNA Community Games.
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