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Building and Monetizing Game Apps for iOS
Mark Todd

Building and Monetizing Game Apps for iOS

with Todd Perkins

 


Author Todd Perkins uses Objective-C and Xcode to build Mole It!, a full-featured game app for the iPhone and iPad that can be downloaded for free from the iOS App Store. The finished app implements Game Center functionality as well as channels for generating revenue. The course also introduces the open-source gaming framework cocos2d and explains the fundamental classes necessary for creating a game. Todd also shows how to incorporate multi-touch capabilities, customize a game's appearance, set up iAds and in-app purchasing, and configure leaderboards that record and display scores.
Topics include:
  • Using scenes, layers, and sprites
  • Accessing accelerometer data
  • Understanding cocos2d actions
  • Creating simple frame animations
  • Handling touches in a game
  • Adding sound
  • Enabling a pause feature
  • Including support for Retina display and the iPad
  • Understanding iAd, Store Kit, and Game Kit delegate methods
  • Using the cocos2d forums

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author
Todd Perkins
subject
Developer, Mobile Apps, Games
software
iOS 5, 4, Xcode 4
level
Intermediate
duration
2h 58m
released
Oct 25, 2011

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Todd Perkins

Todd Perkins

Todd Perkins is an Adobe Certified Instructor who spends much of his time teaching people how to use Adobe's web development software. Todd has several years of experience teaching people of all ages and backgrounds, and he is an expert at teaching complex concepts in a way anyone can understand. Todd is half of the dynamic duo at the All Things Adobe Podcast (chadandtoddcast.com), and he has authored a vast array of video training titles. Todd also loves to teach in classrooms, consult businesses, and train people online, but what he loves most is playing video games with his amazing wife, Jessica.
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