Beginning iOS Game Development

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Introduction
3. Part I: The Tools to Get Started
   1. Chapter 1: Games on iOS
      1. What Makes a Good iOS Game?
      2. Developing Your Idea
      3. Game-Related Frameworks
      4. Summary
   2. Chapter 2: The Xcode Programming Environment
      1. The Coding Environment
      2. Xcode Debugging Tools
      3. Building a Simple Interface
      4. Summary
      5. Exercises
   3. Chapter 3: The C Programming Language
      1. Introducing C
      2. Variables and Expressions
      3. Loops
      4. Execution Flow and Decisions
      5. Breaking Up Code with Functions
      6. Pointers
      7. A Game Example
      8. Summary
      9. Exercises
   4. Chapter 4: The Objective-C Programming Language
      1. Classes and Objects
      2. Inheritance
      3. Building a Game in Objective-C
      4. Summary
      5. Exercises
   5. Chapter 5: The Cocoa Foundation Framework
      1. Model-View-Controller Architecture
      2. Your First iOS Game
      3. Building the UI
      4. Outlets and Actions
      5. Handling Text with NSString
      6. Collecting Objects with NSArray
      7. Building the Game Model
      8. Periodic Events and Timers
      9. Summary
      10. Exercises
4. Part II: Game Building Blocks
   1. Chapter 6: Drawing with UIKit and Core Graphics
      1. Introducing the Drawing Frameworks
      2. The Drawing Environment
      3. Advanced Drawing with Core Graphics
      4. Starting the Blocker game with the BlockView
      5. Working with Images
      6. Animation and Timing with CADisplayLink
      7. Finishing the Blocker Game
      8. Summary
      9. Exercises
   2. Chapter 7: Responding to User Interaction
      1. Events in iOS
      2. Building a Simple Touch-Based Game: Simon Says
      3. Responding to Motion with the Accelerometer
      4. Recognizing Gestures
      5. Summary
      6. Exercises
   3. Chapter 8: Animating Your Graphics
      1. Animating Images with UIImageView
      2. Introducing Core Animation
      3. A Brief Introduction to Blocks
      4. Animating UIView Properties and Transitions
      5. Core Animation Basics
      6. Summary
      7. Exercises
   4. Chapter 9: Making Noise with iOS Audio APIs
      1. Playing Simple Sounds with the System Sound Services
      2. Playing Sounds with the AV Foundation Framework
      3. Media Player Framework
      4. Summary
      5. Exercises
   5. Chapter 10: Building a Networked Game with GameKit
      1. Introducing GameKit
      2. Starting Out
      3. Networking Your Game
      4. NSData and NSCoding
      5. Converting Classes to Data with Archives
      6. Connecting and Sending Data
      7. Running the Game
      8. Summary
      9. Exercises
5. Appendix
   1. Chapter 2
   2. Chapter 3
   3. Chapter 4
   4. Chapter 5
   5. Chapter 6
   6. Chapter 7
   7. Chapter 8
   8. Chapter 9
   9. Chapter 10