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37 Open Source iPhone App Store Apps – Updated With 12 New Apps!
Welcome to the fourth iteration of this big list of open source iPhone apps. For those that have seen similar listings on other sites using the exact wordings, and links below welcome to the source for the original list.
It can be tough to learn how to develop, especially when it comes to finding complete examples. That’s why I put this list together. Each of these apps has been in the app store, and all but one are in there right now. So if you’re looking for an example of some real apps here they are.
Exceptional Getting Started With Coco2D iPhone Tutorial
The free open source Cocos2D game engine is something that is searched for and talked about alot on this site. I occassionaly receive questions about the engine, and most often I’m asked about beginner tutorials. Typically I’ll just reply saying to go through the example, and I think that’s a great way to learn how to use the engine. Many great examples are provided, and if you really want to understand the question going through the examples systematically will teach you the ins and outs of Cocos2d programming. That being said I’ve found this tutorial that does an exceptional job of showing you the absolute basics.
My Top 10 Favorite iPhone Developer Blogs
I’m often asked how I keep up with all the new API’s available for an iPhone developer at each OS patch, and really the secret is just keeping up with some blogs. I use Google Reader, place the blogs in there, and skim over them. There’s alot of great blogs out there, these are the 10 that I currently keep in my Google Reader. You’ll go nuts trying to keep up with everything, I tried for awhile, but now I find I can get up to speed just with these resources.
8 Great Resources For Learning Iphone OpenGL ES
Here’s a list of great resources for learning OpenGL ES for all you aspiring IPhone game programmers.
I have created a new version of this list at: 18 OpenGL ES Resources That You Must Know!
The Open Source iPhone Game Engine Comparison
I’m often asked about which iPhone game engine to use, and I know most people are looking for a free game engine so here is a comparison of the different open source iPhone game engines that actually have apps out there.
Update. I’ve added in the Sparrow Framework.
Sparrow Framework
The Sparrow Framework is a very lightweight 2D game engine created in Objective-C. In a very short amount of time I was able to understand the framework, and I find it to be very intuitive.