Game Programming Tutorial – Beginners Action Game
Welcome to my game programming tutorial on how to create a beginners action game for the iOS. This is a step by step tutorial for creating an iPhone action game. The principles taught also apply to the iPad.
You can see the result of a game running the code in the video below:
The graphics are a bit different with the tutorial (as some of those in the video are being used in an actual project) but that is the result of running the actual code within the tutorial.
Update For Cocos 2D iPhone Game Engine
The excellent and free Cocos2D iPhone game engine has been updated with a plethora of new features.
The highlights include:
- a new sound engine
- touch dispatcher
- faster actions
- an improved particle system
If you haven’t tried Cocos and are looking to develop a 2d game on the iPhone quickly without having to purchase a commercial engine you should check out Cocos2D here.
[via cocos2d for iPhone]
16 Killer iPhone OpenGL ES Resources
Here’s my updated list of OpenGL ES resources, this list includes tutorials, engines, blogs, and books. I have updated it to include a couple of OpenGL ES 2.0 resources, and many other OpenGL ES 1.x resources that others have shared with me.
I have created a new version of this list at: 18 OpenGL ES Resources That You Must Know!
Math Resources