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Best Resources In iOS Development – July 25th 2011

Another week gone by, and welcome to this listing of resources shared in the last week in order of popularity. This week once again yet another beta was released of iOS 5 for us to install.  The release date is slowly creeping up. Some great resources were posted on the site including open source libraries […]

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Tutorial: Texturing 3D Objects In OpenGL ES 2.0

OpenGL ES is a topic that I’ve posted about many times on this site, and I’ve been trying to keep a categorized list of OpenGL ES tutorials up to date with every OpenGL ES tutorial I’ve seen.  There have not been too many OpenGL ES 2.0 tutorials to date that go beyond the absolute basics. […]

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Open Source 2D iPhone and iPad Game Framework

There are several iPhone game engines available, and of course Cocos2D is extremely popular in the development of 2D games on the iPhone and has a considerable community beside it. That being said, if you’re just starting out, or you just don’t like how things are done with what’s out there I’ve found a great […]

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Free Advanced iPhone and iPad Development Course Available

Good iPhone training can be tough to come by, and it seems like there are now hundreds of course available.  Unfortunately many of the local courses are just taught by the book so there is little to no advanced instruction. So here is some good news for those looking for some professional, advanced instruction. A […]

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A Couple Of Great Videos On iPhone OpenGL ES

Apple has recently released a couple of terrific videos on iPhone OpenGL ES from their Tech Talk.  I haven’t finished watching the videos, but already had some takeaways that I’m going to implement immediately. You can get the videos free here on iTunes: Advanced Videos From Apple You’ll definitely want to check them out if […]

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Mixing iPhone Components With OpenGL ES

Something that I’ve been asked in the past is whether it was possible (or allowed) to mix the iPhone’s UI (UIkit) components with OpenGL ES views.  I can certainly understand the desire to do this, after all who wouldn’t want the convenience of using interface builder while having the power of raw OpenGL ES.  My […]

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Adding A 2D Hud To A 3D OpenGL ES Scene

Drawing a 2D Hud on a 3D OpenGL ES scene is a common task when developing games. To do this without any distortion in OpenGL ES you need to draw your HUD through a matrix different from the projection matrix used for 3D objects. Jeff LaMarche, co-author of Beginning iPhone 3 Development, and More iPhone […]

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4 Top Resources For The Unity iPhone Game Engine

Updating this old list with a few changes.  A lot has happened in the Unity 3D community since I created this list: a basic Unity 3D is now free for Mac development, and DiamondTearz blog is no more, but has been changed to another site known as InfiniteUnity3D Official Unity Resources – This is a […]