Building iOS 5 Games: Develop and Design
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (776 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0321786629 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A Very Shallow Presentation Kevin T. While the introduction does mention that the intended audience for this book be well versed in basic programming concepts, Building iOS 5 Games hardly delivers on educating the reader about much of anything regarding game development.The book presents a simplistic game (good) which it reveals in ascending stages of complexity (also good), however the information is p. Running Bill said Huh??. Total waste of money. All the author does is say "download the source code from my site and take a look at it"the book doesn't really go into why he's using the code or what it does. I could have just downloaded the code for free and examined it, because the book doesn't instruct at all. I recommend everyone do just that, and skip buying the book because its essentia. A 500 page book that he attempted to squeeze into 150 pages. Have you ever been in a situation where someone has to teach you something complex at work that they are really well-versed in, but it's their last day and they don't have the time or inclination to really go into anything? That's what reading this book is like.The first three chapters are fine - they give you an overview of the different components of a game. They g
The book is broken up into sections, each building from the last. For example, over during the Christmas holiday, Tapulous reported iOS users were downloading the newest version of Tap Tap Revenge 25,000 times per hour, peaking at 45,000 downloads per hour on Christmas day.This book teaches iOS game development fundamentals. By the end of the book, the reader will have a firm grasp on the concepts of game development for iOS devices.The book offers real world examples and actual games the reader can code and play and is aimed at people who understand programming concepts but are new to iOS game development.. Mobile-app development, and mobile-game-app development in particular, is attracting developers with the promise of a large and growing user base and ginormous uni