Cocoa Game Programming Workshop
By David Hill

Game programming basics for Cocoa developers!

eBook: PDF, 152 pages, ISBN 0-9744344-4-2

These unique step-by-step lessons will show you how to build Cocoa Quest, a complete fully-functional 2-D game for Mac OS X -- from scratch! This book will not only help you learn essential game development techniques, but also help you improve your Cocoa programming skills. Accomplished developer and author, David Hill, walks readers through the basic fundamentals of game programming, focusing on topics such as prototype design, graphics, sound manipulation, simple animation, collision detection, and more using Apple's free Xcode Tools.

Both the compiled full game and the complete source code of Cocoa Quest are available as FREE downloads to customers who purchase this book!

Want a taste? Download the FREE Cocoa Quest Demo to walk through the game tutorial. Requires Mac OS X.

Screenshot of Cocoa Quest game play

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction What is This Book About? Who is This Book For? A Look at the Chapters Chapter 2: Background A Few Initial Problems Recommended APIs Chapter 3: The Prototype The Game Design Creating the Project Adding User Control Something to Shoot At Chapter 4: Refactoring the Prototype Why Refactor? The State of the Prototype The Player Class Bullets The Monster Class Encapsulating the Map

Chapter 5: Sound Categories of Sound Cocoa Sound API Adding Sounds to Cocoa Quest Chapter 6: More Refactoring New Design Concepts Additional Features What Changed in the Code? Chapter 7: Images Different Ways to Use Images Changes to the Code The End Result Chapter 8: Polish and Wrap Up Polish Wrap Up

About the Author

David Hill is a freelance writer living in College Station, Texas. In a former life, he worked in Apple's Developer Technical Support group helping developers print, draw, and write games. In his free time, he dabbles in games, screen savers, and other esoteric topics.

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