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iOS 9 Game development Essentials

Design, build, and publish an iOS game from scratch using the stunning features of iOS 9

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
By: Chuck Gaffney  
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|Sep 2025
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Key Features

    Book Description

    Game development has always been a combination of programming and art, and mobile game development is no exception to this rule. The iOS platform has been both a staple in the ever-growing mobile game market, as well as a launching point for many game developers (hobby and career-wise). The features and frameworks available in iOS 9 continue to cater to the synergy of design and computer engineering, using tools that allow developers to take a game idea from concept to application in record time.
    Whether you are new to iOS and game development as a whole, or are an experienced programmer wanting to learn the latest features of the platform, iOS 9 Game Development Essentials will provide you with crucial insight into this widely used platform.
    Starting with the Swift programming language, this book gets the ball rolling with code concepts and game-centric code samples right from the get-go, giving you get a solid understanding of Apple’s cutting-edge programming language. The book takes you through iOS game development concepts and introduces the various frameworks that allow you to develop robust, reusable, and intelligent game components in both 2D and 3D game environments.

    What you will learn

      Who this book is for

      Table of Contents

      1. The Swift Programming Language
      2. Structuring & Planning a Game Using IOS 8 Storyboards & Segues
      3. SpriteKit and 2D Game Design
      4. SceneKit and 3D Game Design
      5. Inverse Kinematics and Other Advance Methods
      6. Exhibit the Metal in your Game
      7. Publishing Our IOS 8.0 Game
      8. The Future of IOS Game Design
      PDF ISBN: 978-1-78439-911-5
      Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
      Copyright owner: © 2015 Packt Publishing Limited
      Publication date: 2025
      Language: English
      Pages: 224

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