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IOS Swift Game Development Cookbook - 3rd Edition by Jon Manning & Paris Buttfield-Addison (Paperback)

IOS Swift Game Development Cookbook - 3rd Edition by  Jon Manning & Paris Buttfield-Addison (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Simple solutions for game development problems"--Cover.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Ready to create amazing games for iOS? With Apple's Swift programming language, it's never been easier. This updated cookbook provides detailed recipes for managing a wide range of common iOS game-development issues, ranging from architecture design to graphics to performance--all revised for the latest version of Swift.</p><p>You get simple, direct solutions to common problems found in iOS game programming. Need to figure out how to give objects physical motion, or want a refresher on gaming-related math problems? This book provides sample projects and straightforward answers. All you need to get started is some familiarity with iOS development and Swift.</p><ul><li>Lay out your game's structure and organize its contents</li><li>Build your interface and customize menus with UIKit</li><li>Design your game to detect and respond to user input</li><li>Work with sound effects, music, and speech synthesis</li><li>Store and access data for later use with iCloud</li><li>Create and animate 2D graphics with SpriteKit</li><li>Simulate physics to make game movements feel realistic</li><li>Create and render 3D scenes with SceneKit</li><li>Test users by designing an AI system that thinks ahead</li><li>Add game controllers, external displays, and augmented reality</li></ul><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Jon Manning is co-founder of Secret Lab, and is a software engineering expert in Swift, C#, and Objective-C. Jon builds games and apps at Secret Lab for clients from around the world, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Qantas, and Meebo (acquired by Google). Jon has co-authored more than a dozen technical books, and has a PhD in Computing.</p><p>Paris Buttfield-Addison is co-founder of Secret Lab, an indie game and app development studio in Hobart, Australia. He spends his time designing video and board games, and mobile apps, and is also co-author of more than a dozen technical books, mostly for O'Reilly -- recently Learning Swift and a book on the Kerbal Space Program video game.</p>

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