iPhone Game Blueprints: Develop amazing games, visual charts, plots, and graphics for your iPhone

358 Pages·2013·9.59 MB·English

by  Igor Uduslivii

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iPhone Game Blueprints
Develop amazing games, visual charts, plots,
and graphics for your iPhone
Igor Uduslivii
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
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iPhone Game Blueprints
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Credits
Author Copy Editors
Igor Uduslivii Alisha Aranha
Brandt D'Mello
Reviewers Tanvi Gaitonde
Robbyn Blumenschein
Gladson Monteiro
Zbigniew Kominek
Karuna Narayanan
Clifford Matthew Roche
Kirti Pai
Shambhavi Pai
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Project Coordinator
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Lead Technical Editor
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Indexer
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Technical Editors
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Proofreaders Manu Joseph
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About the Author
Igor Uduslivii is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer with more than
a decade's experience in this domain. He specializes in artwork for mobile games
and UI graphics such as icons and buttons. Currently, he cooperates with Spooky
House Studios UG (haftungsbeschränkt), a game development company that has
created popular puzzle titles such as Bubble Explode and Rail Maze.
Right from his early years, he was passionate about drawing, computers, and
video games. As a child, he liked to create illustrations by traditional painting
methods as well as designing simple 8-bit games. After completing his studies
from the Republican Colegiul de Informatica in Chisinau, Moldova, he began his
career as an editor at Electronic Office publishing house, writing articles about new
technologies and particularly, computer graphics. In parallel, he started studying
Flash technology and animation. After that, he began actively working as a media
designer, creating promo animations and Flash games. Igor also worked on the
graphical look of software products, designing visual identities and UI elements.
Among his clients were Kaspersky Lab, Reasoft, LemonStand, and many others.
By now, most of his time is taken up by games. He is working on a full bunch of
graphics, such as the application icon, characters, background art, props, textures,
and animations.
He is fond of design as an art form and pursues it as a hobby, developing various
concepts in the domain of print and simple industrial design elements. In fact, all the
images (except the screenshots for games and the photos) that appear in this book are
designed by him. He also worked as the main graphic artist for mobile games such as
Blueprint3D, Rail Maze, and Bubble Explode. One of his projects called Jackets and
Bookmarks was showcased at the Kleinefabriek exhibition at Amsterdam in 2010.
I would like to thank my family for their patience and endorsements
during the process of creating this book. I would also like to thank
Andrei Gradinari, Pavel Carpov, and Kostya Stankevych for their
help and support.
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About the Reviewers
Robbyn Blumenschein has a Bachelor of Science degree in Game Art and
Design. She has done an internship at IPlay, a mobile game company, and has
worked as a freelancer since graduation. She is recently working on a project
(developing and designing) that is a cross platform for funding startup companies
She received second place for the first competition for Z-place Technologies Inc.
Zbigniew Kominek is an experienced software developer who loves pure and
tested code. He started his professional experience with client/server applications.
After a few years, he made his dream come true and started working as an iOS game
developer. One of the titles he worked on is the award-winning Bridgy Jones game.
Now, he continues to pursue his passion for game development with Unity.
Dawid Szczepaniak (Executive Creative Director and Partner at VML Poland) says,
"Zbigniew is one of the best iOS developers I've ever met. He is highly skilled and
most of all, a mature and reliable person."
Gogula Gupta (Principal Software Engineer at Sabre) says "Zbyszek is a very talented
and passionate developer. He has extremely good technical knowledge and ability
to learn quickly. He delivers work with amazing speed and excellent quality. He has
very good personal skills too. It is very valuable to have him in the team."
Artur Staszczyk (Programmer at CD Projekt Red) says "Zbigniew is a very skilled
developer. Despite that his knowledge about design patterns and iOS programming
is enormous, he is always willing to learn new techniques. It was a pleasure working
with such experienced developer; he was a valuable member of our team."
I would like to thank my wife Ola. Her patience and support during
tough moments gave me the strength to work hard and accomplish
everything I wanted to do.
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Clifford Matthew Roche is a self-taught game programmer who has been
working on AAA projects since 2008, focusing on engine development, performance,
and animation. He is credited on several games including NHL 09, FIFA 10, and
MotionSports: Adrenaline.
Recently, he started his own game development company, Firestarter Games,
where he works to bring high-quality games to mobile devices and consoles with
Unity 3D. The company's first project, Globulous, was nominated for Best Audio
(Casual/Indie) at the Audio Network Guild Music Awards.
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: Starting the Game 7
Telling a story 7
Characters 13
Levels 15
Naming 16
Working with graphic assets 19
Sprites and tiles 21
Preparing animation 25
Background 27
Application icon 30
Achievements 37
Trophies 39
Banners 40
Screenshots 40
Gameplay videos 41
Summary 44
Chapter 2: Ergonomics 45
Portraying the player 45
Ergonomic aspects 46
Simple rules 47
Distance to the game 47
The Pause button 48
Autosaving 49
The Continue button 50
Visibility of the control elements 50
Direct control 50
Introducing functionalities 50
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