Learn GameSalad for iOS: Game Development for iPhone, iPad, and HTML5

442 Pages·2012·22.64 MB·English

by  David Guerineau

Learn GameSalad for iOS: Game Development for iPhone, iPad, and
HTML5
Copyright © 2012 by David Guerineau
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Contents at a Glance
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Learning the GameSalad Fundamentals
Chapter 1: Preparing Your Design Environment
Chapter 2: Your First Game from Scratch: The Pong Game
Chapter 3: Finishing Pong: Scoring and Game Interaction
Chapter 4: Break A Wall: Implementing Comments,
Accelerometer Movements, LifeManagement, and Pause
Chapter 5: Making a Shoot ‘Em Up Game: Carrot Invader
Part 2: Let’s Spice Up the Salad with Advanced Functions and
Effects in GameSalad
Chapter 6: Learning Gravity, Basic Physics, and Camera
Controls: An Angry Birds-like Game, Part I
Chapter 7: Creating a Game Menu and a Particles Effect: An
Angry Birds-like Game, Part II
Chapter 8: Graphics and Sound Effects: Labyrinth
Part 3: Prepping for the App Store: Polishing, Publishing, and
Promoting Your Game
Chapter 9: Bonuses, Game Center, and iAd: Break a Wall
Chapter 10: Device Internal Clock and Cyclic Movement: Non-
Game Apps
Chapter 11: Submitting Your Game to the App Store
Chapter 12: Introduction to Game Promotion
Index
Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Learning the GameSalad Fundamentals
Chapter 1: Preparing Your Design Environment
GameSalad Requirements
Registering to GameSalad
About GameSalad Pro
Registering in the iOS Developer Program
Installing Xcode
Installing GameSalad Creator
Installing GameSalad iOS Viewer
Why is GameSalad iOS Viewer a piece of code?
Getting the GameSalad iOS Viewer
Installing the Developer Certificate in Your Keychain
Creating a Provisioning Profile for iOS Viewer
Installing iOS Viewer
Summary
Chapter 2: Your First Game from Scratch: The Pong Game
A Little Bit of HistoryAbout Pong
Specifying the Game Concept and Rules
The Game Concept
The Game Rules
Creating a New GameSalad Project
Adding Actors
What is an actor?
Creating actors
Modifying Actors Attributes
Instance or Prototype
Actor Attributes
Commonly Used Attributes
ModifyingAttributes
Adding Behaviors
What are behaviors?
Adding Behaviors
Adding an Actor to the Scene
Creating Other Actors
Racket Player 2
The Ball
Walls
Tags
Let’s Play
Summary
Chapter 3: Finishing Pong: Scoring and Game Interaction
Let’s Keep Score
It’s All About the Ace!
Serving Feature: The Winner of the Point Serves the Next Ball
Keeping One Ball in the Game at a Time
Do You Have the Touch?
Serving with a Pinch of Touch
Giving Your Game a Brain
Detecting the Direction and Getting the Y Value
Moving Player 2 Racket to the Stored Value
Pong, Talk to Me
Let’s Play on Your Device
Summary
Chapter 4: Break A Wall: Implementing Comments,
Accelerometer Movements, LifeManagement, and Pause
Laying Down the Basics
Defining the New Project
Defining the Actors
Creating the Collidable Tag
Defining the Attributes
Implementing the Rules and Behaviors
Layout of the Scene