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iOS is an operating system for mobile devices created by Apple Inc. It runs on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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Things to do to port game made for iOS in Unity to Android?
I have just made my first game for iOS and submitted it to app store. I was thinking of porting my game to Android also. I would like to know things one need to do/remember to port game made for iOS ...
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Cocos2D Accelerometer Z axis
I am making a 2D scroller game where the player controls an airplane via the accelerometer I would like to know if it is possible to scale in and to scale out the sprite/airplane using the ...
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Sprite Animation Toolkits for iPhone
Does anyone know of any good (and preferably free) Sprite Animation Toolkits/Libraries for iOS development?
This library should be able to handle the collision detection and the movement of the ...
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How to differentiate a tap from a drag
I'm creating an app and I'm trying to make it so I can drag a sprite (with a second sprite on top) around the screen, but if I just tap the sprite some other method should get called.
I got the ...
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Cross platform development tool/platform for the modern indie game developer?
I'm a Flash developer, but I think it's time to think of other avenues. Ideally I want to be able to write once but be able to deploy to as many different platforms as possible, so iOS AND ...
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Unity3D animation and world collisions?
I'm using death animation for my enemies but the problem is that when enemy dies he crosses the walls/world. I want enemy/animation to be pushed back into world when he dies (animation is playing). ...
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Securing a TCP connection on iOS for an MMO
I am currently building an iOS MMO and I'm leaning towards using TCP as my networking protocol over the higher level HTTP (for the speed difference and the fact that it does not require the client to ...
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How do you incorporate cocos2d with regular iPhone UI widgets?
I want to build a sprite based game using cocos2d. I will be mostly drawing everything in code. I also want to incorporate iPhone UI widgets such as buttons and such. Can these be created to appear on ...
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I need Tutorial on animating sprites for non developers
I need a very detailed website, tutorial or article that explains how to design animation sprites for iPhone games. Most preferably the article should be suitable for people with no coding ...
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Where does touch control logic go?
I'm creating a game (or app, depending on how you would define it...) where I'm moving objects (with sprites) on the screen.
I've got this to half-work in both scenarios, but I can't seem to get it ...
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Is it normal to these Xcode prompts/errors when you deploy to IOS Simulator from Unity?
Just trying out the IOS build process....
Is it normal to see:
Q1 - "upgrade to latest project format - project currently in Xcode 3.1 format, this will upgrade to 3.2" - just click OK and let Xcode ...
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cocos2d looks like it is well supported and widely used, are there other good choices?
I've been googling a bit and looking for ios game frameworks. It looks like cocos2d has the mindshare, and it looks like it has an active community. It also fits my budget ($0.00), as this is really ...
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Game engines that publish to android and iOS
I am about to start on a project which, at a minimum needs to go out to android and ios. Are there any game engines other then Unity which can publish to both? I fear that Unity3d might be more ...
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Why do my sprites have a dark shadow/line/frame surrounding the texture?
I'm starting OpenGL with Apple's GLKit hand I'm having some trouble to get my sprites displayed properly. The Problem is that they all are surrounded with thin dark lines. The screen shot below shows ...
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cocos3d versus Unity for simple IOS 3D games?
Wondering if anyone here happens to have experience in doing some simple 3D based games/apps for IOS, using cocos3d & Unity and could give some pointers....questions I have are:
GENERAL
1) It ...
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Objective-C or C++ of game engine header file for iOS developers?
We've developed a game engine written in C++. Now we are preparing our game engine for iOS developers.
I guess that many game developers use C++ or Objective-C for their game apps. So I think we ...
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Is glEnable obsolete/unneeded in OpenGL ES 2?
In an iOS app I am writing I am now culling all the GL 1 crap from my GL 2 code. Can I safely remove glEnable?
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Making smooth walk/jump/fly etc animations
i am soon gonna start with developing my own game for the iOS, i have the plan and idea of the game ready. BUT i have 1 question. How do people make such a smooth animation? Lets take for example: ...
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Moving a big set of box2d bodies in an iOS endless side-scroller game (such as Canabalt)
I am working on an iOS endless-running game (Robot Unicorn, Canabalt, etc). I'm using box2d for the Physics and Collision Checking and cocos2d for graphics.
To achieve the notion of an endless level, ...
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Getting the number of fragments which passed the depth test
In "modern" environments, the "NV Occlusion Query" extension provides a method to get the number of fragments which passed the depth test. However, on the iPad / iPhone using OpenGL ES, the extension ...
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Flash/Flex/Air and iOS
I'm just a little confused with all of the news recently regarding the cancellation of mobile flash, so was hoping for a little help. I've had a search through and can't find the answers to these ...
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Can you embed a Unity3d mobile project into an existing native mobile app?
I am creating an application for both Android and iPhone that will have a few mini games in it. I would like to create the non game section in native Android and iPhone. My question is, is it possible ...
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How well does Unity 3d work for both Android and iPhone?
First off this question might be a bit broad so I apologize if it is. I am really just looking for peoples experiences and personal knowledge on the subject. I am looking to create a game for both ...
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How do I repeat a texture with GLKit?
I am using GLKit in order to show textures on my project. The code is like this:
-(void)setTextureImage:(UIImage *)image {
NSError *error;
texture = [GLKTextureLoader ...
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What is the best way to store meshes or 3d models in a class
I am wondering, how I should store my mesh into memory after loading it from whatever file. I have Questions floating in my head:
Should a mesh could have sub meshes or does the 3d model just store ...
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How can I initialize 15-20 sprites with the same starting position?
How can I load 15-20 sprites in Cocos2D at the same point (ccp(20,20), which is an alias for CGPointMake) using NSArray?
This is what I'm doing now, and it doesn't work:
int i,endvalue=3;
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What is the most secure way to archive a GKScore to be re-submitted later?
I'm looking for the safest way to archive and store a GKScore that needs to be re-submitted to Game Center (say, because the user didn't have a network connection at the time the score was earned). I ...
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Cross-platform, free (for commercial use) C/C++ 2d game library or rendering engine?
i need a C/C++ engine that should be really cross platform (or at least windows, android, and iphone).
The 2d engine should be written in C or (better) C++, should permit the rendering of animated ...
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Phone opengl demo water waves effect
I'm looking for water surface effect example for iOS. I have found project at: iPhone opengl demo water waves effect. However, it isn't working on xCode version 4.0.2.
I don't know how to open it ...
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How to port a game from IPad to Iphone
I just finished developing a 2D side scroll game for the IPad using Cocos2d and Box2d.
Now we want to make an IPhone 4 version of the game, but I'm still not sure what is the best way to do it.
I ...
