This book is designed as a first step to help you start creating games with Gideros. What is more important is that Gideros reduces the entry barrier to big companies in the app market for the hobbyist. Gideros lets you function across platforms so that the development time is reduced, the overall code quality is improved, and support costs are reduced. We remember our excitement when we first came up with the idea: creating the best cross-platform tool to give the developer the joy of programming and giving them the way out of the native platforms. Many games and apps are planned to work on as many devices and operating systems as possible from the start. Now, Android phones and tablets are also big competition and there are many Android Markets available. The App Store, introduced by Apple, has created new opportunities for independent developers to develop their applications and sell them to users directly via the App Store. This has also changed the life of independent developers. Now we are in need of good content for our tablets and smart phones, such as games, educational applications and entertainment apps. We would not have seen this 10 years ago a lot has changed in a good way. Sayanee Mukherjee Laxmi Subramanian Project Coordinators Aboli Ambardekar Romal Karani Proofreader Lesley Harrison Indexer Mehreen Deshmukh Production Coordinator Alwin Roy Cover Work Alwin Royįoreword Your 5-year old kid is solving puzzles and your 80-year old grandparent is playing Sudoku on a tablet. Reviewers John Andria Anthony Ball Acquisition Editors Usha Iyer Ashwin Nair Commissioning Editor Neil Alexander Technical Editors Tanvi Bhatt Nikhil Potdukhe ISBN 978-1-84969-670-8 Cover Image by Arturs Sosins ( )Ĭopy Editors Alisha Aranha Roshni Banerjee Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Gideros Mobile Game Development Copyright © 2013 Packt PublishingĪll rights reserved. You will learn how to quickly create game prototypes in Gideros, how to test and set up projects to automatically target devices with different resolutions, and how to polish your prototype with animations, sounds, tweens, and even physics to create your very first cross-platform game.īy the end of this book, you will have learned everything you need to create visually stunning physics and exciting cross-platform games using Gideros.Ī practical guide to develop exciting cross-platform mobile games with Gideros This book teaches you everything you need to know about Gideros, from installing Gideros on your operating system to creating and efficiently managing your Gideros projects and creating your very first game, all with the help of well explained examples. Gideros also comes with a built-in box2D physics engine and extended memory management features to make mobile game development a breeze. Gideros is a Lua-based framework that facilitates effortless native iOS and Android application development along with hardware acceleration. Have you ever had an interesting idea for a mobile game? Have you ever wanted to jump on the mobile app bandwagon? Developing a mobile game has never been so fun and easy, and with the vast amount of smartphone users, it may also become a profitable thing to do. Gideros Mobile Game Development shows you how to develop an original and exciting game in Gideros, helping you create your very first project and guiding you through the configuration of settings and assets to help you target devices with different resolutions.
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