Iphone Game Development

Question

Im new to iPhone development, I bought the certificate a while back and have already posted one simple app on the app store(Lunch Money, just in case you are curious), but I've been looking all over the internet for a good series for iPhone openGL ES(2d or 3d will work) game development... does anyone know a good starting point for iphone opengl es game development?

Thanks

-techy

Answer 1

8 Great Resources For Learning Iphone OpenGL ES & 16 Killer iPhone OpenGL ES Resources contains a lot of information, even about games development.

EDIT: As per your comment, I add the following resources :

• iPhone Game Development: Developing 2D & 3D games in Objective-C, a good start.
• OpenGL ES 2.0 Programming Guide, the ultimate guide to learn ES.
• iPhone OpenGL ES Tutorial Series, great, contains specific information about games.

Answer 2

well these aren't published yet...

http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781430225997

http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781430228059

but apress has some really good iphone books, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say these will be awesome

Answer 3

In the best 'cross platform' tradition, I wouldn't pin myself to objective-c that much.

Make the thinnest of GUI container in objective-c (touch handling, basic file io, etc) and make your game in C++ and opengl.

This way, you can potentially port your code to any other platform you might want to run it on and not box yourself in.

Answer 4

I have learned the most for Jeff LaMarche's series, great stuff.
http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/2009/05/opengl-es-from-ground-up-table-of.html