The iPhone smartphone designed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was introduced on January 9, 2007. The iPhone runs on the iOS platform and can download and install applications from the iTunes app store.
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How to support all iOS device screen sizes / resolutions in my game
I made this game. Right now the game supports all iOS devices except iPhone 5.
The definition of each level of the game is kept in a plist. The creation of each level is done through a graphical ...
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OpenGL ES - write code in Windows
Is it possible to write application using OpenGL ES 2.0 "emulator" from AMD (AMD OpenGL ES SDK) and then use the same code (compile again, of course) in my iOS / Android / Whatever application ? The ...
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Finding iOS indie developers to promote?
we created a discovery service at for iOS apps. we only show top apps (rated 4 stars or better) and ones that recently went free. our other main twist is making it fast to scroll through the different ...
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How do I get a Rigged 3D Model made in blender to display and animate on the iPhone?
I have a rigged model in blender of a man walking, I would like to know how to get this to display and animate on the iPhone and if their is a good free game library out their that lets me do it (even ...
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Help with Collision of spawned object(postion fixed) with objects that there are translating on screen
Hey guys I am creating a game using Corona SDK and so coding it in Lua.
So there are 2 separate functions,
To translate the hit objects and change their color when they are tapped
The link below ...
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Fastest way to draw quads in OpenGL ES?
I am using OpenGL ES 2.0
I have a bunch a quads to be drawn, would love to be able to have to pass only 4 vertices per quad as if I were using GL_QUADS, but basically I just want to know the best way ...
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What are the pros and cons of GameSalad versus Cocos2D?
I am currently using the Cocos2D framework for creating my game but I just happened to come across GameSalad and was amazed by this video.
GameSalad claims to allow you to create games without ...
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Are July and August bad months to release an iPhone game? [closed]
After one year of indie game development I end my development cycle in summer time. I spoke recently with a marketing advisor and I was told me that I should never release something over the summer as ...
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How to move an UIView along a curved CGPath according to user dragging the view
I'm trying to build a interface that the user can move his finger around the screen an a list of images moves along a path. The idea is that the images center nevers leaves de path.
Most of the ...
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Rendering Texture Quad to Screen or FBO (OpenGL ES)
I need to render the texture on the iOS device's screen or a render-to-texture frame buffer object. But it does not show any texture. It's all black.
(I am loading texture with image myself for ...
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Cocos 2D - Hold down CCMenuItem
I am using the following code to move a CCSprite left and right.
-(id)init{
CCMenuItemImage * moveLeftButton = [CCMenuItemImage itemFromNormalImage:@"Move Left Button.png" selectedImage:@"Move ...
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How to sync game tick in peer to peer game?
I am making a 2-player iphone action game using a synchronization service (in this case Firebase). The service allows state syncing through the internet, but I have to execute all game logic on the ...
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Changing location after CommitAnimations
I'm using the following code to move a UIImageView:
shootImg.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Projectile Left 1.png"];
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
shootImg.center = ...
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Can we develop a game for iPhone on Windows platform?
Is it possible by any means to have a game developed for iPhone using the iPhone sdk on Windows?
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Tutorial to port XNA game to MonoGame on iOS?
Are there any good tutorials to convert a current XNA game to work iOS using MonoGame?
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Correct version of Chipmunk for new iOS developer to get?
Having trouble deciding between Chipmunk Indie and Chipmunk Pro. Which one is the best for a new iOS developer.
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Determining which edge a collision occurred on in a platformer
First of all, this will be Open Source, and you will be mentioned for the help.
We've been programming a Super Mario Remake for the iPhone with Cocos2d for school.
It looks pretty great, and we ...
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Which programming language is used to develop an app in corona?
What is Corona & Which programming language is used to develop an application in corona?
What physics Engine is corona using?
and any other information that is absent in their site?
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Calling CCRepeaForever on CCLabelTTF Makes Label Not Show Up
I have a CCLabelTTF in the top right hand corner of the view.
-(void)scrollScoreLabelAndMonkey{
scoreLabel = [CCLabelTTF labelWithString:@"0000" fontName:@"Marker Felt"
fontSize:30 ];
...
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Set texture of a LHSprite that is loaded from LevelHelper
How do i set the image/texture of an LHSprite that is loaded into xCode using levelHelper & spriteHelper?
I am using sprite sheets. So i tried to load the image the old fashioned way using ...
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What are effective marketing strategies for iPhone games?
So, long story short, some days ago I published an iPhone game, I think the game wasn't that bad tbh, and still I got only 10 sells at $0.99.
Are they any publishers, sponsors, or distributors to ...
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Cocos 2d move CCsprite in array of points [closed]
I need a CCsprite to move to the points in my array those points will form a circle.I know to move CCsprite but my app crashes when i make it to move in array of points. Help me where i am making ...
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Sound Delay With AVAudio Player
I'm using the following code in my viewDidLoad to load a sound:
NSURL * url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:
[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/Moto - Hit Sound.mp3",
[[NSBundle mainBundle] ...
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Catching an object from sky in Cocos2d and Box2d world
My world has a gravity of -9.8 and there are KDynamicBodyType bodies falling from the sky. At the bottom there is a PhysicsSprite with KinematicBodyType. I want the PhysicsSprite to be able to catch ...
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Packaging HTML5 games as applications for iPhone/Android
Is it possible to package HTML5 game for iPhone and Android as an application or has it to be accessed through a browser?
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Tools for generating texture atlases/sprites from source images? [closed]
Is there an industry standard file format for texture atlases?
What are the apps that take a directory of images and turns it into a texture atlas png and a text file describing what's on it?
This ...
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Updating OpenGL ES 1.1 based iPhone game to use Open GL ES 2.0
I'm fairly new to anything OpenGL in general. I've made an OpenGL ES 1.1 based 2D iPhone game by working from sample code. I'm under the impression that OpenGL ES 2.0 is substantially different from ...
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How to select a show and select weapon on touch a bubble that changes continuously weapons! [closed]
hello i need to select a weapon from a floating bubble that changes weapon inside in it !
Bubble must show 2 weapons changing randomly until user taps to gain the weapon
(This lets user gain any bonus ...
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iPhone GLSL shader dynamic branching issue
I am trying to pass an array of vec3 as uniform and then iterate through them on each pixel. The size of array varies on situations so I can't make the loop with constant number of iterations. ...
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Image is displaying in inverse order cocos2d
I am drawing image in cocos2d using opengl call but image is displaying inverse order, i faced same problem previously that time i used to change value of CC_TEXTURE_NPOT_SUPPORT to 1 from 0 in ...
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Displacement Mapping opengl-es
I need to do an application similar to this Morfo. And I posted a question here where the answer states the solution is "Displacement Mapping" . And I googled this to do it in opengles. I couldnt get ...
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Draw mesh on 2d image in cocos3d [closed]
Hi friends I want to draw mesh on 2d image as shown in this image, below I have given code, but application is crashing and no error message is displaying...so facing difficulty to identify the ...
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Using 4096*4096 background image in uinty tk2d
I am new to Unity and I am developing a game using unity its a 2d game i am using tk2d framework. I have a big background image(4096*4096) how can I load this background so only visible part of the ...
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Create cylinder using OpenGL-ES [closed]
I want to draw cone using OpenGL ES I have gone through many links to draw cylinder but I don't have any idea or approach to draw the cylinder. I've seen the gluCylinder function for OpenGL, but no ...
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iSGL3D Occlusion Culling
I was testing a cool 3D Scene Graph Library called iSGL3D. Since I found some functions called alpha culling for displaying partly hidden objects (making the ones in front transparent). I was ...
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Best way to learn iphone game development? [closed]
I know php and some python, but not much c. Where should I start to learn iphone game development? Is there some recommended books/tutorials for beginners? I'm looking at using cocos2d but I'm open to ...
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Make a layer over an image and adjust its co-ordinates by touch
I need to make a layer over an image and adjust the layer to fit to image and get its co-ordinates of the layer.
I need to adjust the layer by touch and pinch.
The sample image is as below. I need ...
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Rotate an image and get back to its original position - opengles glkit
I need to rotate an image in opengles GLkit and get it back to its original position in GLkit.
rotation += 5;
_modelViewMatrix = GLKMatrix4Rotate( _modelViewMatrix, GLKMathDegreesToRadians(5), 1, 0, ...
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OpenGL ES multiple indices
I need suggestions for the best method of acheiving what I am trying to do:
-Using either OpenGL ES 1.x or 2.x
I need to pass a bunch of vertices to the GPU. Each one has 3 attributes: Position, ...
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OpenGL ES screen to world coordinate
I am currently attempting to convert my screen coordinates to world coordinates, to be able to interact with objects. I am using glm and unProject to try and achieve this, so far this is my code:
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Should I target a mobile phone or simulation tools are good enough?
I'm starting mobile development, and I would want to know if it's necessary to target a specific smartphone, or nowadays one can run a simulation that will provide accurate data of how the game will ...
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How to get a large quantity of photographs in an app while being memory efficient??
There have been a lot of word games (apps) lately and some use graphics but others use photographs and I was hoping that someone could explain how these games manage to get so many photos in an app ...
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cocos2d - exclude GUI layer transformation
I have a game layer that should be pannable and pinchable and a GUI layer as an overlay that's excluded from the transformations. I added the pinch and pan gesture recognizer to the view and set the ...
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Issues with background coordinate configuration in objective c with runAction?
In my game I want to have two backgrounds going one after the other creating a continuous loop moving to the left. However, right now one goes, and the other does not follow it.
Here's what I ...
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As an Android dev, what should I keep in mind for porting to iPhone?
As an Android game developer, what should I keep in mind while developing my game if I ever wanted to cross-platform the game to the iPhone? Any strategies, tips, etc. on porting to both of these ...
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OpenGL ES 1.1 - How to batch draw particles with different translations?
Assuming that I've combined all of my vertex data for many particles into a single array, how would I batch draw all of those particles in a manner that preserves their unique translations?
Any code ...
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Is it better to import photoshop files or illustrator files into flash? [closed]
I was wondering what would be better to import into flash for when I animate.
My intention is to animate my characters and objects and then export as a png sequence and make a sprite sheet then take ...
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Is it worth supporting iOS 3.x or iPhone 3G devices anymore when developing a game?
Is it still worth it for a game developer to try and support older devices: iPhone 3G and earlier or to support older OS: iOS 3.x and earlier?
Or is it recommended to make use of OpenGL ES 2.0 ...
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Collision Filtering in Box2D
I have four bodies in my Box2D World. Each are polygon shape, with some physics parameters.
Now when the game start, I need one of the bodies from the World (BodyA) to not be allowed to collide with ...
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Detect Sprites, they are in Shape or Not which random draw in Cocos2d
I have searched a lot on web and found some of help ful links as exact my question.
Link 1 Link 2
But still i am not success to achieve this,
i have done some of code lines, as like draw line by ...
