Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter
2
Setting up Your Game Project
Like all software projects, iOS game development benefits from starting on good footing. In this
chapter, we will discuss setting up a new Xcode project that is a suitable starting point for many
games. This will include creating a project that can be used for the deployment on the iPhone and
the iPad, handling both landscape and portrait orientations.
We look at how an iOS application is initialized and where we can start customizing behavior to
match our expectations of how the application should perform. We will also explore how user
interface (UI) elements are created and modified in an iOS application, paying special attention to
managing different devices and orientations.
The game we create in this chapter will be very much like the simple example from Chapter 1—in
fact, it will play exactly the same. But we will be building a foundation for future chapters while
practicing some key techniques, such as working with
UIViewControllers
and Interface Builder.
We will explore how an iOS application is put together, and explain the key classes. We'll also create
new UI elements and learn how to customize them with Interface Builder, and we will explore using
the MVC pattern to create flexible, reusable code elements. At the end of this chapter, we will have
created the Rock, Paper, Scissors application shown in Figure
2-1
.
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