Tap, Move, Shake: Turning Your Game Ideas into iPhone & iPad Apps - Todd Moore

This comprehensive guide provides step-by-step instructions for turning your game idea into a reality for the iPhone and iPad. Throughout the book, you will develop a real game, gaining a thorough introduction to Xcode and Objective-C. Author Todd Moore, who taught himself how to create an iPhone game in a week with no prior knowledge of Apple's development tools, now develops smartphone games and apps full time. With this book, any coder can transform game ideas into products ready for the App Store.

• Get started by writing a simple game in only 20 lines of code
• Build a complete air hockey game from scratch
• Learn best practices for tracking multiple screen touches
• Use animation loops and create collision functions
• Get the tools you need to build your own stunning game graphics
• Apply game physics to give your game a sense of realism
• Record and edit lifelike sound effects, and create your own background music
• Design a computer player with different levels of difficulty
• Featuring an introduction by Steve Wozniak

Todd Moore, the founder of TMSOFT, specializes in creating unique smartphone applications and games. His most popular game title, Card Counter, was featured by Engadget, the Los Angeles Times, and CNET TV. Todd's most popular application, White Noise, was featured by iTunes, Health Magazine, The Washington Post, PC Magazine, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.