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iOS Game Development

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1. What is the GLKit?
Adds social functions to your game - Leader Boards - Achievements - Friends Lists - Turn-based Gaming - Auto matching to anonymous players
It sits atop the Open GL ES Layer and promises to simplify certain aspects of 3D development in iOS.
Deeper then AV Foundation. You can precisely synchronize audio playback with your application.
Lets you set up a game that your players can play over a period of time.

2. What is the HIG?
The game should be easily approachable - Use a simple set of rules - Don't make it too hard or too easy - Start with easy levels and gradually make them harder - 5) Reward the player.
Human Interface Guide from Apple.
It is a C-based graphics library that you can use to build high-performance 2D and 3D graphics.
Simple - Easy to learn - Short levels that can be played in minutes - Simple control schemes - Interact directly with the game actors.

3. What does the Foundation framework provide?
Part of the UIKit - it's the canvas on which you will draw your games.
Many low-level classes that are used in every iOS program.
Human Interface Guide from Apple.
Your game - Cocoa Touch (UIKit) - Media Services - Core Services (Foundation) - Core OS

4. What is Turn-Based Gaming?
The UIKit
Deeper then AV Foundation. You can precisely synchronize audio playback with your application.
Part of the AudioToolBox framework. Plays notifications for UI events (button clicks). Designed to play sounds that are 30 seconds or shorter.
Lets you set up a game that your players can play over a period of time.

5. What is in-game voice chat?
Awards that you can give to players for completing certain goals in your game.
Deeper then AV Foundation. You can precisely synchronize audio playback with your application.
Allows players of your game to chat with each other during a game.
Adds social functions to your game - Leader Boards - Achievements - Friends Lists - Turn-based Gaming - Auto matching to anonymous players

6. What are Achievements?
Awards that you can give to players for completing certain goals in your game.
Objective-C interface with many more options and fewer limitations for playing sounds and video.
To determine the orientation of the device.
Adds social functions to your game - Leader Boards - Achievements - Friends Lists - Turn-based Gaming - Auto matching to anonymous players

7. Audio Unit Framework
1024 x 768
UIKit - Core Graphics
The most basic components of the iOS operating system including the Kernel - file system - networking components and device drivers.
Allows your application to host audio processing plug-ins called audio units.

8. What does the Core OS contain?
The UIKit
It is responsible for providing the graphics and sound APIs that you will use to build your games. Includes Core Graphics - Core Animation and Core Audio.
Shows player scores for your game (encourages competition between people)
The most basic components of the iOS operating system including the Kernel - file system - networking components and device drivers.

9. What are Leader Boards?
Shows player scores for your game (encourages competition between people)
A set of object oriented frameworks that provides a runtime environment for apps running in Mac OS X and iOS.
The UIKit
Allows your application to host audio processing plug-ins called audio units.

10. Layers of 3D Drawing in iOS.
By giving you the ability to directly work with line attributes - color spaces - pattern colors - gradients - shadings and image masks.
Awards that you can give to players for completing certain goals in your game.
GLKit - OpenGL ES
NeXTSTEP - That is why you'll see so many classes named NS(something)

11. Give some examples of how to make your game fun

12. What is Core Animation?
Deeper then AV Foundation. You can precisely synchronize audio playback with your application.
The framework behind the animations that you see in the iPhone UI.
Objective-C interface with many more options and fewer limitations for playing sounds and video.
Classes that you use to build the user interface of your program.s

13. Define Cocoa
A set of object oriented frameworks that provides a runtime environment for apps running in Mac OS X and iOS.
Design a beautiful icon for your game - 2) Pay close attention to the graphics of your game - Pay close attention to the motif of your game.
By giving you the ability to directly work with line attributes - color spaces - pattern colors - gradients - shadings and image masks.
The framework behind the animations that you see in the iPhone UI.

14. What is the iPad screen resolution?
1024 x 768
Your game - Cocoa Touch (UIKit) - Media Services - Core Services (Foundation) - Core OS
Using pen and paper and cut outs - Using a graphics or layout program.
Foundations and UIKit

15. How does Core Graphics extend the capabilities of UIKit?
By giving you the ability to directly work with line attributes - color spaces - pattern colors - gradients - shadings and image masks.
Built upon the Core OS layer - it provides access to the hardware features in the Core OS layer and contains the Foundation framework.
Adds social functions to your game - Leader Boards - Achievements - Friends Lists - Turn-based Gaming - Auto matching to anonymous players
Using pen and paper and cut outs - Using a graphics or layout program.

16. System Sound Services
Awards that you can give to players for completing certain goals in your game.
960 x 640
Part of the AudioToolBox framework. Plays notifications for UI events (button clicks). Designed to play sounds that are 30 seconds or shorter.
Lets you set up a game that your players can play over a period of time.

17. What is an Accelerometer used for?
Deeper then AV Foundation. You can precisely synchronize audio playback with your application.
To determine the orientation of the device.
GLKit - OpenGL ES
960 x 640

18. Audio Toolbox Framework
Adds social functions to your game - Leader Boards - Achievements - Friends Lists - Turn-based Gaming - Auto matching to anonymous players
By giving you the ability to directly work with line attributes - color spaces - pattern colors - gradients - shadings and image masks.
Your game - Cocoa Touch (UIKit) - Media Services - Core Services (Foundation) - Core OS
Deeper then AV Foundation. You can precisely synchronize audio playback with your application.

19. What does the UIKit framework contain?
It is a C-based graphics library that you can use to build high-performance 2D and 3D graphics.
Classes that you use to build the user interface of your program.s
Human Interface Guide from Apple.
By giving you the ability to directly work with line attributes - color spaces - pattern colors - gradients - shadings and image masks.

20. What is the iPhone screen resolution?
Shows player scores for your game (encourages competition between people)
960 x 640
It sits atop the Open GL ES Layer and promises to simplify certain aspects of 3D development in iOS.
Using pen and paper and cut outs - Using a graphics or layout program.

21. Give an example of using GPS?
Incorporate the location of the player into the game.
Shows player scores for your game (encourages competition between people)
Classes that you use to build the user interface of your program.s
Part of the AudioToolBox framework. Plays notifications for UI events (button clicks). Designed to play sounds that are 30 seconds or shorter.

22. What does the Core Services contain?
The framework behind the animations that you see in the iPhone UI.
Incorporate the location of the player into the game.
Built upon the Core OS layer - it provides access to the hardware features in the Core OS layer and contains the Foundation framework.
1024 x 768

23. Explain the Cocoa Touch layer.
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The highest level APIs in the iOS ecosystem. It includes the UIKit framework. On top of this layer you build your game.
It is responsible for providing the graphics and sound APIs that you will use to build your games. Includes Core Graphics - Core Animation and Core Audio.
Many low-level classes that are used in every iOS program.

24. Layers of 2D Drawing in iOS.
Foundations and UIKit
960 x 640
UIKit - Core Graphics
Built upon the Core OS layer - it provides access to the hardware features in the Core OS layer and contains the Foundation framework.

25. What is the View?

26. What is Peer-to-peer networking?
Allows you to set up an ad hoc network between devices.
Human Interface Guide from Apple.
Design a beautiful icon for your game - 2) Pay close attention to the graphics of your game - Pay close attention to the motif of your game.
Awards that you can give to players for completing certain goals in your game.

27. Open-AL Framework
It sits atop the Open GL ES Layer and promises to simplify certain aspects of 3D development in iOS.
Incorporate the location of the player into the game.
Allows your application to host audio processing plug-ins called audio units.
Used to create positional-based stereo sound playback.

28. What is important when selling your games on iTunes?
Many low-level classes that are used in every iOS program.
Incorporate the location of the player into the game.
Design a beautiful icon for your game - 2) Pay close attention to the graphics of your game - Pay close attention to the motif of your game.
Peer-to-peer networking - In-game voice chat - Game Center.

29. What is OpenGL?
Peer-to-peer networking - In-game voice chat - Game Center.
Built upon the Core OS layer - it provides access to the hardware features in the Core OS layer and contains the Foundation framework.
It is a C-based graphics library that you can use to build high-performance 2D and 3D graphics.
Many low-level classes that are used in every iOS program.

30. Describe the iOS environment.
Part of the AudioToolBox framework. Plays notifications for UI events (button clicks). Designed to play sounds that are 30 seconds or shorter.
Your game - Cocoa Touch (UIKit) - Media Services - Core Services (Foundation) - Core OS
Built upon the Core OS layer - it provides access to the hardware features in the Core OS layer and contains the Foundation framework.
The most basic components of the iOS operating system including the Kernel - file system - networking components and device drivers.

31. Name some items you should include in the specification document of your game.
Deeper then AV Foundation. You can precisely synchronize audio playback with your application.
To determine the orientation of the device.
Application definition statement (A sentence describing the overall concept of your game and the intended audience) - Game features.
1024 x 768

32. What do you use to handle user interactions in iOS?
Part of the AudioToolBox framework. Plays notifications for UI events (button clicks). Designed to play sounds that are 30 seconds or shorter.
Lets you set up a game that your players can play over a period of time.
Monitor touch events - Using gesture recognizers.
The UIKit

33. AV Foundation framework
By giving you the ability to directly work with line attributes - color spaces - pattern colors - gradients - shadings and image masks.
It is a C-based graphics library that you can use to build high-performance 2D and 3D graphics.
Objective-C interface with many more options and fewer limitations for playing sounds and video.
Lets you set up a game that your players can play over a period of time.

34. What are some features of Game Center?
Allows players of your game to chat with each other during a game.
Foundations and UIKit
The UIKit
Adds social functions to your game - Leader Boards - Achievements - Friends Lists - Turn-based Gaming - Auto matching to anonymous players

35. Functions of Game Kit
GLKit - OpenGL ES
Peer-to-peer networking - In-game voice chat - Game Center.
Lets you set up a game that your players can play over a period of time.
Objective-C interface with many more options and fewer limitations for playing sounds and video.

36. Ways to prototype your game
Using pen and paper and cut outs - Using a graphics or layout program.
Human Interface Guide from Apple.
To determine the orientation of the device.
Many low-level classes that are used in every iOS program.

37. Ways to handle user interaction?
A set of object oriented frameworks that provides a runtime environment for apps running in Mac OS X and iOS.
Deeper then AV Foundation. You can precisely synchronize audio playback with your application.
Allows your application to host audio processing plug-ins called audio units.
Monitor touch events - Using gesture recognizers.

38. What was the Cocoa library originally called?

39. Some attributes of a successful iOS Game
Foundations and UIKit
Objective-C interface with many more options and fewer limitations for playing sounds and video.
Simple - Easy to learn - Short levels that can be played in minutes - Simple control schemes - Interact directly with the game actors.
Design a beautiful icon for your game - 2) Pay close attention to the graphics of your game - Pay close attention to the motif of your game.

40. Most important Cocoa frameworks for building iOS apps?
NeXTSTEP - That is why you'll see so many classes named NS(something)
Allows you to set up an ad hoc network between devices.
Lets you set up a game that your players can play over a period of time.
Foundations and UIKit

41. Describe the Media Services.
Built upon the Core OS layer - it provides access to the hardware features in the Core OS layer and contains the Foundation framework.
GLKit - OpenGL ES
The framework behind the animations that you see in the iPhone UI.
It is responsible for providing the graphics and sound APIs that you will use to build your games. Includes Core Graphics - Core Animation and Core Audio.

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