iPhone and iPad Game Development For Dummies / Neal Goldstein, Jon Manning, Paris Buttfield-Addison

The iPhone and iPad are the hottest techno-gadgets on the market today, and games for it are even hotter. To help you cash in on the trend, this book shows what it takes to create a good iPhone and iPad game and how to get it into the App Store.

Neal Goldstein, leader of an iPhone app startup company, and his co-authors show you how to build a game that will sell, include quality graphics, market your game through the App Store, and more. Whether you're a programming novice or an experienced developer looking to enter the game market, here's how to get going.

• Games for the iPhone are among the hottest apps in Apple's App Store
• Learn to build two game applications from beginning to end
• Written by successful mobile app developers, this guide begins with how to get started, including downloading the SDK and filling your toolbox
• Covers programming with Objective-C and Cocoa, what makes a good game, graphics, and creating good mobile apps
• Explains how to market your game through the App Store

iPhone and iPad Game Development For Dummies can start you on a fun hobby or a lucrative career.

Note: Apple's iOS SDK tools are only accessible on Intel-powered Mac and MacBook devices.