i Welcome to iOS Games!

Developing and designing games for iOS requires a number of tools and frameworks. For instance, you’ll use Xcode, a free integrated development environment (IDE) from Apple; and Objective-C, the native language used in iOS.

Along with the Xcode/Objective-C combo you’ll need a few other tools and applications to create game. Here’s a quick overview of some of them.

Tools

These tools are required for designing and developing games in iOS 5.

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Xcode

Xcode is the development environment you will use to program iOS apps and games. The latest version, used in this book, is 4.2 with iOS SDK 5.0. Xcode is a total development environment ...

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