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Cocos2d Cookbook Discount Code

Until February 9th you can get the print Cocos2d for iPhone 1 Game Development Cookbook for 13% off then get the PDF for 85% off! Go to http://www.packtpub.com/cocos2d-for-iphone-1-game-development-cookbook/book and type in discount code cocos13.

Cocos2d for iPhone 1 Game Development Cookbook

After a year of writing and development I am proud to present to you Cocos2d for iPhone 1 Game Development Cookbook! In the book you’ll find over 100 recipes covering a wide array of game development topics. This is a must have game development book. It covers everything from realistic lighting to physics to artificial intelligence and [...]

Musing About Artistic Emergence

When we look at a film compared to an interactive experience we discover the concept of “Emergence”: An artistic experience opens doors in the mind. When we watch a film it only goes in 1 direction. However, in the mind of the viewer it goes in many different possible directions. These ‘paths’ are where the [...]

USC School of Cinematic Arts

I was recently accepted into the USC School of Cinematic Arts MFA in Interactive Media program. You can read more about the program here. To help sustain my excitement for the program I created this wallpaper: During the next few months I’ll begin blogging about the impending release of my Cocos2d game development book, my [...]

Review of Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide

Last week I was lucky enough to receive an early review copy of Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide from Packt Publishing. http://link.packtpub.com/PFN5lH If you are new to the Cocos2d community you would be doing yourself a favor by using Cocos2d for iPhone Beginners Guide as a jumping off point. The book was written by [...]

Learning Cocos2d and Objective-C

I’ve recently switched gears from the That’s a Comic! project to the iPhone game project. I will be using Cocos2D for most of the heavy lifting. This is also my first foray into Objective-C and a triumphant return to a C based language after years of not touching C or C++. Here’s a fairly comprehensive [...]