Re: A couple questions relevant to games

FROM : Jens Alfke
DATE : Sun Feb 17 23:52:21 2008

On 17 Feb '08, at 7:44 AM, Aaron MacDonald wrote:

> Hi. I'm planning to make a game, and I have a couple of questions 
> since I'm new to cocoa.


I'd highly recommend looking at CoreAnimation if you're going to 
design a game. Its drawing model is very well suited to 2D sprite 
animation. There's an Apple sample app called GeekGameBoard that 
demonstrates using CA for games like checkers and solitaire:
   http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/GeekGameBoard/index.html
It includes a small framework for generic board/card games, that you 
can reuse and extend.

(Disclaimer: I wrote this sample. I'd be chuffed if someone wants to 
use it, and I'll be glad to answer questions about it...)

I also have an unpublished/incomplete project that glues together 
CoreAnimation and the open-source "Box2D" physics engine, letting you 
add realistic 2D physics to your CA animations.

—Jens_______________________________________________

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