Chris Craft - iPhone Game Development

iPhone Game Development

Chris Craft and Jamey McElveen

iPhone Game Development

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This book is dedicated to the two most important women in my life: Mom, without your many sacrifices, nothing would have been possible; and Kathy, the love of my life, your love and patience strengthens me. Chris

To my wife and kids, who made this possible, I thank God for all of you. Jamey

About the Authors

Chris Craft is a software developer focusing primarily on device application development. He is a frequent CodeProject.com article author. Chris currently serves as a senior software architect for ACS Technologies Group, Inc., where he concentrates on his passion: mobile development. He previously was a senior developer for Taylor Data Systems, where he worked on sales force automation, field service, inventory, and data collection mobile applications. In the technical community, Chris is cofounder of a local developer user group and is also a member of Revolution Church. He has recently become engaged to Kathy Gulledge of Florence, South Carolina.

Jamey McElveen has been a game development enthusiast since 1995. He began coding games back in the days of DOS. With the release of the iPhone SDK he was one of the developers in the original gold rush to the App Store. Jamey works in Florence, South Carolina, as lead software architect at ACS Technologies Group, Inc. He is passionate about software and its role in Christianity and the field of Ministry. Jamey obtained his degree in Computer Engineering from Clemson University. He lives with his wife, Connie, and three boys, Jake, Slater, and Seth, in Timmonsville, South Carolina.

Chris and Jamey are the founders of the popular iPhone development site, http://appsamuck.com. They released their first training example the first day the NDA was lifted from the 2.0 SDK: 10/1/2008. They continued the series every day for 31 days until 10/31/2008.

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Acknowledgments

Several people played an important role in the making of this book and we would like to acknowledge them here.

Most importantly, we would like to thank our Almighty God for the ability to learn, share, and many more reasons too numerous to count.

We would like to thank ACS Technologies Group, Inc., and its staff for their support and encouragement during this endeavor.

We would like to thank Wiley Publishing for having faith in two new authors with a passion for iPhone development. We would like to thank our acquisitions editor, Aaron Black, and our technical reviewer, Jesse David Hollington. We would like to thank our project editor, Lynn Northrup, for having the patience to initiate two new authors.

We would like to thank our reviewers, Page Brooks, Josh Hamrick, Alfonso Acevedo, Dayton Pruet, and Thorben C. Primke, for their insight and valued perspective.

Jamey McElveen would like to thank his wife, Connie, for her love, support, and encouragement during this endeavor. He would like to thank his boys, Jake, Slater, and Seth, for their understanding and extra efforts to help their dad out when he needed it. Jamey would also like to thank his mom, dad, and the rest of his family and friends for all their support and encouragement during this project. Finally, he would like to thank his friend and co-author, Chris, for encouraging him to take on this project in the first place and helping to push through the long hours together.