Gregory Pierce - Unity iOS Game Development Beginners Guide

Gregory Pierce has worked in software development and executive management, across a variety of high-technology industries, for over 18 years. Gregory started his professional computer software career as a software test engineer for the Microsoft Corporation in 2002. Since then he has gained experience across a variety of industries; while working in the defense and space industry for Sytex, Director of Research and Development for Bethesda Softworks and Zenimax Media, Software Architect for the Strategic Applications group within CNN, and later Time Warner, Technology Evangelist at JBoss/Red Hat, Vice President of Technology for Blockbuster, and finally Director of Global Software Development for the Intercontinental Hotels Group. A published technical author, Gregory has used his experience to give back to communities by lecturing on a variety of technology subjects, contributing to open source projects, and participating in organizations such as Junior Achievement. Gregory holds an MBA in Global Business from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a BS in Computer Science from Xavier University of Louisiana.

In this book, many of the chapters and artwork contained herein are commissioned by Sojourner Mobile, provider of the monetization platform that has made it all possible.

He co-authored Direct3D Professional Reference during the early days of DirectX.

I'd like to thank my wife Deirdre, son Gabriel, and daughter Sydney who sacrificed many nights and weekends to give me the time necessary to work on the book. I'd also like to thank my co-workers at IHG and all of my friends from Georgia Institute of Technology (Go Jackets) who provided feedback and encouragement when times were rough. Finally, I want to thank the fine people at Unity Technologies and all the mobile hardware manufacturers out there for kick starting the mobile revolution.

Julien LANGE is a 30-year-old IT expert in Software Engineering. He started to develop on Amstrad CPC464 with the BASIC language when he was 7. He learned later Visual Basic 3/4, then VB.NET, and C#. For several years, until the end of his study, he developed and maintained several PHP and ASP.NET e-business websites. After his graduation he continued to learn more and more about software like Architecture and Project management, always acquiring new skills.

Julien was at work talking with a colleague in August 2009 and after discovering the high potential of iPhone games and softwares he decided to find an improved game engine allowing him to concentrate only on the main purpose of the gamedeveloping a game and not a game engine. After trying two other game engines, his choice was Unity3D thanks to its compatibility with C# and its high frame rate performance on iPhone. In addition to his main work, he opened iXGaminG.com as a self-employed business in December 2010. This small studio specialized in advergaming and casual gaming using Unity3D.

I would like to thank my wife for allowing me to take some time in reviewing books on my computer. I would also like to thank Frederic for all the work we completed together with Unity. So, I do not forget to thank all current Unity Asset Store customers who are using my published assets and scripts.

Then I would like to thank my family, my friends, and colleagues, including Romain, Nicolas, Patrick I, Chang D, Alexandre, Philippe S, Philippe G, Marie-Helene D, Corinne F, Mathieu N, Christophe B, Christophe P, and Fabrice G, who knows me as an Apple(c) addict.

Clifford Peters is currently a college student pursuing a degree in Computer Science. He enjoys programing and has been doing so for the past 4 years. He enjoys using Unity and hopes to use it more in the future.

Clifford has also helped to review these books; Unity Game Development Essentials, Unity 3D Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide, and Unity 3D Game Development Hotshot.

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