Beginning iOS Game Center and GameKit : For iOS, tvOS, and MacOS / by Kyle Richter, Beau G. Bolle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richter, Kyle, author.

Bolle, Beau G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apple computers.

Apple and iOS.

Local Subjects:

Apple and iOS.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed. 2022.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2022.

Summary:

Create fun and polished games and gamify your apps with GameKit and Game Center. This fully updated new edition of Kyle Richter’s classic can help you reach new customers through social integrations, multiplayer, and achievements. Quickly add a level of polish to your apps that used to take weeks of hard work and late nights. Implementing a leaderboard and achievement system has never been so simple! Gone are the days of writing and maintaining your own server. You'll also see how to easily add advanced networking concepts like VoIP support in hours, not days. Game Center is heavily pushed and promoted by Apple. By adding Game Center into your game, not only do you gain access to polished and professional features but your app will see a boost in downloads and sharing. Expeditiously implement a plethora of advanced social networking concepts into your apps. Create custom Game Center Manager classes that can be rapidly deployed into any of your new or existing projects. And jump right over pitfalls commonly encountered by new and experienced Game Center developers. Become a Game Center development champ! You will: Build a reusable Game Center manager class that can be quickly used in future projects Integrate Game Kit and Game Center leaderboards and Achievements into your project Add real time and turned based multiplayer functionality to your game Implement a real time voice chat system.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Getting Started with GameKit and Game Center

Chapter 2: Game Center: Configuring and Getting Started

Chapter 3: Leaderboards

Chapter 4: Achievements

Chapter 5: Matchmaking and Invitations

Chapter 6: Network Design Overview

Chapter 7: Exchanging Data

Chapter 8: Turned-Based Gaming with Game Center

Chapter 9: Voice Chat

Chapter 10: In-App Purchase with StoreKit

Chapter 11: Game Controllers.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781484277560

1484277562

OCLC:

1288628271

Publisher Number:

9781484277553

9781484277560