Space Game Starter Kit

Benefits of the Space Game Starter Kit

Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced iOS developer, the Space Game Starter Kit will give you some great benefits, such as:

• You get full source code for a cool game to study and learn from.
• You get code, art, music, and more that you can reuse!
• You get to save tons of hours of development (hence tons of money!) by using this as a starting point!
• You get to learn a ton of tips and tricks you might not have come across before.
• You get to give back to this site, making future tutorials, forum support, and Starter Kits possible! :]
• You get to have a fun and relaxing time going through the step-by-step tutorials, learning along the way!
• Plus once you’re finished, you get to show this game you made off to your friends and family – they’ll think you’re an Xcode Jedi master!

Prerequisites

To use this starter kit, you need:

• To be a member of the iOS developer program, and have a Mac with Xcode installed.
• An iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to test with, because the game will be using the accelerometer, which is not available on the simulator.
• Some familiarity with Objective-C. I recommend the book Programming in Objective-C 2.0 by Stephen Kochan if you’re new to Objective-C.
• Some familiarity with Cocos2D. The goal of this Starter Kit isn’t to teach you Cocos2D – Rod Strougo and I already wrote a book about that called Learning Cocos2D that you should check out first (or have equivalent knowledge).

The above said, if you are completely new to Objective-C and Cocos2D, you can still follow along with the tutorials in the Space Game Starter Kit because everything is presented step-by-step. It’s just that there will be some missing pieces in your knowledge that the above books will fill in.

License

If you purchase the Space Game Starter Kit you get a license for 1 developer for the following:

• You are allowed to use and/or modify the source code in the Space Game Starter Kit in as many games that you want, with no attribution required.
• You are allowed to use and/or modify all art, music, and sound effects that are included in the Space Game Starter Kit in as many games as you want, but must attribute Vicki Wenderlich for the art.
• The source code included in this Space Game Starter Kit is for your own personal use only. You are NOT allowed to distribute or sell the source code in the Space Game Starter Kit without prior authorization.
• Likewise, the tutorials in this guide are for your own personal use only. You are NOT allowed to distribute or sell the tutorials in this guide without prior authorization.

How To Use the Space Game Starter Kit

You have two main ways you can make use of the Space Game Starter Kit.

1. You could look through the sample project and start using it right away. You might want to add new levels, add your own art or enemies, pull out useful snippets, or even recompile it and submit it to the App Store! :]
2. You could go through the 4 epic-length tutorials that come with the Space Game Starter Kit and build the Space Game from scratch. This way you’ll know how every line of code works, and can use the techniques you learn in a game of your own design!

File Formats and Delivery

The source code comes as an Xcode project and the tutorials come as a PDF. Once you have purchased the Space Game Starter Kit, you can access it immediately via direct download.

Questions?

If you have any further questions that the above description hasn’t covered, feel free to ask a question in the Space Game Starter Kit forums or contact me directly!

What Are You Waiting For?

There’s a ship traveling fast toward a dangerous alien belt, and he desperately needs an Xcode pilot!

And somewhere far, far away, there is a dark nemesis plotting an evil plan to destroy our hero (like he destroyed Vicki earlier!)

He needs an Xcode hero like yourself to save him! Grab the Space Game Starter Kit, and improve your iOS game programming powers today!