Friday, April 20, 2012

GameSalad for Beginners book

I just started reading this book GameSalad Beginners Guide . I was excited to see it published by Packt publishing. I know the author a bright young game developer Miguel DeQuadros of Wurd Industries creator of a few apps available on the itunes app store.
When I heard he was writing it I was wondering just what is Game salad? Of course he explains it right at the beginning...
  GameSalad is a fantastic, powerful creation tool that allows you to develop iPhone games! The best part about it is there is no programming involved whatsoever! With a simple drag-and-drop user interface, and behavior-based development, putting together anawesome game has never been easier! Its possible to put together a fully playable game in less than half an hour!
 
This sounds good to me I've done some Unix shell scripting but no fancy graphical stuff. I'd consider myself a beginner in game creation. I've been very curious about what's involved in creating an iPhone / iOS app.
He walks you through everything from where to start getting GameSalad, signing up as an app developer then off to practical advice on how to plan and create a game. Then practical examples

I look forward to seeing what I can learn.