Marmalade SDK Mobile Game Development Essentials - Softcover

Scaplehorn, Sean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849693366 ISBN 13: 9781849693363

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Modern mobile devices are capable of supporting video games of amazing quality. However, there are so many different devices and platforms, so how can you support them all? The answer is to use the Marmalade SDK to write your code once and deploy it to all popular mobile platforms at the touch of a button. 'Marmalade SDK Mobile Game Development Essentials' will provide you with everything you need to know to transfer your existing C++ videogame programming knowledge to mobile devices.

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About the Author

Sean Scaplehorn

Sean Scaplehorn is a programmer with 15 years of experience in the videogames industry, who has worked on projects for both console and mobile devices. He has worked on games published by companies including Sony, Electronic Arts, Konami, Square Enix, and Namco.

Sean got his first home computer while still at primary school, which kick-started his interest in programming. After learning to code from typing in listings printed in computer magazines, he went on to write his own games and shared them with his school friends. He knew then that writing games was what he wanted to do when he grew up.

However, on leaving university, Sean spent a couple of years writing software for printing check books. When he could stand it no longer, he made the leap into videogames development and hasn't looked back since.

He worked at Ideaworks3D, the company behind the Marmalade SDK, for four years. In this time he saw the Marmalade SDK evolve from an in-house technology to being a product in its own right, when it was launched as the Airplay SDK.

Sean now works from his home in the South of England as a freelance game coder.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849693366
• ISBN 13: 9781849693363
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318