Space Viking
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Free | Prop Group LLC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Learning Cocos2D book by Rod Strougo and Ray Wenderlich, published by
Addison-Wesley.
You play as Ole the Viking, frozen in time, and awaken in an Alien
planet. You must fight off the alien hordes and find a way back to
your native land and time.
The book shows you how to build this game step-by-step, which
demonstrates how to program the following features:
* Moving a character with joystick controls
* Animating characters
* Enemies and basic AI
* Making side-scrolling levels
* Making a cart racing game with realistic game physics
* Making a platformer jumping game
* And much more!
This game is meant for people who are interested in learning game
programming on the iPhone, at this time
only sample levels are included.
Reviews
Learning is Good
IndolentSpecies
If you "don't get it" maybe you should try reading the description. This is more of a tech demo than a game. It is a companion to a book on programming a game.
This is a development book project...
Atlantaphil
For people that don't understand this game, it's the companion project for an iOS game development book. So yes, the game itself is kind of lame; which makes it the perfect match for a beginner's project. So while this may stink out loud to someone looking for a game, it's a pretty cool goal to build for yourself if you've gotten the development book.
Well done!
ubikkibu
I'm reading the "Learning Cocos2D" book, and having the app we're developing right here for download is motivating. Well done on both the book and example game "Space Viking," I'm enjoying figuring out how it works.
The music ROCKS!
CheezyCracker
It's the most professional and polished part of the game! Where can I download these tracks?
Buggy, bad design, poor control, mostly useless
phonebone222
If this is an example of the authors' game programming ability, they have much work to do! Very bad user interface design, hard to read fonts, interface not resposive..... No instructions. Game crashes. I was at the bookstore looking at their book, "Learning Cocos2D". It mentions this game as an example. I like his book's layout. It seems like a good introduction, but it needs work too. Many details are missing. I am now reluctant to buy the book. Maybe the next edition?
