Chehimi / Clarke / Pamir Games on Symbian OS

A Handbook for Mobile Development
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-99814-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Symbian Press

The first part of this book discusses the mobile games industry,and includes analysis of why the mobile industry differs from othersectors of the games market, a discussion of the sales of mobilegames, their types, the gamers who play them, and how the games aresold.
The second part describes key aspects of writing games for Symbiansmartphones using Symbian C++ and native APIs. The chapters coverthe use of graphics and audio, multiplayer game design, the basicsof writing a game loop using Symbian OS active objects, and generalgood practice. There is also a chapter covering the use of hardwareAPIs, such as the camera and vibra.
Part Three covers porting games to Symbian OS using C or C++, anddiscusses the standards support that Symbian OS provides,and someof the middleware solutions available. A chapter about the N-Gageplatform discusses how Nokia is pioneering the next generation ofmobile games, by providing a platform SDK for professional gamesdevelopers to port games rapidly and effectively.
The final part of the book discusses how to create mobile games forSymbian smartphones using java ME, Doja (for Japan) or Flash Lite2. This book will help you if you are:
* a C++ developer familiar with mobile development but new to thegames market
* a professional games developer wishing to port your games to runon Symbian OS platforms such as S60 and UIQ
* someone who is interested in creating C++, Java ME or Flash Litegames for Symbian smartphones.
This book shows how to create mobile games for Symbian smartphonessuch as S60 3rd Edition, UIQ3 or FOMA devices. It includescontributions from a number of experts in the mobile gamesindustry, including Nokia's N-gage team, Ideaworks3D, andZingMagic, as well as academics leading the field of innovativemobile experiences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chehimi, Fadi

Clarke, Leon

Pamir, Aleks Garo

Coffey, Michael

Stichbury, Jo

Coulton, Paul

Davies, Twm

Geisler, Roland

Hietala, Nigel

Mason, Sam

Nielsen, Peter Lykke

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Forewords.
About this Book.
About the Authors.
Editor's Acknowledgements.
Part One: A Symbian Perspective on Mobile Games.
1. Introduction.
Part Two: creating Native Games on Symbian OS v9.
2. Symbian OS Game basics.
3. Graphics on Symbian OS.
4. Adding Audio to Games on Symbian OS.
5. Multiplayer Games.
6. Exploiting the Phone Hardware.
Part Three: Porting Games to Symbian OS.
7. C/C++ Standards Support for Games Developers on SymbianOS.
8. The N-Gage Platform.
Part Four: Java ME, Doja and Flash Lite On SymbianOS.
9. MIDP Games on Symbian OS.
10. Games in Japan.
11. Flash Lite Games on Symbian OS.
References and Resources.
Appendix: Airplay.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Jo Stichbury has worked within the Symbian ecosystem since1997, in the Base, Connectivity, and Security teams of Symbian, aswell as for Advansys, Sony Ericsson and Nokia. At Nokia, she workedin the N-Gage team, providing technical support to game developersworldwide, and while there, she discovered that it is possible toplay games at work legitimately. there's been no going back, andshe's now trying to think up an excuse for playing Sporeprofessionally for Symbian Press, whilst eagerly awaiting thegame's release.
Jo is author of Symbian OS Explained: Effective C++ Programmingfor Smartphones, which was published by Symbian Press in 2004. Sheco-authored the Accredited Symbian Developer Primer: Fundamentalsof Symbian OS, with her partner, Mark Jacobs, published by SymbianPress in 2006.
Jo became an Accredited Symbian Developer in 2005 and a ForumNokia Champion in 2006 and 2007.