Games on Symbian OS: A Handbook for Mobile Development by Roland Geisler, Paul Coulton, Leon Clarke, Sam Mason, Fadi Chehimi, Peter Lykke Nielsen, Michael Coffey, Twm Davies, Nigel Hietala, Aleks Garo Pamir (Paperback, 2008)
The first part of this book discusses the mobile games industry, and includes analysis of why the mobile industry differs from other sectors of the games market, a discussion of the sales of mobile games, their types, the gamers who play them, and how the games are sold. The second part describes key aspects of writing games for Symbian smartphones using Symbian C++ and native APIs. The chapters cover the use of graphics and audio, multiplayer game design, the basics of writing a game loop using Symbian OS active objects, and general good practice. There is also a chapter covering the use of hardware APIs, such as the camera and vibra. Part Three covers porting games to Symbian OS using C or C++, and discusses the standards support that Symbian OS provides,and some of the middleware solutions available. A chapter about the N-Gage platform discusses how Nokia is pioneering the next generation of mobile games, by providing a platform SDK for professional games developers to port games rapidly and effectively. The final part of the book discusses how to create mobile games for Symbian smartphones using java ME, Doja (for Japan) or Flash Lite 2. This book will help you if you are: a C++ developer familiar with mobile development but new to the games market a professional games developer wishing to port your games to run on Symbian OS platforms such as S60 and UIQ someone who is interested in creating C++, Java ME or Flash Lite games for Symbian smartphones. This book shows how to create mobile games for Symbian smartphones such as S60 3rd Edition, UIQ3 or FOMA devices. It includes contributions from a number of experts in the mobile games industry, including Nokia's N-gage team, Ideaworks3D, and ZingMagic, as well as academics leading the field of innovative mobile experiences.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN-13
9780470998045
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96027225
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Multimedia
Author
Roland Geisler, Paul Coulton, Leon Clarke, Sam Mason, Fadi Chehimi, Peter Lykke Nielsen, Michael Coffey, Twm Davies, Nigel Hietala, Aleks Garo Pamir
Publication Name
Games on Symbian Os: a Handbook for Mobile Development
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
239mm
Item Width
191mm
Item Weight
750g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Twm Davies, Paul Coulton, Sam Mason, Michael Coffey, Leon Clarke, Aleks Garo Pamir, Fadi Chehimi, Peter Lykke Nielsen, Nigel Hietala, Roland Geisler