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Author Todd Perkins uses Objective-C and Xcode to build Mole It!, a full-featured game app for the iPhone and iPad that can be downloaded for free from the iOS App Store. The finished app implements Game Center functionality as well as channels for generating revenue. The course introduces the open-source gaming framework cocos2d and explains the fundamental classes necessary for creating a game. The course also shows how to incorporate multi-touch capabilities, customize a game's appearance, set up iAds and in-app purchasing, and configure leaderboards that record and display scores. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:

    Using scenes, layers, and sprites
    Accessing accelerometer data
    Understanding cocos2d actions
    Creating simple frame animations
    Handling touches in a game
    Adding sound
    Enabling a pause feature
    Including support for Retina display and the iPad
    Understanding iAd, Store Kit, and Game Kit delegate methods
    Using the cocos2d forums