Typ: Seminar
Semesterwochenstunden: 2+0
Seminar: Games Development with iOS (SS 13)
Course Description
- Description: The course gives an introduction to Objective-C programming with Xcode 4.6 IDE and iOS 6.1 and to games development. Students learn how to program in Objective-C and how to use Cocoa Touch libraries to develop iOS applications. The course language is English.
- Goals: Learn games development. Develop your first game. After the introductory sessions on the first 4 days, students have one week to develop the game in groups of two. Experienced students (tutors) help during the development. At the end, the students deliver and demonstrate their game in a short presentation.
- Prerequisites: Participating students are familiar with the concepts of object oriented programming and have experiences in a programming language such as Java, C++ or C#. Background knowledge in Objective-C and iOS is not required.
Course Details:
- Credits: 4 ETCS
- Info meeting: Thursday, 31.01.2013, 10:30 - 11:00, Room: 00.08.038
- Time: Block course in the first two weeks of April 2013 (see schedule below)
- Room: Seminar Room (01.07.014)
- Number of participants is limited to 30 students, number of participants without MacBook is limited to 12 students.
- Compulsory attendance during the whole course
Results
Results of Seminar Games Development with iOS (SS13)
Schedule (prospective)
- Tuesday, 02.04.2013, 9:00 - 18:00: Introduction into Objective C and Xcode
- Wednesday, 03.04.2013, 9:00 - 18:00: Programming with Objective C
- Thursday, 04.04.2013, 9:00 - 18:00: Enhanced topics for Game Development
- Friday, 05.04.2013, 9:00 - 18:00: Advanced topics
- Friday, 05.04.2013, 18:00 - 18:30: Programming Assignment
- Friday, 05.04.2013, 18:30 - Friday, 12.04.2013 afternoon: Development of an iOS Game in groups of 2 students
- Friday, 12.04.2013, 15:00 - 18:00: Presentation and demonstration of the results
- Please notice: Compulsory attendance on all course days!
Application
Preparation
If you want to prepare for the course, we recommend the following tutorials:
- Ray Wenderlich: http://www.raywenderlich.com/tutorials
- Stanford iOS Tutorial: http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs193p
- Apple guide “Your First iOS App”: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/iphone/conceptual/iPhone101/Articles/00_Introduction.html