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Games on Symbian OS: A Handbook for Mobile Development (Symbian Press) by Fadi Chehimi; Leon Clarke; Michael Coffey; Paul Coulton; Twm Davies; Roland Geisler; Nigel Hietala; Sam Mason; Peter Lykke Nielsen; Aleks Garo Pamir; Jo Stichbury is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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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

Author

Fadi Chehimi; Leon Clarke; Michael Coffey; Paul Coulton; Twm Davies; Roland Geisler; Nigel Hietala; Sam Mason; Peter Lykke Nielsen; Aleks Garo Pamir; Jo Stichbury

Publisher

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley ; Chichester: John Wiley [distributor]

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780470998144

Subjects

Computer Science, Sports, Games