With Apple’s recent release of the Swift programming language I have decided I have to check it out.  One of the biggest reasons I’ve stayed away from Apple’s various SDKs is my dislike of Objective-C.  Swift on the other hand is quite a nice little language at least from my experiences so far.   […]

CocoonJS just released a new version.  CocoonJS is a technology that allows you to bundle HTML applications into a native application for mobile app store deployment.  This release contains:   Canvas+ Canvas+ now handles correctly HTML5/Web exportations from Construct 2. Get more infohere. Added implementation for the FontFace CSS style. Fonts can now be downloaded […]

  When I did the first ( and currently only ) part of my Swift with SpriteKit tutorial series I ran into a crash problem with the default game template.  In Googling around and looking at the Mac password protected developer forums, I notice I am by no means alone.  Even a comment in the […]

  I just received the following email from Autodesk:   SAN FRANCISCO, June 9, 2014 — Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) has acquired Stockholm-based Bitsquid AB, the creator of the Bitsquid game engine. The acquisition brings to Autodesk expertise in 3D game development and proven technology that will enable Autodesk to supercharge its portfolio of tools […]

Marmalade just released version 7.3 of their cross platform gaming library, highlights of the update are:   Enhanced support for Windows Store platform  Multi-touch support for Windows Desktop platform OpenGL ES 3.0 support for iOS, Android and Windows Desktop platforms OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenAL 1.1 support for Marmalade Juice GCC 4.8 support for building x86 and […]

  I’ve noticed since Apple announced Medal at the WWDC a number of people are quite confused over exactly what Metal is.  This post is an attempt to clear that up without having to dig through marketing speak or fanboy drivel.   There is one very important thing to start with…  Metal is not going to cause […]

  Today it was announced that PlayCanvas Game Engine has been open sourced.  PlayCanvas is a WebGL HTML5 game engine that runs across supported browsers, or on mobile devices using a solution such as CocoonJS.  Given yesterdays announcement that Safari for Mac and iOS 8 are both going to support WebGL, it is becoming much […]

EDIT:  For a better understand of Apple’s Metal API and what it means for OpenGL, click here.  So finally we are getting some developer related announcements out of the Apple Developer Conference.  For game developers, todays announcement is a dozy.  iOS 8 SDK includes 4,000 new API calls but most importantly includes Metal, a new […]