When developing iPhone games, one of the biggest performance optimizations you can make is to use OpenGL ES for rendering (instead of CoreGraphics or UIKit). For a 2D game like Arctic Shuffle, this means loading all of the animation into Open GL as textures, and drawing them onto simple rectangular shapes. There are two caveats [...]
Since we launched Arctic Shuffle we’ve been keeping a running list of feature ideas for future versions. Ideas have come from our own experience playing (useful), talking and watching friends and colleagues play (more useful), iTunes reviews (mostly useless), reviews on app review sites (mixed bag), and emails from users (all over the map). When [...]
Looking forward to attending Museums and the Web conference this year. Last year was the first time I attended and I really enjoyed all the lively discussions around how museums and galleries can take advantage of new media to educate and promote. Far more interesting was discussion of how these institutions can learn from their [...]