Dec 232011
 

I had a nice little Firefox crash today on my mac. I was afraid that I will lose all my bookmarks (yeah, I know that there are ways to back them up but I am a lazy person). I found out that I might have couple of good ones to share with you.
I will do my best to organize them nicely.

COCOS2d:

How to make a game in an hour:
http://finalwavestudios.com/tag/cocos2d-2/

Britney Lee Johnson’s blog. I found some damn nice things from there:
http://britneyleejohnson.com/

Peter Mares’ blog. (all kinds of stuff):
http://blog.petermares.com/

Has cocos2d and other tutorials:
http://www.oscarvgg.com/category/tutorials/

Of course Ray’s blog:
http://www.raywenderlich.com/tutorials

PaulsonApp dev blog:
http://paulsonapps.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/tutorial-1-tilemap-with-collision-game-cocos2d/

SneakyInput:
http://www.qcmat.com/sneakyinput-joystick-dpad-and-buttons-for-cocos2d/

The Burba blog (nice list with various links):
http://nateburba.com/software-development/learning-cocos2d-and-objective-c/

Cocos2d and ARC:
http://www.touch-code-magazine.com/cocos2d-and-arc/

Sliding menu (haven’t used it):
http://brandonreynolds.com/blog/2011/01/09/cocos2d-sliding-menu-grid/

Xperienced blog:
http://xperienced.com.pl/blog/

Dev source lists:

Ultimate indie dev source list:
http://www.mangatutorials.com/forum/showthread.php?742-The-Ultimate-Indie-Game-Developer-Resource-List

Indie resource list:
http://www.pixelprospector.com/indie-resources/

Youtube channels:

Azamsharp’s channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/azamsharp

TheNewBoston channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/thenewboston

Apple Programming channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AppleProgramming

Mac and computer help channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/macandcomputerhelp

Obj-c tutorials:

71squared:
http://www.71squared.com/iphone-tutorials/

Beginning obj-c programming:
http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/beginning-objective-c-programming/1156/

Various links:

Vicki’s page:
http://www.vickiwenderlich.com/

Color chart:
http://www.htmlref.com/reference/appe/colorchart.htm

Zanyzora’s rmxp resoursces (tilesets and whatnot):
http://www.teamanti.com/rmxp/

Configuring photoshop for pixel art (the page has many other nice tutorials):
http://www.brandontreb.com/Configuring-Photoshop-For-Pixel-Art/

iOS app review sites:
http://maniacdev.com/2011/08/ios-app-review-sites/

Online pixel art drawing:
http://piq.codeus.net/draw

How-to: Media kits:
http://retrodreamer.com/blog/2011/08/how-to-media-kits-retro-dreamer-style/

How to make a game trailer:
http://www.36peas.com/blog/2011/9/2/how-to-make-an-ios-game-trailer-with-imovie-screenflow-and-t.html

Phew, about 30 minutes of work. I tried to post as much useful stuff that I could. Some of them I found through the good people in Twitter and others I found while learning. Hope you find something good :) .

Nov 232010
 

Hei jällegi.

Samsungi Androidi postitus hetkel valmib veel ja vahepeal annan väikeseid soovitusi mida võiksid OS X kasutajad endale tõmmata:

1) Apptrap (link) – lihtsamini öeldes on see OS X uninstall tool. Nagu tead, siis kustutamiseks pead lohistama rakenduse prügikasti. Tihtilugu jätab aga rakendus veel ühtteist arvutisse maha. Apptrap aitabki sind selles, et rakendus saaks päriselt kustutatud. Mõnus väike asi, asetseb oma ikooniga “System Preferences” kaustas, mujale ikoone ei tekita.

2) Perian ja Flip4Mac WMV – ilma pikema jututa – palju tuntuid koodekeid.

3) Growl (link) – Growl on teavitussüsteem mis annab märku kui toetatud rakendus midagi teeb (nt. brauser on lõpetanud faili allalaadimise, sulle on tulnud uus e-kiri, Skype’s kirjutatakse sulle jne). Täpsemate võimaluste ja tutvustuse kohta soovitan vaadata ülevalolevat linki. Enda puhul pean eriti suureks plussiks seda, et isegi vaikeseadistuste puhul ei ole Growl pealetükkiv (st. teavitused ei sega tööd tegemast).

4) doubleTwist (link) – iTunes Androidile. Jep, iTunes Androidile noh. Hea võimalus OS X peal Androidi rakenduste haldamiseks (doubleTwist on ka saadaval PC’le muide). Hea lisaväärtus.