3D for iPhone Apps with Blender and SIO2 : Your Guide to Creating 3D Games and More with Open-Source Software

by Tony Mullen

• ISBN13: 9780470622698
• ISBN10: 0470622695
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Sybex

Summary

Create exciting, interactive 3D apps for the iPhone and iPod TouchWhat a combination-using free, open-source Blender software and the SI02 game engine to create very cool 3D characters and games for the very hot devices of the moment, the iPhone and iPod Touch. Whether you're coming to this as an iPhone developer or as a Blender artist, this book is for you. Learn how to create 3D content using Blender's WYSIWYG approach, find helpful information on Xcode and other iPhone SDK topics, master physical collisions, and acquire the skills you need to bridge both worlds with fun, compelling content. Shows you what you need to know to use Blender software, the SI02 game engine, and iPhone SDK to create interactive 3D content for the iPhone and iPod Touch Walks you through a series of tutorials that you can use as starting points for your own creations Provides enough information on the iPhone software developer kit (SDK) to get you started quickly Covers Blender's physics simulation library, Bullet, and Blender's robust collision functionalityBridge the exciting worlds of Blender and iPhone app development in an easy-to-follow pipeline with this one-of-a-kind guide.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Getting Started with 3D Development for the iPhone

Getting Started

Getting the Software

Setting Up Your Development Environment

Introducing Graphics Programming in SIO2

The SIO2 Template

A Simple OpenGL Demo

Introduction to Interactivity

The Complete Code

Saying Hello to the Blender/SIO2/iPhone World

The Blender/SIO2/Xcode Workflow

An Overview of SIO2

Hello 3D World! Creating Your World in Blender

Exporting to the SIO2 File Format

Going Mobile with SIO2

Initializing SIO2 and Loading Assets

Rendering

Touch Screen Interaction

The Complete Code

Extending Interactive Feedback with Picking and Text

Object Picking

Working with Text and Fonts

Using Multi-touch Functionality

Packaging Your App

The Complete Code

Creating an Immersive Environment in SIO2

Modeling the Ground and the Sky

Creating an Immersive Environment in SIO2

Exploring the Environment with a Moving Camera

The Complete Code

Props and Physical Objects

Texture Face Objects and Transparency

Fast Foliage with Billboards

Physics for Interactive Objects

Pseudo-instancing for Efficient Object Handling

Working with Low-Poly Collision Maps

The Complete Code

Animating a Character

Animating a Character in Blender

Getting Action in SIO2

Taking a Walk

Quick and Dirty Real-Time Shadows

The Complete Code

Working with Widgets

Making a Splash with Widgets

Creating Active Widgets in SIO2

The Complete Code

Blender Basics

Interface and Navigation

Modeling

Materials and Textures

Animation 250

Key Concepts for Graphics Programming

Coordinate Systems, Matrices, and Transformations

Transformations by Matrix Multiplication

Matrices and OpenGL

SIO2 Reference

SIO2 Learning Resources

The .sio2 File Format

SIO2 Flag Values

SIO2 Functions

Index

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