Month: September 2010

Posted inin Game Development

Simulating tombstone (suspended state) on Windows Phone 7 emulator

September 20, 2010
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Since Windows Phone 7 doesn’t have multitask, at least for now, Microsoft implemented a Tombstone notion in WP7 apps. It’s basically a suspended state where you receive a notification that...

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Game Development

Another milestone reached, first App sent to Apple Store

September 15, 2010
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Finally and after several weeks locked inside Different Pixel “dungeon” making my engine compatible with iOS, namely with iPhone/iPod touch I submitted today my first App to the Apple Store....

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iPad launch images support for all orientations

September 10, 2010
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When loading an application on an iPhone or iPad, a launch image can be shown to provide feedback to the user that the application is loading. On the iPhone a...

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Setting OpenGL view for iPhone 4 retina hi resolution

September 10, 2010
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This had me scratching my head for awhile. At first I thought that glGetRenderbufferParameterivOES would properly detect Retina screen at 960×640 but it keeps returning 480×320. A little explanation on...

Posted inin Computers & Electronic

Targetting iOS devices hardware

September 8, 2010
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I decided to compile all iOS devices specs here so we can get a better glimpse on their hardware and what we can expect from them. This covers iPhones, iPod...