The reason for not using OpenGL or Cocos2D is that you don’t really need them! UIKit is fast enough for what you’re going to do here, and excels for simple card/board games like this.
Instead, you’ll be making it with nothing more than standard UIImageViews and UIView-based animation! In addition, this monster 7-part tutorial will demonstrate how to make the game multiplayer, so you can play against your friends over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi using the peer-to-peer features of Game Kit.Įven though you’re making a game in this tutorial, you won’t be using OpenGL or a game framework like Cocos2D. You can find him on Google+ and Twitter.Ĭard games are quite popular on the App Store – over 2,500 apps and counting – so it’s about time that shows you how to make one! This is a post by iOS Tutorial Team member Matthijs Hollemans, an experienced iOS developer and designer.
