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Getting Started

A guided introduction and learning path to developing games for Mac OS X.

The Macintosh is a great platform for games, with a wide range of options and technologies for game developers. With OpenGL, OpenAL, Velocity Engine, and the Mac OS X development and performance optimization tools, you have everything you need to build or port exciting and compelling games. You can choose to develop with any of three frameworks-Cocoa, Java or Carbon-each of which has advantages that accelerate your game development. Plus, the ADC website provides a wide range of tools, sample code, SDKs, and documentation for developing the best games of today and tomorrow on Mac OS X. Read More...


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Technical discussion list for Mac OS X OpenGL with participation from fellow developers and Apple OpenGL engineers.

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A discussion about the future direction of OpenAL and technical issues with the development of OpenAL itself.

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