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The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is the best place to learn how Apple tools and technologies can help you bring your title to Mac and iPhone customers. Sessions presented by Apple engineers will provide you with the essential information you need for game development. Bring your code to the labs and try out ideas inspired by what you've learned during the sessions.

Bring Your Games to Life

Whether you’re an established Apple game developer or coming over from PC, console, or other mobile platforms, WWDC provides content essential to bringing your games to life.

iPhone Games

  • New to the Mac platform

    WWDC provides detailed information for PC and console game developers who are getting started with the Mac platform. Learn about Apple tools and APIs to accelerate your development pipeline.

  • Experienced Mac Developers

    Learn about advancements in OpenGL, OpenAL, Core Animation and the HID manager, as well as improvements to Xcode and other debugging and optimization tools from Apple.

  • Developing for iPhone

    WWDC provides a wealth of information for iPhone game development including best practices, 3D graphics, audio, input, networking, and performance optimization.

Key Sessions for Game Developers

WWDC offers many sessions on leveraging the cutting edge technologies available in Mac OS X and iPhone OS:

  • Introduction to Game Development for iPhone (iPhone)
  • Getting Started with Xcode Development Tools (Mac & iPhone)
  • Using Xcode: Source Editor, Re-factoring, Debugger, and SCM (Mac & iPhone)
  • Getting started with OpenGL on the Mac (Mac)
  • Advances in Modern OpenGL (Mac)
  • Tuning OpenGL Applications by Platform (Mac)
  • 2D Graphics and Animation for iPhone and Mac (Mac & iPhone)
  • 3D Graphics for iPhone using OpenGL ES (iPhone)
  • iPhone Device APIs: Location, Accelerometer and Camera (iPhone)
  • iPhone Multi-Touch Events and Gestures (iPhone)
  • Core Animation Techniques for iPhone and Mac (Mac & iPhone)
  • Audio Development for iPhone (iPhone)

Work with Apple Engineers in the Labs

Labs offer one-to-one assistance from Apple engineers and experts that will save you months of development time. Bring your application and work on code-level issues, leverage the amazing graphics capabilities in Leopard and iPhone OS, and create an optimized gaming experience for Mac and iPhone.

  • iPhone Game Development Lab (iPhone)
  • OpenGL ES Lab (iPhone)
  • OpenGL on the Mac (Mac)
  • iPhone Location and Accelerometer Lab (iPhone)
  • Core Audio and OpenAL Lab (Mac & iPhone)
  • Networking Lab (Mac & iPhone)
Mac Games