Create amazing experiences using the powerful suite of game technologies built to harness the full capabilities of Apple platforms. Spanning from high-level to low-level, these technologies offer a wide array of graphics, gameplay and social features to make your titles even better.
iOS is the biggest AR platform in the world, allowing you to create unparalleled augmented reality experiences in your games for hundreds of millions people on iPhone and iPad.
Maximize the graphics and compute potential of your games with Metal, which provides the best access to the GPU on iOS, macOS, and tvOS.
Use this fully featured high-level graphics framework to create 3D animated scenes and effects in your games.
With SpriteKit, it’s easy to create high-performance, power-efficient 2D games.
Enable players to share gameplay recordings or broadcast live games to players and viewers online with this easy-to-use framework.
This framework provides a collection of essential tools and techniques used to implement modern gameplay algorithms.
Integrate physically-based materials, models, and lighting for SceneKit, GameplayKit, and Metal with Model I/O.
Take advantage of Game Center, Apple’s social gaming network. Gamers can track their best scores on a leaderboard, compare their achievements, and start a multiplayer game through auto-matching.
Integrate your games with MFi game controllers and take advantage of other modes of input. Learn how to add support for physical D-pads, buttons, triggers, joysticks, and more.
Create smaller app bundles, enable faster downloads, and add up to 20 GB of additional content hosted on the App Store.
We’re looking for games that redefine games. If you’re working on a groundbreaking, unreleased game and would like it to be considered for Apple Arcade, we’d love to hear from you.