Are you a developer and want to learn how to develop games for the Nokia platforms? Forum Nokia has a series of upcoming Game Development related webinars that may interest you. The focus is to introduce you to game development on all the available tools on Nokia platforms. You can choose to register to all or anyone that you feel will be useful to you.
- Developing Games for New Symbian Devices with Symbian C++: This will take place on May 31st, 2011 and the time is 9am PST (12pm EST). In this session, Forum Nokia´s Mika Pesonen will provide an overview of developing games for Nokia´s new Symbian devices, and the challenges involved when creating 3D graphics. A game example will be presented, with topics including audio playback and mixing, OpenGL ES 2.0 rendering, touch with two-finger input, keypad input, sensor input, haptic feedback and icon creation. The full source code for the game example will be provided to all attendees. Visit Forum Nokia to register for this webinar.
- Developing Games for Nokia´s New Symbian Devices with Qt: This is scheduled for June 1st, 2011 at 9am PST (12pm EST). You will learn how to develop games for Nokia´s new Symbian devices using Qt. A game example will be presented, with topics including audio playback and mixing, OpenGL ES 2.0 rendering, touch with two-finger input, keypad input, sensor input and icon creation. The full source code for the game example will be provided to all attendees. Interested in this, visit Forum Nokia to register.
The other webinars are:
- Developing a Casual Game with Qt Quick (scheduled for June 2nd, 2011 at 9am PST): In this seminar, Roland Krause explains how ICS built a casual game using Qt Quick and QML. It will be shown how the QML game implementation was augmented with a C++ back-end to allow loading of levels, sound implementation, and touch screen interaction. Additionally, a detailed demonstration of how to use the new in-app purchasing libraries for monetizing developer efforts will be shown. If this looks like something that interests you, visit Forum Nokia page to register.
- Developing Games for S40 with Java – June 15th, 2011 at 9am PST: In this webinar, Futurice’s team leader Riku Valtasola, together with his team´s Java developers and a graphic designer, describe how three example games were implemented for Nokia´s Series 40 devices, the challenges they faced, and what they did to overcome those obstacles. The main focus will be on the Nokia X3 Touch & Type, but the session will also include scalable games that support devices with less resources and different screen sizes. Topics to be covered include using the game canvas, drawing sprites, creating tile-based worlds, handling game audio, handling touch screen and multithreading. Visit Forum Nokia page to register.
