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Leopard Technical Notes
Mac OS X offers game developers state-of-the-art audio, 2D and 3D graphics, networking capabilities, and human interface features. With OpenGL, Quartz, Velocity Engine, and the Mac OS X development tools and frameworks, Apple provides developers with everything they need to build or port exciting and compelling games.
A guided introduction and learning path to developing games for Mac OS X.   C and Objective-C API references organized by framework.
Games Topics
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Audio
APIs for creating, processing, and playing sound in Mac OS X gaming software. 		 
Carbon
C APIs for developing full-featured games for Mac OS X. 		 
Graphics & Imaging
APIs for creating a game's visual environment.
Human Interface Device & Force Feedback
Devices that humans use to control a computer's operations during game play. 		 
Performance
Resources for measuring, evaluating, and improving the performance of games. 		 
Porting
Tools and APIs for moving games to Mac OS X.
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