Category Archives: Game Development
What Makes a Built For BlackBerry Game
As a BlackBerry employee, I have the lucky privilege of using BlackBerry hardware and software before the general public. Case in point: I have been on BlackBerry 10 for over three months and loving every minute of it! But don’t fret, with the launch event on January 30th, soon you too will be in the […]
BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha OS Update – January 30th
With the BlackBerry 10 launch event just around the corner, we’re also making an update available for the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha A and B testing devices. That’s right – on January 30th we’ll be providing an updated version of the BlackBerry 10 SDK and OS for the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha A and B […]
Incorporating video into your BlackBerry 10 OpenGL applications
Guest post from Dale D. – Ed. So, you want to add video to your native OpenGL application on BlackBerry 10? Below I’ll go through the steps that you need to complete in order to get it up and running quickly. The first thing you’ll want to do is create a window group in your […]
BlackBerry Payment Services: Return of the Sandbox
By Sandbox.png: DaniDF1995 derivative work: Gregor Shapiro (Sandbox.png) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons If you are a developing for BlackBerry 10 and like the idea of making money, then you have likely implemented – or at least taken a look at – the BlackBerry Payment Service. It provides integration directly with BlackBerry World to allow […]
BlackBerry 10 Last Chance Port-A-Thon
Last call for porting apps - Register now for the Last Chance Port-A-Thon! When we decided to hold a series of Port-A-Thons to help our developer community port their apps over to BlackBerry 10 we had no idea how wildly successful they would be. This past weekend’s Port-A-Thons brought in more than 15,000 apps! It has […]
Up and running with cocos2d-x on BlackBerry 10
Having taken part in numerous game developer events, conferences and port-a-thons, I’ve been asked the following question a lot: Is there a way to bring my cocos2d based iOS game to BlackBerry 10? The answer is simple – absolutely! Use cocos2d-x. Cocos2d-x is an open-source and cross-platform 2D gaming framework and a direct C++ port […]
Indonesian Devs Got Game at Live Port-a-thon in Bandung
Guest post from Muhammad – Ed. Usually, people hate Mondays, but not Indonesian game developers! We proved it this past Monday during our live game port-a-thon in Bandung. The event was attended by more than 50 attendees from various game studios across the country. I kicked off the event by outlining the rewards and benefits […]
BlackBerry 10 Development 101: Native
There are many ways to develop games or applications for BlackBerry 10. This is a good thing, but if you have not developed for the BlackBerry platform or you are familiar only with the older Java-based platform, it may be overwhelming. What are your options, and how do you get started? Several factors can help […]
