Weekend Read - Lift Off: The Last Rocket Development Diary  

Shaun Inman’s The Last Rocket is one of my favorite games ever published on the App Store. Its mix of 8-bit graphics, chiptunes, and old-school gameplay mixed with modern interactions makes for a fantastic retro experience rebuilt for touch.

Shaun has assembled a development diary for The Last Rocket, and made it available as a 140-page, iOS-optimized, DRM-free ePub eBook which you can read in iBooks, or convert to PDF using Calibre.

The Last Rocket was an experiment with two goals: make an awesome iOS game and document the process to better understand what goes into making an awesome game. Lift Off is the resulting document. Less “how to”, more “what have I done!”, this Development Diary is just that, a diary, consisting of equal parts enthusiasm, and introspection.

I got my copy yesterday and I look forward to reading it this weekend. Get the eBook here.