About

Noel is following his lifelong dream of being an indie developer. His latest startup, Snappy Touch, is focused exclusively on iPhone game development. He believes that games don’t have to rely on violence, and can instead encourage creativity and sharing. He recently released Flower Garden (2009 iPhone/iPad) and Lorax Garden (2010 iPhone).

He writes about game development regularly, from a monthly column in Game Developer Magazine, to his book C++ For Game Programmers, or contributions to the Game Programming Gems series. Noel frequently speaks in conferences all over the world.

Some of his past games include The Bourne Conspiracy (2008 Xbox360, PS3), Darkwatch (2005 PS2, Xbox), and the MechAssault series ( 2002-2004 Xbox). He earned an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

  • http://ibuilthiscage.com/2009/12/21/helltime-for-december-21/ Helltime for December 21 « I Built His Cage

    [...] Noel Llopis peers at us from Games from Within and states something that I thought was a given in performance-sensitive environments – pure or near-pure OO can be a speed drag. This post really is a solid explanation of the philosophical differences between object-orientation and data-orientation, and those differences parallel why you’d choose a normalized versus de-normalized database schema. [...]

  • Wishfuljan

    Need help with new update. Planted flowers to redeem points and now offer in upper right corner has disappeared. Flowers take time to grow – how can I fulfill the request now that it has disappeared?

    Also, Achievement list does not stay down when button is tapped. It just rolls up when you touch it.

    A, Inthebonlynonebhaving problems?

    Thanks.

  • Loripd

    Every time I update it takes my daily achievements and erases them which is frustrating because I almost have them completed then they just vanish and it says another achievement wil arrive in few minutes.