Tuesday @ WWDC23
Welcome to day two of WWDC! There’s more than ever to explore this week: Xcode is getting updated, SwiftUI is getting animated, and — did we mention? — apps are getting a lot more spatial. Here’s a guide to what…
Behind the Design: Afterplace
At first glance, Evan Kice’s Afterplace appears to have time-traveled from the late 1980s. It’s a 2D top-down pixelated adventure game full of blocky characters, blippy music, and retro typefaces. If you were ever into the games of the era…
Behind the Design: Any Distance
Workout tracking has never looked — or felt — like it does in Any Distance. “We’re building something for everyone, not just athletes,” says Luke Beard, the Atlanta-based designer who created this Swift app with engineer Daniel Kuntz. “We’re not…
Apple Design Award winners announced
The Apple Design Awards celebrate apps and games that excel in the categories of Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation. Learn about the 2023 winning apps and the talented developers behind them. Discover the…
Behind the Design: stitch.
For all its many genres and styles, the gaming world has been awfully threadbare when it comes to experiences about embroidery. That all changes with stitch., a charming cross between casual puzzler, meditative exercise, and afternoon craft project — and…
Providing safe app experiences for families
The App Store was created to be a safe and trusted place for users to get apps, and a great business opportunity for developers. Apple platforms and the apps you build have become important to many families, as children use our…
New design resources now available
Now it’s even easier to design your apps quickly and accurately with new and updated design resources for creating apps on Apple platforms. visionOS design library and templates for Figma and Sketch. iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 design kits for…
visionOS SDK now available
You can now start creating cutting-edge spatial computing apps for the infinite canvas of Apple Vision Pro. Download Xcode 15 beta 2, which includes the visionOS SDK and Reality Composer Pro (a new tool that makes it easy to preview and prepare 3D content…
Spotlight on: Developer tools for visionOS
With the visionOS SDK, developers worldwide can begin designing, building, and testing apps for Apple Vision Pro. For Ryan McLeod, creator of iOS puzzle game Blackbox, the SDK brought both excitement and a little nervousness. “I didn’t expect I’d ever…
WWDC23 resources and survey
Thank you to everyone who joined us for an amazing week. We hope you found value, connection, and fun. You can continue to: Watch sessions at any time. Check out session highlights. Read about newly announced technologies. Get sample code…