Create Your Indie Game on iPad

Design, build, and publish your own interactive games and apps on iPad with hyperPad’s visual Behaviors.

Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned game developer, the visual editor makes it fun to bring your game to life.

On your iPad, search for hyperPad on the Apple App Store.

How to Get Started

1. Download hyperPad from the App Store.

2. Create your project with drag-and-drop Behaviors, art tools, and built-in assets, or import your own. You can even add ads to your game to earn revenue.

3. Playtest your game right on your iPad. Then publish it to the Hub so others can play it for free.

4. Branch an Open Source project to build on someone else’s game and make it your own.

Indie game "Sword Kingdom" made on iPad. Available on the hyperPad Hub.

"Sword Kingdom" on the Apple App Store.

Submitting Your Project

• Give your project a title, description, and cover image before you publish or export it.

• Publish to the hyperPad Hub to show your work to creators and players around the world.

• Export to the Apple App Store with hyperPad, then choose whether to sell your game there. You keep 100% of your revenue. hyperPad takes 0%.

• Your game could reach iOS players worldwide! To submit it, you need an Apple Developer membership and a Mac with Xcode.

The hyperPad Forum connects indie game creators on hyperPad around the world.

Tips for Success

• Keep your first project small so you can finish it quickly.

• Test often and get feedback from friends or the hyperPad community.

• Explore the Hub for inspiration and tutorials.

From your first mini-game to your next App Store release, hyperPad gives you what you need to build something and share it.

Build a small version in hyperPad

Turn the article’s idea into one testable mechanic before expanding the Project. Put the necessary Objects in a Scene, then open the Behavior Editor. The Behavior Interface Overview explains how an event starts a chain and how connected actions run.

A basic interaction can use this sequence:

1. Add Started Touching to a button or playable Object.
2. Connect it to an action such as Apply Force, Set Attribute, or Play Sound.
3. Press Play and check the result.
4. Change one value, then test again.
5. Add a reset or end state before adding another mechanic.

Keep a short test note: what you changed, what you expected, and what actually happened. That habit makes debugging easier because it separates a logic problem from a value that simply needs adjustment.

For a complete beginner workflow, continue with the iPad game development guide. It covers scope, Scenes, Behaviors, assets, playtesting, Hub feedback, and the later App Store workflow.

Choose the workflow that fits the Project you want to finish. Test one representative mechanic before committing to a larger build, then judge the tool by how clearly you can create, test, and revise it.

Before expanding the Project, test the mechanic with placeholder art and default values. A clear prototype makes later decisions easier because you can tell whether a problem comes from the interaction, the presentation, or the scope. Keep the smallest version that demonstrates the idea, then add one change per test.