Android Game Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach - Brossura

DiMarzio, Jerome

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1430257644 ISBN 13: 9781430257646

Casa editrice: Apress, 2013

Riassunto

Android game apps are typically the most popular type of Android apps in the various Google Play, Amazon Appstore and other Android app stores. So, beyond the Android game tutorials out there, what about a day-to-day handy and complete code reference for Android game developers?

Android Game Recipes is your first, reliable game coding reference for today's Android game apps. This book provides easy to follow real world game code problems and solutions, including source code.

This book covers code recipe solutions that are common to 2D game development problems such as designing a game menu, collision detection, moving characters, moving backgrounds and more. This book also includes how to work with player input, how to add multiple levels, how to create game graphics for different screen resolution, and how to work with device sensors.

After reading and using this book, you'll have the templated code snippets, solutions and frameworks to apply to your game app design to build your game, customize it, and then sell it on the Android app stores.

What you’ll learn

· How to use this handy code reference for creating, designing, building and enhancing your game app for Android
· What solutions are common to 2D game development problems such as:
o Creating a game menu
o Collision detection
o Moving characters
o Basic physics
· How to master the fundamentals of OpenGL ES 2 on Android
· How to create the best work with game graphics
· Why is simple trajectory math important and how to use it
· How to add multiple levels to your games for your app
· How to store data

Who this book is for

This book is for intermediate Android developers and/or game developers looking at Android.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

J. F. DiMarzio is a seasoned Android developer and author. He began developing games in Basic on the TRS-80 Color Computer II in 1984. Since then, he has worked in the technology departments of companies such as the U.S. Department of Defense and the Walt Disney Company. He has been developing on the Android platform since the beta release of version .03, and he has published two professional applications and one game on the Android Marketplace. DiMarzio is also an accomplished author. Over the last 10 years, he has released eight books, including Android: A Programmer s Guide. His books have been translated into four languages and published worldwide. DiMarzio s writing style is very easy to read and understand, which makes the information in the topics that he presents more retainable.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Apress
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1430257644
• ISBN 13: 9781430257646
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256