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Android Game Programming by Example: Literary education novel
What this book covers
Chapter 1, Player 1 UP, is an introduction to the three cool games that we will build.
We will also get the development environment set up.
[ vii ]
Preface
Chapter 2, Tappy Defender – First Step, is about planning the game project and getting the code for our first game engine up and running. We will implement a main game loop, control the frame rate, and draw to the screen.
Chapter 3, Tappy Defender – Taking Flight, teaches us to add lots of new objects and some features like player controls, enemies, and scrolling stars in the background.
In the Things that go bump – collision detection section, we will discuss our collision detection options and implement an efficient solution for this game.
Chapter 4, Tappy Defender – Going Home, completes the game, including adding high scores, victory conditions, sound FX, and more.
Chapter 5, Platformer – Upgrading the Game Engine, provides a good understanding of what is needed in a simple game engine. We can quickly learn about and build a more advanced and flexible engine, suitable for a really tough, retro 2D platform game.
Chapter 6, Platformer – Bob, Beeps, and Bumps, uses our new game engine to add a class to manage the sound FX and a class to implement the more complex player controls that are required by a game of this type. We can then make Bob, our playable character, an animated running, jumping hero.
Chapter 7, Platformer – Guns, Life, Money, and the Enemy, continues the subject of the previ
Chapter 1, Player 1 UP, is an introduction to the three cool games that we will build.
We will also get the development environment set up.
[ vii ]
Preface
Chapter 2, Tappy Defender – First Step, is about planning the game project and getting the code for our first game engine up and running. We will implement a main game loop, control the frame rate, and draw to the screen.
Chapter 3, Tappy Defender – Taking Flight, teaches us to add lots of new objects and some features like player controls, enemies, and scrolling stars in the background.
In the Things that go bump – collision detection section, we will discuss our collision detection options and implement an efficient solution for this game.
Chapter 4, Tappy Defender – Going Home, completes the game, including adding high scores, victory conditions, sound FX, and more.
Chapter 5, Platformer – Upgrading the Game Engine, provides a good understanding of what is needed in a simple game engine. We can quickly learn about and build a more advanced and flexible engine, suitable for a really tough, retro 2D platform game.
Chapter 6, Platformer – Bob, Beeps, and Bumps, uses our new game engine to add a class to manage the sound FX and a class to implement the more complex player controls that are required by a game of this type. We can then make Bob, our playable character, an animated running, jumping hero.
Chapter 7, Platformer – Guns, Life, Money, and the Enemy, continues the subject of the previ
370 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 25, 2020
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Michelle Harrison
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