Ebook: Learning Android Game Development
Author: Nikhil Malankar
- Tags: Computer Technology, Nonfiction, COM012040, COM071000, COM086000
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: Packt Publishing
- Language: English
- epub
Learn the art of making Android games and turn your game development dreams into reality
About This Book
Who This Book Is For
If you are a mobile developer who has basic Java programming knowledge, then this book is ideal for you. Previous Android development experience is not needed; however, basic mobile development knowledge is essential.
What You Will Learn
In Detail
In this book, we'll start with installing Android studio and its components, and setting it up ready for Android N. We teach you how to take inputs from users, create images and interact with them, and work with sprites to create animations. You'll then explore the various collision detection methods and use sprites to create an explosion. Moving on, you'll go through the process of UI creation and see how to create buttons as well as display the score and other parameters on screen.
By the end of the book, you will have a working example and an understanding of a 2D platform game like Super Mario and know how to convert your 2D games to 3D games.
Style and approach
This easy-to-understand guide follows a step-by-step approach to building games, and contains plenty of graphical examples for you to follow and grasp quickly, giving you the chance to implement the concepts practically.