Learning AndEngine
If you are a beginner to AndEngine, or mobile game development in general, and you are looking for a simple way to start making games for Android, this book is for you. You should already know the basics of Java programming, but no previous game development experience is required.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Birmingham, England :
[Packt] Publishing
2014.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Community experience distilled
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628234206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgments; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Setting Up an AndEngine Project; Prerequisites; Downloading and installing the required software; Downloading the Android SDK; Installing the Android SDK; Configuring the Eclipse IDE; Getting the AndEngine libraries; Selecting the correct branch; AndEngine repositories; Downloading the sources; Adding AndEngine to the Eclipse IDE; Creating a new application; Creating a simple Android application; Device configuration; Before Honeycomb
- Honeycomb until Ice Cream SandwichJelly Bean and later; Running the application; Adding AndEngine; Adding the required projects; Changing the GameActivity to an AndEngine activity; Running the application; Understanding resolution policies; FixedResolutionPolicy; FillResolutionPolicy; RelativeResolutionPolicy; RatioResolutionPolicy; CropResolutionPolicy; Summary; Chapter 2: Game Concept and Assets; The game concept; Identifying the basic entities; Getting the assets; Graphics; Graphic formats; The main character; The enemy; Platform and clouds; Putting it all together; Sounds and music
- Audio file formatsSound effects; Music; Scene diagram; Summary; Chapter 3: From Assets to Entities; Managing resources; Loading graphics; Bitmap texture format; Texture options; Creating the regions; Building the atlas; Texture and alpha bleeding; Texture bleeding; Alpha bleeding; Unloading graphics; Loading sounds and music; Unloading sounds and music; Loading fonts; Unloading fonts; Putting it all together; Entities; Scene; AbstractScene; GameScene; Background; Sprite, tiled sprite, and animated sprite; Main character; Player class; PlayerFactory class; Using the new entity and its factory
- Platforms and enemiesRunning the code; Summary; Chapter 4: HUD and Text Display; Fonts and text; Storing the font on a texture; Storing special characters and international alphabets; Workaround for unsupported languages; Other limitations of the font texture; Writing text; HUD; Working with toasts; Localization; Debug output; Logging to LogCat from AndEngine; Logging best practices; Summary; Chapter 5: Basic Interactions; A simple animation; An animated sprite; Entity modifiers; User input; Touchscreen; Touch events; The scene touch listener; The entity touch area; Touch area bindings
- AccelerometerPausing and resuming the accelerometer; Collision detection; Handling collisions; Collision handlers; The collidesWith method; Using correct threads to perform actions; Summary; Chapter 6: Physics; The physics engine; Basic terms; Body types; Fixtures; Shapes; Density; Friction; Elasticity; Sensor; The physics world; Forces and impulses; Joints; Adding physics; Adding a physics world; Introducing a collidable entity; Relation between physics bodies and entities; Adding a physics body to the player entity; Adding platforms; Controlling the player character
- Changing the gravity vector
