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Beginning Android Games, Second Edition offers everything you need to join the ranks of successful Android game developers, including Android tablet game app development considerations. You'll start with game design fundamentals and programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic game engine and playable game apps that work on Android and earlier version compliant smartphones and now tablets. This will give you everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games.The potential user base and the wide array of available high-performance devices makes Android an attractive target for aspiring game developers. Do you have an awesome idea for the next break-through mobile gaming title? Beginning Android Games will help you kick-start your project. This book will guide you through the process of making several example game apps using APIs available in new Android SDK and earlier SDK releases for Android smartphones and tablets:The fundamentals of game development and design suitable for Android smartphones and tabletsThe Android platform basics to apply those fundamentals in the context of making a game, including new File Manager system and better battery life managementThe design of 2D and 3D games and their successful implementation on the Android platformThis book lets developers see and use some Android SDK Jelly Bean; however, this book is structured so that app developers can use earlier Android SDK releases. This book is backward compatible like the Android SDK.

Beginning Android 4 Games Development offers everything you need to join the ranks of successful Android game developers. You'll start with game design fundamentals and programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic game engine and playable game that works on Android 4.0 and earlier devices. This will give you everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games.The potential user base and the wide array of available high-performance devices makes Android an attractive target for aspiring game developers. Do you have an awesome idea for the next break-through mobile gaming title? Beginning Android 4 Games Development will help you kick-start your project.The book will guide you through the process of making several example games for the Android platform, and involves a wide range of topics:The fundamentals of Android game development targeting Android 1.5-4.0+ devicesThe Android platform basics to apply those fundamentals in the context of making a gameThe design of 2D and 3D games and their successful implementation on the Android platform

Los smartphones y tablets con Android están por todas partes, con mejores capacidades y mayor potencia, se han convertido en plataformas ideales para juegos. Con los nuevos dispositivos también aparecen nuevos métodos de control; juegos que utilizan el GPS o la brújula, o las nuevas formas para interactuar que ofrecen el acelerómetro y las pantallas multitáctiles. Esto representa un nuevo desafío para los diseñadores y programadores de juegos que tienen con Android Market millones de clientes potenciales en unos pocos minutos. Esta obra ofrece todo lo necesario para el desarrollo de juegos para Android de forma sencilla y eficaz. Con una amplia y detallada temática apoyada con ejemplos prácticos que le guiarán en cada una de las fases del proceso de creación de juegos; desde las bases de Android, la programación de gráficos y sonidos, OpenGL ES, e incluso el desarrollo de juegos en 3D.