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Beginning Android Games ReviewThis book has done a great job getting me up to speed on what I needed to know in order to port my old C DirectX 3 game over to the Android platform. The book quickly introduces you to the concepts you'll need to understand in order to get user input from the device, play sounds, load resources and ultimately render them on the screen.
While the author does a solid job introducing some basic physics and collision detection, don't expect to find the information you'll need to know in order to implement any sort of artificial intelligence or network play. In my opinion that's just fine, this is a beginner's book after all.
The author's framework does a nice job making getting input from the touch screen, accelerometer, and keyboard a simple task. I don't entirely agree with some of the design decisions the author makes, but that could be due to my C/C++ vs. Java background.
As far as rendering goes, first you'll take the easy approach using Android's custom drawing API. If your game is simple enough, this may be all you need. As the book progresses you'll swap out the original renderer with one based on OpenGL ES. Although the author does a very good job covering OpenGL, keep in mind that you'll be developing 2D games and not 3D games.
There are three chapters at the end of the book that will teach you the basics of 3D games programming. You'll learn some basic concepts, how to get 3D models onto the screen, and how to do basic collision detection in 3D. However, I feel that the leap from the material in the book to an actual 3D game is fairly significant. Don't expect to finish this book and then go code the best FPS any mobile platform has ever seen.
All-in-all, I'm pretty happy with this book.Beginning Android Games Overview
Beginning Android Games 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 towards creating your own basic game engine and playable games. 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. 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 game development
The Android platform basics to apply those fundamentals in the context of making a game
The design of 2D and 3D games and their successful implementation on the Android platform

What you'll learn
How to set up and use the development tools for developing your first Android application
The fundamentals of game programming in the context of the Android platform
How to use the Android's APIs for graphics (Canvas, OpenGL ES 1.0/1.1), audio, and user input to reflect those fundamentals
How to develop two 2D games from scratch, based on the Canvas API and OpenGL ES.
How to create a full-featured 3D game
How to publish your games, get crash reports, and support your users
How to complete your own playable 2D OpenGL games

Who this book is for
This book is for people with a basic knowledge of Java who want to write games on the Android platform. It also offers information for experienced game developers about the pitfalls and peculiarities of the platform.

Table of Contents
Android, the New Kid on the Block
First Steps with the Android SDK
Game Development 101
Android for Game Developers
An Android Game Development Framework
Mr. Nom Invades Android
OpenGL ES: A Gentle Introduction
2D Game Programming Tricks
Super Jumper: A 2D OpenGL ES Game
OpenGL ES: Going 3D
3D Programming Tricks
Droid Invaders: the Grand Finale
Publishing Your Game
What's Next?


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