Titlebook: Android Game Recipes; A Problem-Solution A J. F. DiMarzio Book 2013 Jerome DiMarzio 2013

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The Menu Screen,You might have already built a game, or are in the process of building one, but still need a proper menu screen from which to launch it. Fear not. If you are having problems creating a working menu screen for your game, this chapter should be able to help you out.

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Reading Player Input,If this is your first time coding a game for a mobile device or tablet, you are likely to quickly notice that there is a distinct lack of input options to relay your player’s intentions back into the game code. Without the benefit of game controllers, keyboards, or mice, it can be very hard to supply your player with a complex input system.

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Loading a SpriteSheet,Chances are that by this point, you have the shell or beginnings of a game on the Android platform. It is also possible that you have tried to animate one or all of your characters, weapons, or other on-screen object without luck.

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Syncing the Background to Character Movement,In Chapter 8, solutions were presented for creating a multi-layered background that could scroll. However, you might be having problems if you tried to sync the scrolling of the background with the movement of the character.

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Moving an Enemy,Moving a character around the screen—be it a person, animal, robot, or vehicle—is one of the more crucial parts of a compelling game. Chances are, if you have tried to create a character that moves freely in a game, you have run into some issue.

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Moving a Character with Obstacles,If games, especially platform games, featured flat levels where the character simply ran from left to right unencumbered, they would not hold a player’s interest for very long.