Hello,
I am just getting started with android & I am aiming at building a new version of this Piano Tiles game.
App store name: Don't touch the white tile.
I recently went through java so, I don't really have any experience in the same. I am looking forward to some mentor, to guide me on how do I move into this. I think android studio would be better suited for this task but I am not sure.
Can you just give me the libraries, classes, functions & related things to care about & possibly the steps involved ? I think I can collect the knowledge and create a logic around this.
Eagerly looking forward to a thoughtful response.
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Hi all!
I've been writing a blog about Android UI Design patterns for a while now. My selfish goal for the blog is to help to improve app quality in the Android market to get better apps to my phone.
I'm also a developer (been one for a long time) and I understand the difficulty to get app design right in one's own private projects and in open source communities. This is where I hope my collection of design patterns could be helpful for developers reading this massively popular forum.
A UI design pattern is a solution to common problem. It is very likely that when you find getting your UI right someone else has already figured out a solution to your problem and in many cases even iterated the solution and improved it.
I have collected UI design patterns for smartphones and tablets separately for now but they should be merged into one list of scalable patterns soon as ICS release will most likely blur the difference between the device types even more.
The blog URL is http://www.androiduipatterns.com/
I would really love to hear your guys' opinions about how I could best help private and OSS projects to improve their UI quality. What kind of information would be helpful and what not-so-helpful.
Thanks!!
Juhani
Nice job pulling all of that information together. It is definitely a lot of work to keep up with the Android UI trends.
Thanks Mills, I really enjoy doing it. I'm just hoping that it brings value to others.
Thank you and a suggestion
first of all, great work collecting these patterns in one place. thank you for all the hard work.
As for a suggestion, You may want to look at greendroid and OpenIntents widgets in your list. I use them extensively..
Thank you very much！It's very good. I will study it now!
Hey guys,
I've decided to start an android 2d game project, however i am confused as to which 2d game engine would be the best.
I'd prefer if the engine had good cross platform porting ability. The game is a single screen game and has character animations.
Which one would you suggest me?
Thanks
kross666 said:
Hey guys,
I've decided to start an android 2d game project, however i am confused as to which 2d game engine would be the best.
I'd prefer if the engine had good cross platform porting ability. The game is a single screen game and has character animations.
Which one would you suggest me?
Thanks
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I didn't play with it long enough to give any kind of solid recommendation, but libgdx was incredibly easy to get up and running. With a few tutorials and online guides I had a super simple grid-based screen similar to Final Fantasy 1 and a on-screen controls to move the character around. Then once I realized I could do it, I realized I have no creativity whatsoever and abandoned it, lol.
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I didn't play with it long enough to give any kind of solid recommendation, but libgdx was incredibly easy to get up and running. With a few tutorials and online guides I had a super simple grid-based screen similar to Final Fantasy 1 and a on-screen controls to move the character around. Then once I realized I could do it, I realized I have no creativity whatsoever and abandoned it, lol.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I've also heard that Cocos2dx is quite efficient but difficult to set up initially.
Here's what i am looking for in a 2d game engine :
- Must be cross-platform
- Must be efficient
- Should be C++, Java, C# or Objective C since I'm comfortable with them and NOT Flash, Javascript, HTML5 since I am not a
web developer
- Must have a large community, tutorials, additional libraries
- The final delivered package must be not too large
- The engine can be free, but I also wouldn't mind paying a reasonable price
Hi, I used libGDX for my first project, and I'm glad .
When you are looking for CROSS-PLATFORM GAME FRAMEWORK, it's the right one.
At the begining you spent some time on forums, but there are several tools that helps you start your first project realy quick (Project setup tool).
And many free examples and templeates that you can start with.
Also community around project is active, so you get quick answers in forums.
One really cool think, which saved a lot of my time, is running and debugging app directly on PC.
Wish you happy coding.
Kilobolt Game development tutorial
If you are an extreme novice who really wants to start you first game right away i recommend you to read "Kilobolt Game Development tutorial". It is so easy to understand and provide nice set of wrapper classes which covers all the complex details of image, sound and animation handling.
It also contains a well made tutorial set for game development.
The game "Hungry squirrels" which can be downloaded freely on the app store entirely uses this engine. So first take a look at that game and you can get an idea about the powers of this engine.
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Hi, I'm new here! I have been interested in creating my own android games for a time now and just decided to give it a try, so I'm looking for a software where I can develop my games.
I have some basic knowledge in java and been playing around a bit in Android Studio. What would be the easiest way for a beginner to create his first android game? At the start, now when I'm new to app development, I will make simple games like memory match or quiz game, and after that try creating games that require some physics, like a "runner game" or platform game.
I have found three options:
-Android Studio
-Unity3d
-Game Maker: studio
Does any of you have any idea what software to use? Are any of these three options any good? I have also heard it might be possible to use Android Studio as a plugin for Unity3d or something like that... I just want to create simple 2D-games, not any advanced 3D-games. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks
Godistjuven said:
Hi, I'm new here! I have been interested in creating my own android games for a time now and just decided to give it a try, so I'm looking for a software where I can develop my games.
I have some basic knowledge in java and been playing around a bit in Android Studio. What would be the easiest way for a beginner to create his first android game? At the start, now when I'm new to app development, I will make simple games like memory match or quiz game, and after that try creating games that require some physics, like a "runner game" or platform game.
I have found three options:
-Android Studio
-Unity3d
-Game Maker: studio
Does any of you have any idea what software to use? Are any of these three options any good? I have also heard it might be possible to use Android Studio as a plugin for Unity3d or something like that... I just want to create simple 2D-games, not any advanced 3D-games. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks
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I'd suggest game maker studio. My old highschool used it to teach students and it only required animation as a prereq. It's really good for learning concepts and terms; I've used unity but it can get overwhelming just to accomplish simple things without knowing all of the lingo. I just purchased game maker studio and the android module for $12 on the humble bundle weekly. I can't post any links since I haven't made any posts but you can just google humble bundle
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I'd suggest game maker studio. My old highschool used it to teach students and it only required animation as a prereq. It's really good for learning concepts and terms; I've used unity but it can get overwhelming just to accomplish simple things without knowing all of the lingo. I just purchased game maker studio and the android module for $12 on the humble bundle weekly. I can't post any links since I haven't made any posts but you can just google humble bundle
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Thanks. I bought that too right before reading your post
Where can your Brother find an Exposed Framework 2. 4. 1.????
Godistjuven said:
Hi, I'm new here! I have been interested in creating my own android games for a time now and just decided to give it a try, so I'm looking for a software where I can develop my games.
I have some basic knowledge in java and been playing around a bit in Android Studio. What would be the easiest way for a beginner to create his first android game? At the start, now when I'm new to app development, I will make simple games like memory match or quiz game, and after that try creating games that require some physics, like a "runner game" or platform game.
I have found three options:
-Android Studio
-Unity3d
-Game Maker: studio
Does any of you have any idea what software to use? Are any of these three options any good? I have also heard it might be possible to use Android Studio as a plugin for Unity3d or something like that... I just want to create simple 2D-games, not any advanced 3D-games. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks
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Hey, man, I can help you with game maker studio if you will have some troubles and if you will be solving interesting tasks)
I use this tool since 2009
peaumur said:
Hey, man, I can help you with game maker studio if you will have some troubles and if you will be solving interesting tasks)
I use this tool since 2009
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Thank you! If I encounter any questions I will definitely try sending a message to you! Have you published any games?
Godistjuven said:
Thank you! If I encounter any questions I will definitely try sending a message to you! Have you published any games?
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Yep, but I can't promote them here while I don't have 10 messages.
I used to make games for my classmates and university friends only but now I'm trying to make wide-auditory games and I have met the problem of promoting - it's really hard to promote your game without a big amount of money..
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Oh, I have 10+ posts already!) cool!) I will create a thread with my game soon
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Yep, but I can't promote them here while I don't have 10 messages.
I used to make games for my classmates and university friends only but now I'm trying to make wide-auditory games and I have met the problem of promoting - it's really hard to promote your game without a big amount of money..
Updated:
Oh, I have 10+ posts already!) cool!) I will create a thread with my game soon
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Nice, looking forward to see your apps
Hello Everyone,
I am new to this forum, and new to the world of mobile phone game construction.
I have spent the last month researching the best way to make an game app for android or apple phones and tablets.
I am struggling to find good information online, so I would appreciate any comments you may all have .
I wish to construct a 2D platformer game only, but want to use the most user friendly method to do this. I would also want to upload the game to the market once completed.
I have played around with the following software so far, but have failed to make good progress. This is because I am unsure which software I should be using:
Cocos-2dx
QT Creator
Andriod Studio
When using QT creator (also known as Eclipse I think) I was having trouble setting it up for mobile development. But I was able to get good information online and use demo codes to mess around with.
During my research people have been saying Android Studio is the way forward, because it has a gradle system apparently. However, starting off making a game on this is incredibly hard as there are no examples or demo code around. I am assuming I cant use the demo codes from the QT creator software on the Android Studio?
Does anybody recommend a particular software for 2D games?
I am not experienced in programming, but I just need a good starting point.
Thank you for your time.
Jamie
QT Creator, Eclipse, Android Studio are just code editors. They also have tools for GUI building, but that is not related to games - games draw everything with OpenGL or DirectX.
So, first of all, you have to choose game engine or framework. Prefer the most popular - that means a large community, a lot of info and help.
Unity, Cocos2d are mentioned often. And libGDX as well, which I use, but don't know really cool top grossing games made with it, maybe it means something
Game engines either have their own editors with gamedev-oriented tools or instructions on how to set everything up in popular IDEs. And they provide nice tutorials also.
stickin said:
QT Creator, Eclipse, Android Studio are just code editors. They also have tools for GUI building, but that is not related to games - games draw everything with OpenGL or DirectX.
So, first of all, you have to choose game engine or framework. Prefer the most popular - that means a large community, a lot of info and help.
Unity, Cocos2d are mentioned often. And libGDX as well, which I use, but don't know really cool top grossing games made with it, maybe it means something
Game engines either have their own editors with gamedev-oriented tools or instructions on how to set everything up in popular IDEs. And they provide nice tutorials also.
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Hi Sticken,
Thanks for your clear response. It appears I have been going down the wrong road then. I will look at the ones your have mentioned. I have heard the name unity pop up now and again. After checking on the website you have subscribe to a pro version. I am hoping I would not need to do this as my game is just going to be a simple 2d platform
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After checking on the website you have subscribe to a pro version. I am hoping I would not need to do this as my game is just going to be a simple 2d platform
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No, you can find the restrictions of free personal edition on the website too. They aren't critical.
I am quite new to the game development scene too. I decided upon Unity myself late last year. I have found it a great tool
to develop on (both 2d and 3d) with lots of information and tutorials out there that could help you build your game.
I have been using it now for around 4 months and have just released my first game to the Google Play store.