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Android Game Programming: A Developer’s Guide
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Android Game Programming: A Developer’s Guide

by John Horton, Raul Portales
September 2016
Beginner to intermediate
1089 pages
23h 8m
English
Packt Publishing
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Why build games to learn to program?

Fun, of course! But there are other reasons too. Successfully running any program we have written is immensely satisfying, even more so when it involves using some code that we previously didn't understand.

But making our own games, as you will soon realize, creates a feeling of pleasure that is not easy to describe—it has to be experienced. Then there are added bonuses of sharing our creations with friends on a phone or tablet or even sharing them publicly on the Google Play Store, and you might realize that once you start making games, you can't stop.

As we create more complex games steadily, you'll realize that all techniques and pieces of code can be rehashed to create other games, and you can then start ...

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