Beginning Android 4 Games Development

Screens and Transitions

We are now able to define our screens and transitions. We'll follow the same formula we used in Mr. Nom:

• We'll have a main screen with a logo; PLAY, HIGHSCORES, and HELP menu items; and a button to disable and enable sound.
• We'll have a game screen that will ask the player to get ready and handle running, paused, game-over, and next-level states gracefully. The only new addition to what we used in Mr. Nom will be the next-level state of the screen, which will be triggered once Bob hits the castle. In that case, a new level will be generated, and Bob will start at the bottom of the world again, keeping his score.
• We'll have a high-scores screen that will show the top five scores the player has achieved so far.
• We'll have ...