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Beginning Android C++ Game Development

by Bruce Sutherland

August 2013

Beginner to intermediate

316 pages

7h 44m

English

Apress

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A Brief History of Video GamesWho Makes Games?The Difference between Computer Games and Board GamesComparing Mobile Phones to Game ConsolesAn Overview of Game EnginesSummary
Java and the Dalvik Virtual MachineC++ and the NDKFragmentation and the Android EcosystemHelloDroid - Our First Android GameSummary
An Introduction to Design DocumentsCreating a World, Telling a Story, and Setting the SceneLevel DesignTechnical RequirementsSummary

Creating an Application ObjectCreating the Game Loop Using a Kernel and TasksAndroid’s Native App GlueTimekeepingSummary
Initializing the Window and OpenGL Using EGLAn Introduction to ShadersRendering a Quad with OpenGLApplying Textures to GeometrySummary
What Is a Game Entity?Communicating with Game Objects via EventsRendering an ObjectThe Player ObjectMaking the Player JumpA Basic AI EntitySummary
Representing Game World Objects with Collision DataBuilding a Game LevelBroad-Phase FilteringNarrow-Phase Collision DetectionResponding to CollisionsRunning the Collision TestUsing the Z BufferSummary
The Model and View MatricesThe Projection MatrixDefining a Camera ObjectUpdating the RendererConcatenating the Model, View, and Projection MatricesUpdating the Camera’s TransformAdding a Camera to DroidRunnerLevelProper App Behavior When Pausing and ResumingView Frustum CullingThe View Frustum Culling TestSummary
A Basic Lighting and Material ModelPer-Vertex or Per-Fragment ShadingRepresenting MaterialsAmbient LightingVertex NormalsDiffuse LightingSpecular LightingDifferent Types of LightsSummary
The Physics of SoundAudacityCreating a Jump Sound Effect with AudacityPlaying Audio Using OpenSL ESSummary
The Google Play Developer ConsoleKeys, Keystore, and Digital SignaturesSigning an APK for the Play StoreUploading to the Google Play Developer CenterMonetizationApp QualitySummary
Setting Up the Android SDK and EclipseInstalling the Android NDKBuilding a Native App
CPU ArchitecturesGPU Architectures
The Friend KeywordTemplatesThe Singleton Pattern
VectorsMatricesPlanes