Beginning Android Games, Third Edition

© Mario Zechner, J.F. DiMarzio and Robert Green 2016

Mario Zechner, J. F. DiMarzio and Robert Green, Beginning Android Games, 10.1007/978-1-4842-0472-6_12

12. Android Invaders: The Grand Finale

Mario Zechner¹ , J. F. DiMarzio² and Robert Green³

(1)Graz, Steiermark, Austria

(2)Celebration, Florida, USA

(3)Portland, Oregon, USA

We are finally ready to create the last game for this book. This time, we are going to develop a simple action/arcade game, adapting an old classic and giving it a nice 3D look by using the techniques discussed in the previous two chapters.

Core Game Mechanics

As you might have guessed from the title of this chapter, we are about to implement a variation of Space Invaders, which was a 2D game in its original form (illustrated in ...