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_9

9. Super Jumper: A 2D OpenGL ES Game

Mario Zechner¹ , J. F. DiMarzio² and Robert Green³

(1)Graz, Steiermark, Austria

(2)Celebration, Florida, USA

(3)Portland, Oregon, USA

It’s time to put together all you’ve learned about OpenGL ES to create a game. As discussed in Chapter 3, there are several very popular genres from which to choose when developing a game in the mobile space. For our next game, we decided to stick to the casual genre. We’ll implement a jump-’em-up game similar to Abduction or Doodle Jump. As with Mr. Nom, we’ll start by defining our game mechanics.

Core Game Mechanics

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