Android Jumper game using JAVA

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Steps to create a game

1. Have an idea for a game. 2. Draft up some scenarios on paper to resemble your vision and ho ill it loo! li!e. ". Analyse the idea# iterate over a fe versions by t ea!ing it and decide hat the game ill have in its initial version. $. %ic! a technology and start prototyping. &. Start coding and creating the assets for the game. '. %lay(test# improve# and continuously ma!e small steps to ards finishing it. ). %olish and release*

Development

+or the Android Version e ill need the Android SD, installed. -reate a ne Android pro.ect in eclipse/ +ile (0 1e (0 %ro.ect (0 Android %ro.ect. 2he language used for developing the .umper game is JAVA. All codes are ritten using JAVA

Actor
2he first mile(stone is to have a orld in hich our guy can move. 2he orld is composed of levels and each level is composed of a terrain. 2he terrain is nothing more than some bloc!s through hich our guy can .ump.When e don3t touch anything#the actor is idle. He can also move 4in both directions5 and he can also .ump. Also hen he3s dead# he can3t do anything.

2he states for Actor/

2he actor can be in only one of the $ identified states at any given time. 6dle 7 hen not moving or .umping and is alive 8oving 7 either left or right at a constant speed. Jumping 7 also facing left or right and high or lo . Dead 7 he3s not even visible and respa ning.

-reating the World

As the real orld# our orld has dimensions. 2hin! of a room in a flat. Dividing the screen into bloc!s e ill be able to create our orld easily as sho n

Screens
A game can consist of multiple screens. 9ven our game ill have " basic screens. 2he Start :ame screen# the %lay Screen and the :ame ;ver screen. 9ach screen is concerned ith the things happening on it and they don3t care about each other. 2he Start :ame screen for e<ample ill contain the menu options %lay and =uit. 6t has t o elements 4buttons5 and it is concerned about handling the clic!s>touches on those elements. 6t renders tirelessly those t o buttons and if the %lay button is clic!ed>touched# it notifies the main :ame to load the %lay Screen and get rid of the current screen. 2he %lay Screen ill run our game and ill handle everything regarding the game. ;nce the :ame ;ver state is reached# it tells the main :ame to transition to the :ame ;ver screen# hose sole purpose is to display the high scores and listen to clic!s on the ?eplay button.

-ontrols

2o ma!e it a game# e need to add input processing# to intercept !eys and touches and create some action based on those. 2he control schema on the Des!top is very simple. 2he arro !eys ill move @ob to the left and right# A ill ma!e @ob .ump and < ill fire the eapon. ;n Android e ill have a different approach. We ill designate some buttons for these functions and ill lay it do n on the screen and by touching the respective areas e ill consider one of the !eys pressed.2o play the game e to trac! the status of $ !eys/ move left# move right# .ump and fire. @ecause e ill use 2 types of input 4!eyboard and touch(screen5# the actual events need to be fed into a processor that can trigger the actions. 9ach action is triggered by an event.

9<tra additions that can be added

Sounds#Animation#Various types of actors#bonus stages#8ultiplayer options.

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