Beginning Android ADK with Arduino

Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 5
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 14
ABOUT THE TECHNICAL REVIEWER......Page 15
ABOUT THE COVER IMAGE DESIGNER......Page 16
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 17
 About the second edition......Page 18
 Layout conventions......Page 19
Chapter 1 Programming Foundations:How To Make A Video Game......Page 20
  2. Graphic design software......Page 21
  3. Computer programming software......Page 22
 Things you need to know......Page 24
 It’s all about programming......Page 25
 Programming? But I’m terrible at math!......Page 26
 What kind of games can I make?......Page 27
 Laying the foundation......Page 28
 Setting up the work environment in Flash Builder......Page 29
 Create a new, blank ActionScript project......Page 31
 Telling Flash Builder to run your programs in the Flash Player......Page 36
 ActionScript files and the .as file extension......Page 39
 I’ll take that to go!......Page 41
 A little magic with sprites......Page 42
 Don’t skip class!......Page 44
 Using the constructor method......Page 46
 Aligning code......Page 48
 What’s your directive?......Page 51
 Adding comments to your code......Page 53
 Running your program and compiling the SWF file......Page 55
 What happened when you compiled the program......Page 57
 It didn’t work?......Page 59
 Some common error messages......Page 62
 Collapsing code......Page 64
 Breakpoints......Page 65
 Perspectives......Page 67
 Creating a clean compile of your program......Page 70
 A little more about AS3.0 and the Flash Player......Page 71
 Naming conventions......Page 73
 Summary......Page 74
Chapter 2 Making Game Graphics......Page 75
 Create a new file in Photoshop......Page 78
 What are pixels?......Page 80
 Draw the sky......Page 82
 Add a gradient......Page 89
 Understanding layers......Page 94
 Anchor points and paths......Page 97
 Make curves with direction handles......Page 102
 Resizing paths......Page 105
 Fill the path with color......Page 106
 Duplicating, modifying, and arranging layers......Page 109
 Bevel and emboss......Page 114
 Making boxes with the rectangular selection tool......Page 118
 Saving the image......Page 123
 Create a new file......Page 124
 Draw your character......Page 125
 Making circles......Page 126
 Linking and grouping layers......Page 127
 Making buttons......Page 128
 Draw the button......Page 129
 Using the type tool......Page 132
 Making more buttons......Page 133
 Save your work and make the PNG files......Page 135
 Checking your work......Page 136
 More about Photoshop......Page 137
 Summary......Page 138
 Programming Objects......Page 139
 But I’m a bit scared of programming!......Page 140
 Loading and displaying images......Page 141
 Setting up a new AS3.0 project......Page 142
 Understanding the setup file......Page 144
 Set up the Flash Player with a metadata tag......Page 145
 Loading and displaying the background.png image......Page 148
 Create the Sprite and Loader objects......Page 150
 Variables......Page 152
 Variable types......Page 153
 Creating empty boxes......Page 154
 Creating instances and objects......Page 155
 Displaying the image on the stage......Page 158
 Understanding the code structure......Page 165
 Positioning Sprites on the stage......Page 166
 Understanding x and y positions of objects......Page 168
 Displaying and positioning the buttons......Page 173
 Programming buttons......Page 176
 Methods......Page 177
 Using method calls......Page 178
 Using function definitions......Page 179
 Using a basic method......Page 181
 Creating method arguments and parameters......Page 183
 Using multiple arguments and parameters......Page 185
 Understanding events and event listeners......Page 186
 Adding an event listener......Page 188
 Using the event handler......Page 189
 Understanding other events......Page 192
 Making your buttons work......Page 195
 Controlling Sprite objects with properties......Page 196
 Going up and down......Page 198
 Moving incrementally......Page 200
 Tracing the output......Page 201
 Using increment and decrement operators......Page 202
 Limiting movement......Page 203
 Making it bigger and smaller......Page 207
 Vanishing!......Page 210
 Spinning around......Page 213
 Centering Sprites......Page 216
 Code summary......Page 220
 Summary......Page 224
Chapter 4 Decision Making......Page 226
 Setting up the project......Page 227
 The classes you have to import......Page 229
 Creating TextFormat and TextField objects......Page 230
 Setting the format of text......Page 231
 Configuring and displaying the output text......Page 233
 Configuring and displaying the input field......Page 235
 Understanding the program structure......Page 239
 Learning more about variables......Page 241
 Listening for key presses......Page 244
 Making decisions......Page 248
 Displaying the game status......Page 255
 Using postfix operators to change variable values byone......Page 257
 Tying up strings......Page 258
 Using uint vs. int variables......Page 262
 Winning and losing......Page 263
 Modular programming with methods......Page 269
 Polishing up......Page 270
 Tackling random numbers......Page 271
 Disabling the Enter key......Page 275
 Making really nice buttons......Page 277
 Understanding the concepts......Page 279
 Loading the images and displaying the button......Page 280
 Understanding the mouse events......Page 282
 Adding the button to the number guessing game......Page 288
 Disabling the button at the end of the game......Page 289
 Managing complex code......Page 295
 Make a Play again button......Page 296
 Tracking guesses......Page 297
 A quick guide to embedding fonts......Page 298
 Summary......Page 301
 Controlling a player character with the keyboard......Page 302
 Controlling with the keyboard—the wrong way!......Page 303
 Controlling the keyboard—the right way!......Page 307
 Moving with velocity......Page 309
 Using the keyUpHandler......Page 311
 Using the enterFrameHandler......Page 313
 Blocking movement at the stage edges......Page 315
 Screen wrapping......Page 320
 Embedding images......Page 321
 Scrolling......Page 324
 Embedding the character and background images......Page 327
 Positioning the background......Page 329
 Scrolling the background......Page 330
 Better scrolling......Page 331
 Even better scrolling......Page 337
 Taking it further......Page 340
 Parallax scrolling......Page 341
 Summary......Page 346
 Basic collision detection with hitTestObject......Page 347
 Using hitTestObject......Page 351
 Triggering a change of state......Page 353
 Reducing a health meter......Page 357
 Using scaleX to scale the meter based on a percentage......Page 359
 Updating a score......Page 360
 Checking for the end of the game......Page 365
 Picking up and dropping objects......Page 367
 The bad news about hitTestObject......Page 373
 Detecting collisions with the bounding box......Page 374
 Learning to live with it......Page 375
 Creating subobjects......Page 376
 Advanced collision detection strategies......Page 380
 Preventing objects from overlapping......Page 381
 Programming with the Collision class......Page 389
 Another look at methods, arguments, and parameters......Page 394
 Using the block method’s arguments with the Collision class......Page 396
 Taking a look at the Collision.block method......Page 397
 Summary......Page 403
Chapter 7 Making Games......Page 404
 Making the game graphics......Page 405
 Getting accustomed to Adobe Illustrator......Page 406
 Setting up the workspace......Page 408
 Choosing the colors......Page 409
 Drawing the outside shape......Page 411
 Drawing the inside shape......Page 413
 Making the bomb......Page 422
 Drawing the antenna......Page 431
 Make the second antenna......Page 435
 Making the character’s eyes......Page 436
 Adding the smile......Page 439
 Bring in the stylist!......Page 440
 Drawing the shoes......Page 441
 Add some extra cuteness......Page 443
 Designing the playing field......Page 444
 Making the Game Over graphic......Page 445
 Dealing with many objects......Page 447
 What is a class, really?......Page 449
 Looking at the TimeBombPanic application class......Page 454
 Adding objects to the game......Page 459
 Stage boundaries......Page 461
 Defusing the bombs......Page 462
 Understanding timers......Page 463
 Using a timer in Time Bomb Panic......Page 467
 Ending the game......Page 468
 Creating a scrolling game environment......Page 471
 Preparing your artwork for scrolling......Page 472
 Adding objects to the game......Page 473
 Scrolling and stage boundaries......Page 475
 Summary......Page 478
Chapter 8 Making Bigger Games......Page 480
 Understanding the game structure......Page 481
 Using private variables and methods......Page 484
 Giving LevelOne access to the stage......Page 486
 Making sure that LevelOne is actually on the stage......Page 487
 The LevelOne class......Page 490
 Understanding properties and methods......Page 497
 Moving the character......Page 500
 Checking for stage boundaries......Page 501
 Checking for collisions between the character and the monster......Page 502
 The order of the code in the enterFrameHandler......Page 503
 Programming the monsters......Page 504
 Moving the monsters......Page 508
 Programming the star weapon......Page 511
 Launching the star......Page 513
 Checking the star’s collisions......Page 514
 Vanquishing the monsters and creating an explosion......Page 516
 Checking for the end of the level......Page 519
 If the monsters win…......Page 521
 If the character wins…......Page 523
 Using removeChild to completely get rid of objects......Page 529
 Communicating between classes by dispatching events......Page 530
 Event bubbling......Page 532
 Finishing off level one......Page 534
 Firing stars in four directions in level two......Page 535
 Moving objects in a scrolling game world......Page 538
 The scrolling game code......Page 539
 How the scrolling code works......Page 550
 Scrolling the explosions......Page 552
 Intelligent monsters......Page 553
 Obstacles and pathfinding......Page 556
 A little more about game structure......Page 557
 Summary......Page 559
 Natural motion using physics......Page 560
 A game object class for playing with physics......Page 561
 Acceleration......Page 563
 The Acceleration class......Page 564
 Friction......Page 570
 Bouncing......Page 572
 Gravity......Page 574
 Jumping......Page 576
 Adding sounds to games......Page 582
 Integrating sound effects in a game......Page 584
 Looping sounds......Page 585
 Volume and pan setting......Page 587
 Working with many objects......Page 590
 Using for loops......Page 591
 Using arrays......Page 595
 Pushing elements into an array......Page 597
 Looping arrays......Page 598
 Searching arrays......Page 600
 Arrays inside arrays......Page 601
 Making many boxes......Page 604
 Collisions with many objects......Page 611
 Case studies......Page 618
 Summary......Page 619
Chapter 10 Advanced Object And Character Control......Page 620
 Fixing an object to the mouse’s position......Page 621
 Moving an object with easing......Page 622
 Easing......Page 625
 Click to move an object......Page 626
 Case study: Firing projectiles in all directions......Page 628
 Making the game objects......Page 632
 Rotating the wand around the fairy......Page 633
 Firing stars in 360 degrees......Page 635
 Advanced player control systems......Page 638
 Following another object......Page 639
 Rotating and shooting toward the mouse......Page 643
 Shooting at random intervals......Page 647
 Case study: Killer Bee Pandemonium!......Page 648
 Flash animation and publishing your game......Page 655
 Summary......Page 656
Index......Page 658