Beginning of a new game development

I have been working with Google’s Android mobile platform for a little while and at the back of my mind I have had a pretty simple, but fun, retro sideshow game on my mind. Well now it is no longer in the back of my mind and time to put fingers on the keyboard and crack on with it. So what I plan to do here is blog and twitter on the process I am going through and update on, hopefully, how quick and easy it is to implement a simple game in Android.

Well that is the plan….let’s see if  it happens?

First steps starting today are create the new project and create the first couple of simple screens. These screens consist of a welcome menu, a simple instructions page, an about popup (this is me and I wrote this), and a quit button to close the app. So if you want to know how it is going as it goes along then follow me on twitter, otherwise you can check back here and I will try and update with posts each day (maybe twice if I go really well).

So on these first steps I have been working for about 20 minutes or so and have my basic welcome menu page. Next I implemented the finish( ) method call in the listener for the ‘quit’ button. Next up is the ‘about’ page popup and then the ‘instructions’ page, although the instructions will be very high level at this point. The goal is that in the limited time I have right now to get the basics in place and then tomorrow when I have a bit more time to work through the start of the game page.

Now back to the coding….remember to follow on twitter for more frequent updates and check back here for updates.

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by way of an introduction

Hi, this is my first post on here about a project that I have decided I need to get started on….the project is to start creating Android applications for mobile devices. It’s something that I have been thinking about for a long time and I am well overdue in getting this kicked off.

Why the wait….probably something to do with waiting to see what happens with Android and wether it has any legs to really compete.

At the moment there is really only the G1 available and if I am honest I don’t think it is that great and ready to take on the main players, although having said that the previews of a potential G2 (as well as news from some of the other manufacturers) gives me hope that there is definitely going to be a growth in the adoption of Android as a real mobile platform.

So where am I at with this project…at the moment I don’t have any specific applications in mind and the starting point is to get to understand the api and the efficiency required to create a lightweight yet functional and enjoyable application. There are going to be a few false starts along the way and a big learning curve but I am hoping I am going to enjoy the experience.

Anyway hope you stay tuned and follow along with my progress…hoping it will be interesting

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