“Fluffy Sheep” By Lior Bruder - 11Sheep CEO

About me

Speaker at event and lecturer in technical courses

11Sheep CEO

Advise to high-tech companies and startups

Android developer since the first version

Technology geek & love sheep

First computer

Objectives

1. Create Android game only with native basic Android features

2. Get quick tips about building graphic elements in Android

3. Get quick tips about gaming in mobile and in general

AGENDA

1 2 3 4 5 6 Choosing the right platform

Game Life Cycle

Supporting All screen sizes

Collision Detection

Moving Elements

The Sheep

AGENDA

1 2 3 4 5 6 Choosing the right platform

Game Life Cycle

Supporting All screen sizes

Collision Detection

Moving Elements

The Sheep

Step 1 - Choosing the right platform

Android Specific (Java) Cross Platform

Flash Corona Unity …

Step 1 - Choosing the right platform

Android Specific (Java) Cross Platform

Native And Engine Etc…

Step 1 – Creating the project basics

• Creating the main game component (View) • Creating the main activity

Code

Why make game?

• 80% of $ generated by mobile is from games • The top 25 developers take half of it • 75% of all mobile downloads are games • The mobile gaming industry is expected to

double by 2016

AGENDA

1 2 3 4 5 6 Choosing the right platform

Game Life Cycle

Supporting All screen sizes

Collision Detection

Moving Elements

The Sheep

Step 2 - Game lifecycle

Handling Input

Handling Logic

Writing to screen

Preparing game

One cycle

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Step 2 – Creating the life cycle

• In the GameView component: – Create the logic function – Create the draw function – Create game states

Code

Making money facts

• In virtual goods alone, freemium games make $12.92 dollars a month per user

• 23% of tablet gamers pay for virtual goods, with an average of $12 dollars per spender

• $3 dollars is the average price at which app gamers feel an app game purchase or a free-top-paid app upgrade is a good value

AGENDA

1 2 3 4 5 6 Choosing the right platform

Game Life Cycle

Supporting All screen sizes

Collision Detection

Moving Elements

The Sheep

Moving the walls “createNewWall()”

• Move this wall from right to left • When the wall reach the left side – create

another wall • Define a constant wall moving time • Use the physics formula: x = v * t

Code

The wall

When do we play?

• Highest percentage of mobile games are played in the bedroom

• Android users spend an average of 9.3 hours a month gaming on their phones

• Games account for 67% of time spent using tablets, vs 33% for smartphones

AGENDA

1 2 3 4 5 6 Choosing the right platform

Game Life Cycle

Supporting All screen sizes

Collision Detection

Moving Elements

The Sheep

Step 4 – The Sheep

• Move the sheep according to the touch

• physics :

Code

AGENDA

1 2 3 4 5 6 Choosing the right platform

Game Life Cycle

Supporting All screen sizes

Collision Detection

Moving Elements

The Sheep

Step 5 – Collision detection

* Pic taken from “Hungry hero” tutorial

Step 5 – Collision detection

In the logic function, check if the sheep collides with the wall object

Code

Popular games facts

• Angry Birds Makes $6 Million per month purely from ads

• Users of Draw Something have created drawings at a rate of 3,000 per second

• Zynga’s mobile gaming division alone brings in more than $10 billion dollars a year

• Roughly 500 billion total birds have been shot in Angry Birds

AGENDA

1 2 3 4 5 6 Choosing the right platform

Game Life Cycle

Supporting All screen sizes

Collision Detection

Moving Elements

The Sheep

Supporting different screen sizes - responsive

Supporting different screen sizes - responsive

• What would happen if we used responsive design in gaming:

Supporting different screen sizes - stretch

• The solution: stretching the display

Wrap it up

Questions?

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Thank you!

Code on GITHUB: https://github.com/11Sheep/Fluffy-Sheep

Game on google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sheep.fluffysheep