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The Android Game Developer???s Handbook

You're reading from  The Android Game Developer???s Handbook

Product type Book
Published in Aug 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785885860
Pages 368 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Avisekhar Roy Avisekhar Roy
Profile icon Avisekhar Roy

Table of Contents (20) Chapters

The Android Game Developer's Handbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Android Game Development 2. Introduction to Different Android Platforms 3. Different Android Development Tools 4. Android Development Style and Standards in the Industry 5. Understanding the Game Loop and Frame Rate 6. Improving Performance of 2D/3D Games 7. Working with Shaders 8. Performance and Memory Optimization 9. Testing Code and Debugging 10. Scope for Android in VR Games 11. Android Game Development Using C++ and OpenGL 12. Polishing Android Games 13. Third-Party Integration, Monetization, and Services Index

Summary


Optimization is one of the most important tasks in any software development, especially in games, where logical programming dominates technical programming. There are plenty of optimization tools and techniques available for technical programming as it has the most common algorithms to implement. However, in the case of game programming, each gameplay indicates a different set of algorithms. In many cases, an artificial intelligence algorithm is also made separately. So, there is a very high probability that the programmer has to find out an efficient way to optimize freshly written algorithms.

We have discussed all the possible scopes of optimization in Android game development. Technical optimization is mandatory as it has fixed guidelines to follow. However, logical development will depend on the game algorithm and its requirements. So, it is an extra effort for the game developer to optimize Android games.

Sometimes, developers over-optimize games. This is not recommended. Over...

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