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The Android Game Developer???s Handbook

You're reading from The Android Game Developer???s Handbook Discover an all in one handbook to developing immersive and cross-platform Android games

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785885860

Length 368 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

OpenGL

Concepts

Mobile Game Development

Author (1):

Avisekhar Roy

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

1. Android Game Development FREE CHAPTER

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

Importance of performance optimization

As we have just discussed, performance optimization directly influences the frame rate, which again directly impacts the gameplay experience. However, performance optimization has other importance too:

Games might crash or go in a not-responding state due to a non-optimized program
Performance optimization has a direct impact on memory as well
Performance optimization can enlarge the range of supported hardware platforms

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Authors (1)

Avisekhar Roy

Avisekhar Roy

Avisekhar Roy is a B.Tech engineer in computer science. He has had a passion for coding since his school days. However, he had no plans to become a game programmer. His fate landed him in the gaming industry in 2010. Since then, he fell in love with game development. Avisekhar has worked in many formats of game development environment, ranging from small companies and individual studios to corporate companies and full-scale game development studios. He recently started his own gaming start-up in 2016 and is currently working on games for the mobile platform. Avisekhar has also worked with some big companies, such as Reliance Games in India, as well as a small-scale studio called Nautilus Mobile. He is now trying to acquire a position in the gaming industry for his own venture, Funboat Games.

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