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Flash Professional CS5: Creating a Simple Game for Android Devices

with Paul Trani

Time: 3h 35m

Level: Intermediate

Release Date:Feb 15, 2011

In Flash Professional CS5: Creating a Simple Game for Android Devices, author Paul Trani shows how to translate existing Flash skills from the web to mobile devices while designing a game in Flash and publishing it as an AIR for Android app. The finished application includes collision detection, random enemy creation and movement, shooting capabilities, multiple levels, and even a high score screen. This course also goes beyond game functionality and shows how to use mobile capabilities such as the accelerometer and gestures to control graphics, use the hardware keys to activate menus, and also how to optimize content so it plays well on mobile devices. Also included are instructions for distributing an app through the Android Market. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

Designing for mobile platforms  

Creating and optimizing game graphics  

Adding random movement and interactivity  

Moving players based on the accelerometer  

Using gestures  

Detecting collisions  

Implementing audio  

Adding scoring and levels  

Implementing a high score screen  

Publishing an app on both Mac and Windows  

Uploading to the Android Market