Mobile 3D Game Development From Start to Market

by Morales, Carlos; Nelson, David

• ISBN13: 9781584505129
• ISBN10: 1584505125
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-22
• Publisher: Charles River Media

Summary

It is a good time to be a mobile game developer. Not only is there a large installed base of phones, but the development tools needed to develop for the platform are free. More than 350 million Java(TM) -enabled cell phones are in the hands of users throughout the world, making the Java Mobile platform the most disseminated video game capable platform on the planet. Until now, however, there has been limited technical information on how todevelop these games, but with Mobile 3D Game Development: From Start to Market, you'llfi nd everything you need to know.This hands-on, practical book teaches current game developers, 2D mobile developers, and new game developers how to develop your own commercial-quality 3D games for Java enabled mobile phones. Using Java(TM) ME and 3D API (M3G API), you'll work through the entire production process with an emphasis on the practical application of art production and programming techniques.The book guides you through the process of developing three complete games-- Space Busters, a multiplayer racer, and an FPS. For each game, all of the necessary steps needed to create a production-quality game are covered. And, within each chapter concepts are presented using a mixture of general theory with immediate application to the task ofbuilding the game.So if you want to get into the 3D game market, this is the resource that will get you started!

Author Biography

Carlos Morales is an associate professor of computer graphics technology at Purdue University

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Mobile Game Development Process	p. 1
Mobile Game Design	p. 1
Unique Characteristics of Developing Games for Phones	p. 5
Successful Mobile Games	p. 9
Summary	p. 10
References	p. 10
Introduction to Mobile Application Development	p. 11
Mobile Application Environments	p. 11
Java ME-Related Terminology	p. 15
Setting Up the Development Environments	p. 16
Summary	p. 29
References	p. 29
Creating MIDlets from the Ground Up	p. 31
Anatomy of a Mobile Application	p. 31
Creating a New Wireless Toolkit Project	p. 32
Creating a MIDlet Class	p. 34
Creating a Canvas Class	p. 38
Creating a Flexible Game Canvas	p. 40
Summary	p. 44
For more in-depth information about developing 2D Java ME applications, check out these books	p. 44
2D Graphics with MIDP 2.0	p. 45
Drawing Text to the Screen	p. 45
Drawing Images in MIDP 2.0	p. 49
Creating Sprites for Smooth Animation	p. 50
Simple User Input for MIDP 2.0 Games	p. 54
Creating the 2D Game Space Busters	p. 56
Summary	p. 67
References	p. 68
Mobile 3D Graphics (M3G) API	p. 69
Overview of the M3G API	p. 69
Structure of M3G API Classes	p. 70
Rendering with Graphics3D	p. 72
Scene Graph-Related Classes	p. 79
Type-Specific Nodes	p. 87
Loader and World Classes	p. 102
Rendering with Immediate and Retained Modes	p. 104
Summary	p. 130
References	p. 130
Mobile 3D Graphics (M3G) Part II	p. 131
Vertex and Index Buffers	p. 131
Appearance (javax.microedition.m3g.Appearance)	p. 137
PolygonMode (javax.microedition.m3g.PolygonMode)	p. 143
Animation	p. 159
MorphingMesh	p. 168
SkinnedMesh	p. 182
Summary	p. 199
References	p. 200
Transformations	p. 201
Mathematical Background	p. 202
Computer Graphics Transformations	p. 215
Transformations in M3G	p. 221
Transform (javax.microedition.m3g.Transform)	p. 222
Summary	p. 224
References	p. 224
Space Busters 3D	p. 225
Space Busters 3D Design	p. 225
Art Creation	p. 227
Programming Space Busters 3D	p. 237
Representing the Player	p. 246
Attacking Enemies	p. 246
Collisions Between Bullets and Enemies	p. 248
Enemies in Space Busters 3D	p. 250
Summary	p. 266
References	p. 267
The First Person Shooter: Savage	p. 269
Savage Game Design	p. 270
Programming the Game Savage	p. 274
The MIDlet Class	p. 274
The Canvas Class	p. 275
The Game Initialization	p. 276
Lights Out!	p. 278
Updating the Game	p. 279
Drawing the Game	p. 282
User Input	p. 284
Restarting the Game	p. 291
A Special Effect	p. 292
Representing the Player	p. 292
The Level	p. 294
The Health Entity	p. 296
The Weapon Entity	p. 296
The SpearEntity to End the Game	p. 298
The Enemy Controller	p. 299
The Enemy	p. 300
The Heads-Up Display (HUD)	p. 307
Detecting Frames Per Second	p. 308
Summary	p. 344
References	p. 346
Networking	p. 347
Generic Connection Framework (GCF)	p. 347
Working with Datagrams	p. 350
Working with HTTP Streams	p. 352
Permission for Network Access	p. 355
Summary	p. 356
References	p. 356
Art Creation for Mobile 3D Games	p. 357
Low Polygon Humanoid Modeling	p. 355
Building the Art for the First Person Shooter (FPS)	p. 368
Building the Art for the Racing Game	p. 376
UV Mapping	p. 377
Baking Textures	p. 382
Baking Light Maps	p. 386
Summary	p. 387
Multiplayer Hover Racing Game	p. 389
Designing with the Multiplayer in Mind	p. 390
Updating the Game	p. 396
Drawing the Game	p. 399
User Input	p. 404
Representing the Player	p. 408
The Camera	p. 410
Keeping Time	p. 412
Starting the Race	p. 413
Summary	p. 447
References	p. 448
Going to Market	p. 449
Testing	p. 449
Digital Signatures and Certification	p. 451
Distributing Your Games	p. 455
Summary	p. 465
References	p. 465
About the CD-ROM	p. 467
Index	p. 469
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