Hi there, and welcome to the world of Android game development. My name is Mario; I’ll be your
guide for the next fourteen chapters. You came here to learn about game development on
Android, and I hope to be the person who enables you to realize your ideas.
Together we’ll cover quite a range of materials and topics: Android basics, audio and
graphics programming, a little math and physics, and a scary thing called OpenGL ES. Based on
all this knowledge we’ll develop three different games, one even being 3D.
Game programming can be easy if you know what you’re doing. Therefore I’ve tried to
present the material in a way that not only gives you helpful code snippets to reuse, but actually
shows you the big picture of game development. Understanding the underlying principles is the
key to tackling ever more complex game ideas. You’ll not only be able to write games similar to
the ones developed over the course of this book, but you’ll also be equipped with enough
knowledge to go to the Web or the bookstore and take on new areas of game development on
your own.
