JAVA FOR ANDROID GAMES DEVELOPMENT - LEVEL 4 ONLINE COURSE

THE JAVA FOR ANDROID GAMES DEVELOPMENT COURSE CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING LESSONS:

Lesson 1 - Getting Started

The following topics are covered: Introduction to Android Studio; Introduction To Java; Arithmetic & Logical Operations; Looping; Using Java Methods; Drawing On The Screen; Incorporating Sound Effects; Lesson Review & Quiz; and Assignment 1 – Coding Exercises.

Lesson 2 - Anatomy of a Game

The following topics are covered: Introduction; Preparation; Creating The User Interface; Processing Screen Touches; Lesson Review & Quiz; and Assignment 2 – Find The Submarine Game.

Lesson 3 - Object Orientated Programming

The following topics are covered: Introduction; Classes and Objects (1); Classes and Objects (2); Starting The Ping Pong Game; The Game Loop; The Ball Class; The Bat Class; Handling Collisions; Lesson Review & Quiz; and Assignment 3 – Updating The Ping Pong Game.

Lesson 4 - Working with Arrays

The following topics are covered: Introduction; Creating Arrays; The Commando Game; Adding Bitmap Graphics & Timing; Lesson Review & Quiz; and Assignment 4 – Shooting Gallery.

Lesson 5 - The Hungry Caterpillar Game

The following topics are covered: Introduction; Getting Started; The Game Engine; The Caterpillar Class; The Lettuce Class; Lesson review & Quiz; and Assignment 5 – Hungry Caterpillar Plus.

Lesson 6 - The Space Wars Game V1

The following topics are covered: Introduction; Getting Started With Space Wars; The GameState Class; Building the HUD Class; Getting Things Moving; A Particle System Explosion; Lesson Review & Quiz; and Assignment 6 – Shoot The Spaceship.

Lesson 7 – The Space Wards Game V2

The following topics are covered: Introduction; The Game Objects; Coding the Object Specifications; The Component Interfaces & Classes; The Transform Class; The GameObject Class; The GameObjectFactory Class; Tying Up Loose Ends; Lesson Review & Quiz; and Assignment 7 – Switching Backgrounds.

Lesson 8 – The Space Wars Game V3

The following topics are covered: Introduction; The Alien Components; Using the Alien Components; Detecting Collisions; Lesson Review & Quiz; and Assignment 8 – Adding Multiple Levels.