The callback methods of the engine class are the ones that will finally control the player machine and check for collisions. They will also be responsible for what happens when a level has finished its fading out transition. We could also have checked for the winning conditions here, but have chosen to do it inside the OnUpdate
method of the game class. You see that there is no strict rule to it. And that is a good thing!
Monkey Game Development: Beginner's Guide
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Monkey Game Development: Beginner's Guide
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Overview of this book
Monkey is a programming language and toolset that allows its user to develop modern 2D games easily for mobile and other platforms like iOS, Android, HTML5, FLASH, OSX, Windows and XNA. With Monkey you can create best selling games in a matter of weeks, instead of months.Monkey Game Development Beginner's Guide provides easy-to-follow step by step instructions on how to create eight different 2D games and how to deploy them to various platforms and markets. Learning about the structure of Monkey and how everything works together you will quickly create eight classical games and publish them to the modern app markets. Throughout the book you will learn important game development techniques like collision detection, handling player input with mouse, keyboard or touch events and creating challenging computer AI. The author explains how to emit particle effects, play sound and music files, use sprite sheets, load or save high-score tables and handle different device resolutions. Finally you will learn how to monetize your games so you can generate revenue.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Monkey Game Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Monkey—Huh?
Getting to Know your Monkey—a Trip to the Zoo
Game #2, Rocket Commander
Game #3, CometCrusher
Game #4, Chain Reaction
Game #5, Balls Out!
Game #6, At The Docks
Game #7, Air Dogs 1942
Game #8, Treasure Chest
Make Some Money for Bananas
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