PlayStation Mobile Development Cookbook

PlayStation Mobile Development Cookbook

By : Michael Fleischauer

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PlayStation Mobile Development Cookbook

By: Michael Fleischauer

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Overview of this book

With the PlayStation¬ÆMobile SDK you can create stunning games for the PlayStation¬ÆVita and PlayStation‚Ñ¢Certified devices (PS Certified devices). It includes everything you need to get started, including an IDE for developing your code and even an emulator to test your creations. "PlayStation¬ÆMobile Development Cookbook"| is an exciting and practical collection of recipes that help you make the most of this exciting new platform. It provides you with everything you need to create complete 2D or 3D games and applications that fully unlock the potential of the SDK. After quickly covering the basics, you'll learn how to utilize input sources like touch, gamepads, and motion controls, and then move on to more advanced content like creating and animating 2D graphics, networking, playing sound effects and music, adding physics, and then finally jumping into the world of 3D.

PlayStationMobile Development Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

Free Chapter

Getting Started

Introduction

Accessing the PlayStation Mobile portal

Installing the PlayStation Mobile SDK

Creating a simple game loop

Loading, displaying, and translating a textured image

"Hello World" drawing text on an image

Deploying to PlayStation Mobile certified Android devices

Deploying to a PlayStation Vita

Manipulating an image dynamically

Working with the filesystem

Handling system events

Controlling Your PlayStation Mobile Device

Introduction

Handling the controller's d-pad and buttons

Using the Input2 wrapper class

Using the analog joysticks

Handling touch events

Using the motion sensors

Creating onscreen controls for devices without gamepads

Configuring an Android application to use onscreen controls

Graphics with GameEngine2D

Introduction

A game loop, GameEngine2D style

Creating scenes

Adding a sprite to a scene

Creating a sprite sheet

Using a sprite sheet in code

Batching a sprite with SpriteLists

Manipulating a texture's pixels

Creating a 2D particle system

Performing Actions with GameEngine2D

Introduction

Handling updates with Scheduler

Working with the ActionManager object

Using predefined actions

Transitioning between scenes

Simple collision detection

Playing background music

Playing sound effects

Working with Physics2D

Introduction

Creating a simple simulation with gravity

Switching between dynamic and kinematic

Creating a (physics!) joint

Applying force and picking a physics scene object

Querying if a collision occurred

Rigid body collision shapes

Building and using an external library

Working with GUIs

Introduction

"Hello World" – HighLevel.UI style

Using the UI library within a GameEngine2D application

Creating and using hierarchies of widgets

Creating a UI visually using UIComposer

Displaying a MessageBox dialog

Handling touch gestures and using UI effects

Handling language localization

Into the Third Dimension

Introduction

Creating a simple 3D scene

Displaying a textured 3D object

Implementing a simple camera system

A fragment (pixel) shader in action

A vertex shader in action

Adding lighting to your scene

Using an offscreen frame buffer to take a screenshot

Working with the Model Library

Introduction

Importing a 3D model for use in PlayStation Mobile

Loading and displaying a 3D model

Using BasicProgram to perform texture and shader effects

Controlling lighting using BasicProgram

Animating a model

Handling multiple animations

Using bones to add a sword to our animated model

Finishing Touches

Introduction

Opening and loading a web browser

Socket-based client and server networking

Accessing (Twitter) data over the network using REST and HttpWebRequest

Copying and pasting using Clipboard

Embedding and retrieving a resource from the application assembly

Configuring your application using PublishingUtility

Creating downloadable content (DLC) for your application

Publishing Your Application

Introduction

Index

Customer Reviews

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Deploying to a PlayStation Vita

In this recipe, we will configure a PS Vita to be used with PSM Studio. Running on a PS Vita device requires a developer license, which you can purchase in the PSM portal.

Getting ready

You will need to have installed the PlayStation Mobile SDK to have the required Vita drivers installed. If you did not install the drivers as part of the install process, under a default install they are available at C:\Program Files (x86)\SCE\PSM\tools\vita\driver. Obviously you will need to have a PS Vita and a USB cable. You will need a project to run on your Vita; load either one of the examples we created earlier or one of the examples from the SDK.

How to do it...

Before you can run on your Vita, you need to install the Development Assistant from the PS Store. Load the PS Store application on your PS Vita device, and then click on the ... button in the bottom-right corner of the screen. Select Download List. Scroll down and select PlayStation Mobile Development Assistant and click on Download. The application will be downloaded and installed.
The PS Mobile Development application icon will now be available on your Vita. If you haven't already, connect your Vita to your PC using the USB cable. If prompted, allow it to install the driver.
On your Vita, run the PS Suite SDK application.
Make sure that your application has been added to the Registered App Key Ring list (see previous recipe for details).
Load up PSM Studio and load a solution to run on your Vita. Now open the Project | PlayStation Suite Device Target | PS Vita menu item. If your PS Vita doesn't show up, select Refresh Device List... and try again. The device will show as off, if the Development Assistant isn't running.
Run your application using either the F5 key or the Run | Start Debugging menu item.

There's more...

Be careful while connecting the USB cable to your Vita. For some unfathomable reason, you can easily put it in upside down! If you aren't getting a connection to your device, be sure to check if your cable is in upside down mode! I thought my Vita was broken the first time I encountered this, as I left it charging, or at least I thought I did. When I came back and it was completely dead, it took a few minutes of head-scratching until I figured out what was wrong.

PlayStation Mobile Development Cookbook

By : Michael Fleischauer

PlayStation Mobile Development Cookbook

By: Michael Fleischauer

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