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OUYA Game Development by Example

By : John Donovan
Book Image

OUYA Game Development by Example

By: John Donovan

Overview of this book

The OUYA console and development kit gives you the power to publish video games for the players, creating a console marketplace of the gamers, for the gamers, and by the gamers. Using the OUYA developer kit and the Unity3D game engine, even beginners with a captivating game idea can bring it to life with a hint of imagination. OUYA Game Development by Example uses a series of feature-based, step-by-step tutorials that teach beginners how to integrate essential elements into a game engine and then combine them to form a polished gaming experience.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
OUYA Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – downloading Java, the Android SDK, and the ODK


The first component we'll need is the Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Engine (JRE) to handle the Java-side of the OUYA console. Because these are common packages, you may already have them installed on your computer; to check this, open a command line (Command Prompt in Windows or Terminal in Mac) and type the command javac -version. If a version number is displayed, skip over step one of this section and move on to downloading the Android ADT bundle. If you receive an error message that reads "command not found", continue with these steps to install the JDK and JRE.

  1. Download and install the JDK and JRE, both of which are available on the Oracle website at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.

    The download links will be in the middle of the page, as shown in the following screenshot, with a Server JRE download button between them that you can ignore:

  2. Once you've downloaded and run the...