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PlayStation Mobile Development Cookbook

By : Michael Fleischauer
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PlayStation Mobile Development Cookbook

By: Michael Fleischauer

Overview of this book

With the PlayStation®Mobile SDK you can create stunning games for the PlayStation®Vita and PlayStation™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®Mobile 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.

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PlayStation Mobile Development Cookbook
Michael Fleischauer
Mar, 2013 | 322 pages
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
PlayStationMobile Development Cookbook
PlayStationMobile Development Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Getting Started
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
2
Controlling Your PlayStation Mobile Device
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
3
Graphics with GameEngine2D
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
4
Performing Actions with GameEngine2D
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
5
Working with Physics2D
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
6
Working with GUIs
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
7
Into the Third Dimension
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
8
Working with the Model Library
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
9
Finishing Touches
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
Publishing Your Application
Introduction
Index
Index

Creating a sprite sheet

In this recipe, we are going to create a sprite sheet using the freely available TexturePacker application.

Getting ready

Head over to http://bit.ly/Nm0lUd and download TexturePacker. It is available for Window, Mac OS, and Ubuntu. This recipe uses the Windows version. The sprites used in this example can be downloaded from http://bit.ly/T3odB5. Run through the install and then run TexturePackerGUI. When prompted, select Use Essential to enable the basic free version.

We are going to create a 256 x 128 sprite sheet using these seven individual 64 x 64 pixel frames of animation, as shown in the following diagram:

How to do it...

  1. Select Edit | Add Sprites, as shown in the following screenshot:

  2. In the resulting dialog box, Ctrl + left-click to select our seven sprites in order and then click on Open.

  3. By default, it will load the sprites to fit as tightly in the sprite sheet as possible. If we want to pack in a grid four sprites widely instead, in the Texture Settings panel...

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