Android Breakout v1.0.2
This is a fork
This is a fork of fadden/android-breakout v1.0.2 imported as Android Studio project with Android Breakout game recorder patch applied.
Overview
(This was previously hosted on code.google.com.)
This is an Android implementation of the classic brick-breaking game. This is intended primarily as sample code, providing an example of a simple but complete game.
Some of what you'll find in the sources:
- Use of OpenGL ES 2.0 for a 2D game, including flat-shaded and texture-mapped elements.
- Smooth animation that doesn't require a fixed device refresh rate (game state advances according to how much time has elapsed since the previous draw).
- Use of GLSurfaceView, with correct handling of multiple threads.
- Interaction with the Android application framework, including game state save & restore on Activity pause/resume, and handling of screen rotation.
- Forwarding of touch events to the game loop.
- GL rendering of locale-specific anti-aliased text. (A rudimentary Spanish translation is included.)
- Sound effect generation and playback.
- Separation of core game logic from Android-specific elements.
- Configurable skill levels, saved preferences, and saved high score.
- Two-panel user interface that rearranges for landscape vs. portrait.
- Basic 2D collision detection.
- All code is in Java -- no native code in the app.
The game works well on tablets but it's hard to play on phones because of the smaller display size.
Updates
v1.0.1 (2012/12/07) - fixed a bug that could make it impossible to win
v1.0.2 (2013/06/18) - minor efficiency improvements
Additional Features
Some other things that could be added:
- Cloud storage for preferences and scores.
- Use of fancier GL features, like Vertex Buffer Objects, to improve rendering efficiency.
- Better configuration UI. Could be more attractive, work better on phone-sized devices.
- Custom app icon.