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Creating Mobile Games: Using Java ME Platform to Put the Fun Into Your Mobile Device and Cell Phone
Contributor(s): Hamer, Carol (Author)
ISBN: 1590598806     ISBN-13: 9781590598801
Publisher: Apress
OUR PRICE:   $52.24  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2007
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Annotation: "Creating Mobile Games: Using Java ME Platform to Put the Fun into Your Mobile Device and Cell Phone" is a practical build-it-yourself mobile Java games book with lots of complete working code and advice: Shows you how to create a basic game and make it a professional one (by adding a pro look-and-feel by writing your own menus or using the open source J2ME Polish, and enabling marketing/billing from your own web site) Demonstrates Wireless Messaging and other optional APIs (using SMS, PIM, File Connection, Bluetooth, and so forth in a multiplayer game) Covers the new MIDP3 What you'll learn Start using the MIDP2 and MIDP3 in the newly open sourced Java ME Games API. Add a truly professional look-and-feel to your Java ME games. Use threads, tones, and other media. Store and retrieve data and enable networking. Create advanced interactive messaging with optional APIs for multiplayer gaming. Explore a complete business model for independent developers (distributing their own games) as well as for larger companies. Who is this book for?

Software engineers with some knowledge of Java who would like to switch to MicroEdition programming, particularly games Related Titles Pro J2ME Polish: Open Source Wireless Java Tools Suite Beginning J2ME: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition Pro Java ME MMAPI: Mobile Media API for Java Micro Edition

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Programming Languages - Java
- Computers | Programming - Games
- Computers | Data Processing
Dewey: 794.815
LCCN: 2008272668
Series: Technology in Action
Physical Information: 0.97" H x 7.1" W x 9.24" (1.53 lbs) 415 pages
 
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Creating Mobile Games: Using Java ME Platform to Put the Fun into Your Mobile Device and Cell Phone is a practical build-it-yourself mobile Java games book with lots of complete working code and advice:

  • Shows you how to create a basic game and make it a professional one (by adding a pro look-and-feel by writing your own menus or using the open source J2ME Polish, and enabling marketing/billing from your own web site)
  • Demonstrates Wireless Messaging and other optional APIs (using SMS, PIM, File Connection, Bluetooth, and so forth in a multiplayer game)
  • Covers MIDP3