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Posted by Jace Galloway
Jace Galloway
1,464 Points

I have an idea for a game but no idea where to start

I'm almost done with the Android learning adventure and although I have learned a lot I have something very specific in mind and am having troubling finding out what I need to know to learn how to make it happen. It's a Trading Card Game basically with battling mechanics and trading features, but right now seems unobtainable without knowing where to start and what to learn specifically as well as learning as much as possible of course. Any clues or ideas I would be much appreciative of them. Thanks in advance.

3 Answers

J. T.
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J. T.
Courses Plus Student 582 Points
J. T.
J. T.
Courses Plus Student 582 Points

try android game resources and see if you can find source code for similar games on repos like github.

Ryan Caldwell
Ryan Caldwell
1,465 Points

Look up and learn about programming a "State Machine" this is basically what a game is built on. The book HTML5 Canvas from Oreilly has some great chapters on building a game loop...can be applied to any programming language

J. T.
J. T.
Courses Plus Student 582 Points

Thanks for sharing. I've never heard of a state machine before. Interesting stuff!

Kai Aldag
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Kai Aldag
Courses Plus Student 13,560 Points
Kai Aldag
Kai Aldag
Courses Plus Student 13,560 Points

thanks for posting this i was also wondering where to learn iOS and android games.

Ben Jakuben
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Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

Just wanted to let you all know that this is something we hope to cover in the future! We don't have any true game developers on staff right now but this has been asked for a lot.

For Android in the mean time, check out this book from Apress: Beginning Android 4 Games Development. It looks pretty good for 2D and 3D gaming. It might not exactly apply to your

Here's another tutorial that might help. Again, it doesn't exactly apply, but maybe these can help you down your path of research: http://www.edureka.in/blog/how-to-create-android-games-blackjack/

Do let us know when you create something so we can check it out! :smiley: