Game Dev Archives - Petamind https://petaminds.com/category/game-dev/ A.I, Data and Software Engineering Tue, 05 Oct 2021 06:07:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://petaminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ic_launcher.png Game Dev Archives - Petamind https://petaminds.com/category/game-dev/ 32 32 Welcome 2021 with some fun https://petaminds.com/welcome-2021-with-some-fun/ https://petaminds.com/welcome-2021-with-some-fun/#respond Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:58:06 +0000 https://petaminds.com/?p=2878 Wonder how these kids are doing now? Their answers are brilliantly fun. Some are typical examples of out of box thinking and it is really good for creativity. Imagination is more important than knowledge Albert Einstein Image credits: Douglass Source: msxlabs.org Source: librarything.com

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]]> https://petaminds.com/welcome-2021-with-some-fun/feed/ 0 Material Design — Custom Alert Dialog https://petaminds.com/material-design-custom-alert-dialog/ https://petaminds.com/material-design-custom-alert-dialog/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2020 22:24:06 +0000 https://petaminds.com/?p=2871 Google did an amazing job to promote material design. However there is not many articles about how to quickly style the custom dialog. So, we will cover some missing stuff here. Prerequisites Add material design dependency in Gradle file: Make sure your AppTheme inherited from a material theme like: Customization Dialogs inform users about a task and can contain critical […]

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]]> https://petaminds.com/material-design-custom-alert-dialog/feed/ 1 Ping the pong redev video tutorial https://petaminds.com/ping-the-pong-redev-video-tutorial/ https://petaminds.com/ping-the-pong-redev-video-tutorial/#respond Sat, 19 Sep 2020 00:40:08 +0000 https://petaminds.com/?p=2710 Following up the article “RE-DEV THE FIRST VIDEO GAME PONG WITH SURFACEVIEW AND GAMELOOP”, here is the video tutorial for another version of the Ping game. What is new? Improve the GUI Better collision handling Challenges The source code for the project is not fully provided but you can always get the code from the […]

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]]> https://petaminds.com/ping-the-pong-redev-video-tutorial/feed/ 0 re-dev the first video game pong with SurfaceView and gameloop https://petaminds.com/re-dev-the-first-video-game-pong-with-surfaceview-and-gameloop/ https://petaminds.com/re-dev-the-first-video-game-pong-with-surfaceview-and-gameloop/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2020 02:21:56 +0000 https://petaminds.com/?p=2688 In this article, we recreate the two-player game Pong – the first arcade video game 1972 – for Android using Kotlin. We will implement the game SurfaceView, game loop design pattern, and code optimization for better performance. Game loop Game loop is a common design pattern in game development. It is already integrated into different […]

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]]> https://petaminds.com/re-dev-the-first-video-game-pong-with-surfaceview-and-gameloop/feed/ 1 Basic shapes collision detection without complicated maths https://petaminds.com/basic-shapes-collision-detection-without-complicated-maths/ https://petaminds.com/basic-shapes-collision-detection-without-complicated-maths/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2020 09:01:12 +0000 https://petaminds.com/?p=2673 This article demonstrates the collision between square, circle, and points using Android Kotlin. We will focus on the programming aspect rather than using complicated mathematical equations. A video tutorial is at the end of the article. Two rectangle collision Using complicated math for rectangle collision is not always necessary. Java and Kotlin offer a convenient […]

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]]> https://petaminds.com/basic-shapes-collision-detection-without-complicated-maths/feed/ 0 Touch me if you can (V.0.1)- Hero vs monsters game https://petaminds.com/touch-me-if-you-can-v-0-1-hero-vs-monsters-game/ https://petaminds.com/touch-me-if-you-can-v-0-1-hero-vs-monsters-game/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2020 07:30:12 +0000 https://petaminds.com/?p=2661 This is a (very) simple JAVA implementation of the game “hero vs monsters” as part of the year 1 BSE lab. The implementation is mainly for demonstrating the custom view and touch event. Video tutorial is at the end of the article. The UI it will be a very simple UI with only one view […]

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]]> https://petaminds.com/touch-me-if-you-can-v-0-1-hero-vs-monsters-game/feed/ 0 Break your nails with TIMER BOMB DEFUSAL game https://petaminds.com/break-your-nails-with-timer-bomb-defusal-game/ https://petaminds.com/break-your-nails-with-timer-bomb-defusal-game/#respond Sun, 16 Aug 2020 00:46:27 +0000 https://petaminds.com/?p=2641 Are you fast and durable enough to defuse a deadly bomb? Let try to create the bomb defusal game with Android Studio and Kotlin! Video tutorial is at the end of the post. The mechanic Players need to click as fast as they can to beat the speed of the timer bomb. When the progress […]

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]]> https://petaminds.com/break-your-nails-with-timer-bomb-defusal-game/feed/ 0 Redesign A boring game to an extreme https://petaminds.com/redesign-a-boring-game-to-an-extreme/ https://petaminds.com/redesign-a-boring-game-to-an-extreme/#respond Sat, 25 Jul 2020 11:14:50 +0000 https://petaminds.com/?p=2558 Boring or fun is quite subjective while talking about gaming. However, by applying proper design principles, we can put most players in an intended experience even for a very simple game. This article will demonstrate some tricks to achieve that. Video tutorial is at the end of the post. What is the game 🤔 It […]

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]]> https://petaminds.com/redesign-a-boring-game-to-an-extreme/feed/ 0 Create a trainable chatbot with java https://petaminds.com/how-to-create-a-simple-trainable-chatbot-with-java/ https://petaminds.com/how-to-create-a-simple-trainable-chatbot-with-java/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2020 02:12:20 +0000 https://petaminds.com/?p=2356 A chatbot is a software application used to conduct an on-line chat conversation via text or text-to-speech, in lieu of providing direct contact with a live human agent. This article will demonstrate a short fun coding piece to simulate a chatbot. Its objectives are: Accept input from the console as a string and give an answer If the bot cannot find […]

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]]> https://petaminds.com/how-to-create-a-simple-trainable-chatbot-with-java/feed/ 0 A really Cool data visualization: 3d globe in 2d space https://petaminds.com/a-really-cool-data-visualization-3d-globe-in-2d-space/ https://petaminds.com/a-really-cool-data-visualization-3d-globe-in-2d-space/#comments Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:43:30 +0000 https://petaminds.com/?p=1752 While generating data in 3d space for manifold learning, I went across a problem of distributing points evenly on a sphere. It is a non-trivial problem but found a good enough solution for such placement. Interestingly, it ends up with a really cool animation effect when I decided to implement it on a mobile app. […]

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