Android game development where to start

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So, I've been getting into App development in Android using Xamarin with the Visual Studio IDE but now I want to venture into the world of game app development

Where do I start? I should be able to keep using VS right?
or do I need to move over to a game IDE such as Unreal Engine or something similar?

Completly new to game app dev so any help is greatly appreciated!

Im planning on making 2d games at most, no 3d stuff, I want to keep thing simple!

What I have tried:

Googleing about the subject searching for stuff such as Xamarin game development, android game development etc

Posted 4-Mar-16 23:26pm

devonJones

Updated 4-Mar-16 23:35pm

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-04T23:35:00

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I won't recommend Xamarin as a game development engine, because just to make things work in Xamarin, you are again going to ask for help from another tool.

Instead, I would recommend that you get a game development engine. Unreal, Unity or any other, doesn't matter. As long as that framework supports Android, it would do the job. Unreal and Unity do support C#, Unity supports it natively whereas Unreal uses Mono for development because it is a C++ based engine.

Anyways, read my previous answers that may help you to get started in this.

Tutorial in Game Development[^]
Selling items in Android Game[^]
How to animate a charater in Unity 3D (running game)[^]
Need help in android development[^]

Posted 4-Mar-16 23:35pm

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

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devonJones 5-Mar-16 5:39am

How hard is it to learn game development comparing to app developing would you say? And thanks for all the info, its really amazing! I will check unity out :D

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 5-Mar-16 5:46am

Web development is like learning ABC and application development is like learning sentence construction, game development would be to write an essay.

devonJones 5-Mar-16 5:57am

Wow.. alright, I wonder how much I will learn in 3 months of coding atleast 4-6 hours a day, this is going to be fun!

devonJones 5-Mar-16 6:09am

Also, when creatinga game in Unity, does the code apply for all platforms such as pc/android etc? i.e if I follow a guide that is on creating a ga 2d game on pc, will I be able to run it on a android as long as I create it with c# and unity?

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 5-Mar-16 6:49am

Yes, you would just have to compile the project for different platforms using their SDK and binaries.

devonJones 5-Mar-16 6:51am

That made things alot more simple! Thank you!

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 5-Mar-16 6:54am

Can you also mark the post as answer? :-)