Since my previous post, the official development environment for Android changed from Eclipse (with a plugin) to Android Studio. The Sprite Fun game I made still works — if anything maybe it�...
https://bittyjava.wordpress.com/2016/10/12/sprite-fun-updated/
A little background: My dad taught me some basic programming back in the 70’s when I was 8 or 9 years old. And when I say basic, I mean really basic Basic — entirely text-based, using “go...
https://bittyjava.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/beginner-programming-example-for-kids-with-android/
I like to run my Minecraft server from a cron job so that I can have a script check once a minute if it’s running (and restart if if necessary, without any manual intervention). But that make...
I’m usually more interested in implementing video games than in anaylzing video game design, but I think the success of Minecraft alongside the failure of Lego Universe provide a really interes...
As I said the other day, I started my space explorer game by trying out a bunch of different ways to animate the rocketship flying through space. (I’ve bundled all the source code and resourc...
https://bittyjava.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/experimenting-with-blackberry-graphics/
At JavaRanch (a friendly place for Java greenhorns), they’ve just added a new BlackBerry forum! And as an opening event, they’re doing a promotion where you can win a copy of my book Learn ...
https://bittyjava.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/blackberry-on-javaranch/
When I first started programming for BlackBerry, one of the things that struck me as most odd was the two completely independent graphics APIs. For MIDlets, there’s javax.microedition.lcdui.G...
I’ve got some BlackBerry posts coming up, but first I’d like to say a few words about why I haven’t posted anything in six months. There are two reasons: I don’t like Windows OS. I’...
So, my new book — written with co-author Andrew Davison — is done and ready to go! Have a look at the book’s website to get an idea of what you’ll see: Chapter 1. Gaming on BlackBerry! Ch...
https://bittyjava.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/learn-blackberry-games-development/
When doing a software QA project, you have to be ready to set up and design tests in a variety of different programming (and scripting) languages — to best integrate the automated tests with th...