Game and Graphics Programming for IOS and Android with OpenGL ES 2.0

This has been a long journey, challenging at times, but very rewarding in the end. Learn more about OpenGL ES 2 for Android: A Quick-Start Guide: Mario’s also co-authored a book, Beginning Android Games, with Robert Green, which is a a great compliment to the book as it covers additional topics specific to game development and Android. I am again grateful to all of my reviewers, readers, commentators, family and friends, and especially my managing editor, Susannah Davidson Pfalzer, and the rest of the team at the Pragmatic Bookshelf for taking on my book and being so supportive and helpful along the way, and Mario Zechner for his great feedback and foreword. If you can program in Java and you have a creative vision that you’d like to share with the world, then this is the book for you. It’s never been a better time to learn how to create your own 3D games and live wallpaper for Android.

Everything you learn is forward-compatible with the just-released OpenGL ES 3, and you can even apply these techniques to other platforms, such as iOS or HTML5 WebGL.Īndroid is now on top of the market, with millions of devices shipping every day. You won’t just learn about a feature you’ll also understand how it works, and why it works the way it does. As you read this book, you’ll learn each new concept from first principles.

OpenGL can be somewhat of a dark art to the uninitiated. Have you ever wanted to learn more about OpenGL and graphics programming? With OpenGL ES 2 for Android: A Quick-Start Guide, you’ll learn about modern OpenGL graphics programming from the ground up. You’ll find out all about shaders and the OpenGL pipeline, and discover the power of OpenGL ES 2.0, which is much more feature-rich than its predecessor.

OpenGL ES 2 for Android is now in full color print!

Game and Graphics Programming for IOS and Android with OpenGL ES 2.0