Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
6
Chapter
Learning Gravity, Basic
Physics, and Camera
Controls: An Angry
Birds-like Game, Part I
Unless you spent the past two years on a deserted island, you must have heard
about Angry Birds. Angry Birds is one of the biggest success stories among
game developers. This small, simple, but very addictive game is a worldwide
phenomenon. First released on iOS in 2009, Angry Birds has been downloaded
more than 300 million times on multiple platforms and logs more than one
million hours of game time each day.
In the next two chapters, I will cover the development of a similar game in
GameSalad. Then it will be up to you to find the next Angry Birds success with a
game you design with GameSalad.
If you are not familiar with the gameplay, you can download a free version of
Angry Birds from the App Store. Alternatively, you can play in a Firefox web
browser or on Facebook.
As mentioned, the gameplay is simple but yet efficient. Using a slingshot, you
throw birds at pigs on the other side of the scene. The goal is to destroy all pigs.
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