This document provides an overview of mobile game application frameworks. It discusses Stencyl, Game Salad, and Corona SDK. Stencyl is highlighted as the choice for 2D mobile game development due to its easy block snapping interface, minimal coding requirements, intuitive drag and drop designer, support for publishing to major platforms, and ability to handle 80% of game functions without extra coding.

1. Mobile Game
Application
Development
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Course Instructor : Muhd Basheer
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2. Chapter 1
Mobile Game Application
Frameworks
(Part I)
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3. Lesson Objectives
• Describe basic architecture of a 3rd party
mobile apps framework.Architecture
• List the various types of 3rd party mobile apps
framework currently available.Types
• Identify the specific uses of these 3rd party
mobile apps framework.Uses

4. Why develop mobile games?
1. Increasing mobile apps trend
2. Large market share of mobile games
3. Increasing number of app downloads
4. Chance to earn through app monetization
5. Trains logical problem solving skills
6. Boosts creativity

5. Conventional Programming vs
3rd Party Frameworks

6. Conventional Programming vs
3rd Party Frameworks
CONVENTIONAL PROGRAMMING
•Code has to be typed line by line
•Possible syntax errors
•Code is not readily available all the
time
•Complexity scales up for apps with
more complex functions
3RD PARTY FRAMEWORKS
•Easy drag and drop interface
•Intuitive snapping of pre-
programmed blocks
•Easy customizable blocks are
readily available to form different
behaviors

7. 3rd Party Mobile Game Apps
Framework

8. Stencyl
Download this game from Play Store for
Android device,
1. Singapore Coin Game
2. Smokey Dokey

9. What is Stencyl?
A desktop and mobile game creation software, game studio in a box.
(not limited to games)
Intuitive toolset that accelerates your workflow.
Essentials like physics and native APIs are taken care.
Focus on what's important - making your game yours.

10. Stencyl
• With extensive platform support, players will have access to your game
no matter where they are. Today, they officially support:
• Flash, HTML,iOS, Android, Windows, Mac
Design once,
Play anywhere
• Sell Your Game App Store, Google play, Chrome Web StoreMake Money
• Sponsored by big names (AppGratis, ArmorGames, Kongregate,
Newgrounds)Seek a sponsorship

11. What is Game Salad?

12. What is Game Salad?
iOS and Android publishing
Physics-in-a-Box, create innovative game mechanics in all
genres
Drag & Drop, importing own image and sound is easy.
Same goes for applying behaviors.
Create complex actions from a long list of basic and
established game behaviors.

13. Game Salad
• Visual drag & drop interface
Create Games
• Utilize GameSalad’s In-App Previewer to test your game logic and
behavior sets.
• Test game on actual target device.
Test Games
• Web publishing system allow for fast and easy cross-platform game
publishing to all supported targets including iPhone,Ipad, Android,
Kindle, Nook, Windows 8 and MAC.
• Publish games instantly to GameSalad Arcade.
Publish Games

14. Corona SDK

15. What is Corona SDK?
2D mobile apps development platform
Build games, eBooks, educational and business apps
Corona’s extensive API library enables everything, from animation
to networking
Development done in LUA, easy to learn scripting language.

16. Corona SDK
• Publishing on major platforms such as iOS , Android, Kindle Fire
and NOOK from a single code base
Publish to all
major platforms
• Built on industry standards including OpenGL, Box2D, Facebook,
SQLite and much more.
Build on industry
standards
• Community Support – Filled with developers offering tips, sharing
code and lending a hand
• 3rd Party Tools that complement Corona SDK and provide extra
functionality
Corona’s
Ecosystem

17. Comparison of 3rd party
Mobile Game Apps Frameworks
Stencyl
• Easy block snapping interface
• Minimal coding involved
GameSalad
• Drag and drop, no coding
• Limitation lies in no coding
Corona SDK
• Involve more coding
• Develop wide range of apps

18. Choosing the 2D Mobile
Game Development Platform
• 80% of game functions do
not require extra coding
• Logical intuitive game
development
• Easy to use drag and drop
designer interface
• Provides extensions for
advanced game
development
• Publish to all major desktop
& mobile platforms
Stencyl
as our
choice!

19. Questions?