How to start developing a social multi-player game on android

Question

I'd be very keen to know how to develop a social game on android which includes 2 or more than 2 players. Let's say chess..for example or scrabble.How to begin? Are there any online resources or tutorials available on this subject?

Answer 1

The best resource out there is Google's Android developer guide: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/index.html

This not only gives you an explanation for all the major classes of the android sdk, it also gives you tutorials into things such as reading from contacts (specifically the "content providers" section).

As for sockets, I don't think there is anything special with Android's Java implementation for that, you should just be able to find any Java socket tutorial and use that.

Answer 2

我认为这是一篇有关编写Android游戏的好文章： Android游戏开发入门

Answer 3

Yup Skiller is a really cool social and multiplayer SDK. (you can download from here: http://www.skiller-games.com ) Also, you will need some kind of framework or a graphic environment, i recommend AndEngine which works for me, but you can use box2D (which rumor has it that it is being used in Angry Birds).

Good luck.

Answer 4

From my experience there are a couple of social SDKs. One that worked for me is Skiller multiplayer SDK. They take care of the multiplayer protocol and server side so you dont need to mess with this part and only handle the game logic. Currently they support only 2 player multiplayer games which was fine for my game and probably will satisfy your chess game but they said that they will release massive multiplayer SDK soon as well.

Good luck with the game.