Getting started with Forge2D and Flame with Flutter
Getting started with Forge2D and Flame with Flutter

Author: Andrés Cruz Yoris

Publisher: Andres Cruz

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Total Pages: 141

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This guide is intended to take your first steps with Forge 2D using Flame with Flutter; with this, we are going to propose two things: It is not a book that aims to know 100% Forge with Flame, or from zero to expert, since it would be too big an objective for the scope of this guide, otherwise, to know what it offers us, its main characteristics and how apply them to the development of games with 2D physics. It is assumed that the reader has at least basic knowledge in the development of Flame, Flutter and their basic technologies such as Dart. This book has a practical approach, knowing the key aspects of the technology and moving into practice, gradually implementing small features and functionalities that can be adapted to a real game. To follow this book you need to have a computer with Windows, Linux or MacOS. The book is currently in development. This book has a total of 7 chapters, it is recommended that you read in the order in which they are arranged and as we explain the fundamentals of Forge 2D with Flame based on examples; once you master the library, you can consult the sections in any order you want. Chapter 1: We will create a project in Flutter with the basic dependencies necessary to create games with Forge 2D, Flame and Flutter. Chapter 2: We will explain the basic concepts such as what Forge 2D is, bodies, their characteristics and components, applying momentum, speed or forces, body shapes, handling contact between bodies and how to interact with the Forge2D world in general. Chapter 3: We will create several small examples to present one by one the main characteristics and functionalities of Forge2D, we will see in a practical way the concepts presented in the previous chapter. Chapter 4: We will create our first real game in Forge which would be a jumping and horizontal scrolling platform game, we will see how to handle movement, jumping using linear speed in addition to using tile type maps. Chapter 5: We will create a second game where we will implement functionalities similar to Angry Birds such as positioning a bird, moving the bird in a specific radius using the drag event and adding impulses based on a resulting vector between the origin and final position. Chapter 6: We will create a third game where we will implement functionalities similar to Pinball, adding a ball, creating obstacles, creating an arm and implementing a moving goal. Chapter 7: We will create a fourth Pong-style game in which it consists of creating walls, a couple of bars and tilting the bars and walls according to the angle of impact of the ball.

Building Games with Flutter
Building Games with Flutter

Author: Paul Teale

Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd

Published: 2022-06-30

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1801813663

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Build a complete game from start to finish using Flutter and Flame while getting acquainted with each building block in game design along the way Key FeaturesBegin your Flutter game development journey with step-by-step instructions and best practicesUnderstand the Flame game engine and its essential elements for making games, sprite animation, tilemaps, and audioBuild enjoyable games with Flutter that can be played across different platformsBook Description With its powerful tools and quick implementation capabilities, Flutter provides a new way to build scalable cross-platform apps. In this book, you'll learn how to build on your knowledge and use Flutter as the foundation for creating games. This game development book takes a hands-on approach to building a complete game from scratch. You'll see how to get started with the Flame library and build a simple animated example to test Flame. You'll then discover how to organize and load images and audio in your Flutter game. As you advance, you'll gain insights into the game loop and set it up for fast and efficient processing. The book also guides you in using Tiled to create maps, add sprites to the maps that the player can interact with, and see how to use tilemap collision to create paths for a player to walk on. Finally, you'll learn how to make enemies more intelligent with artificial intelligence (AI). By the end of the book, you'll have gained the confidence to build fun multiplatform games with Flutter. What you will learnDiscover the Flame engine and how to use it in game programming in FlutterOrganize the graphics and sounds used in your gameAnimate a sprite in your games and detect when the player collides with tilesRun the game as a web page and desktop appExpand our player control with key navigationBuild your first game and make your enemies more intelligent with AI for gamesWho this book is for If you are a Flutter developer looking to apply your Flutter programming skills to games development, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of Dart will assist with understanding the concepts covered.

Primeros pasos con Forge2D y Flame con Flutter
Primeros pasos con Forge2D y Flame con Flutter

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Publisher: Andres Cruz

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Total Pages: 143

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Esta guía tiene la finalidad de dar los primeros pasos con Forge 2D empleando Flame con Flutter; con esto, vamos a plantear dos cosas: No es un libro que tenga por objetivo conocer al 100% Forge con Flame, o de cero a experto, ya que, sería un objetivo demasiado grande para el alcance de esta guía, si no, conocer que nos ofrece, sus principales características y cómo aplicarlas al desarrollo de juegos con físicas en 2D. Se da por hecho de que el lector tiene conocimientos al menos básicos en el desarrollo de Flame, Flutter y sus tecnologías básicas como Dart. Este libro tiene un enfoque práctico, conociendo los aspectos claves de la tecnología y pasando a la práctica, implementando de a poco pequeñas características y funcionalidades que pueden ser adaptadas a un juego real. Para seguir este libro necesitas tener una computadora con Windows, Linux o MacOS. El libro se encuentra actualmente en desarrollo. Este libro tiene un total de 7 capítulos, se recomienda que leas en el orden en el cual están dispuestos y a medida que vayamos explicando los fundamentos de Forge 2D con Flame en base a ejemplos; una vez domines la librería, puedes consultar las secciones en el orden que desees. Capítulo 1: Crearemos un proyecto en Flutter con las dependencias básicas necesarias para crear juegos con Forge 2D, Flame y Flutter. Capítulo 2: Explicaremos los conceptos básicos como qué es Forge 2D, los cuerpos, sus características y componentes, aplicar impulso, velocidad o fuerzas, formas de los cuerpos, manejar el contacto entre cuerpos y cómo interactuar con el mundo de Forge2D en general. Capítulo 3: Crearemos vários ejemplos pequeños para ir presentando uno a uno las características principales y funcionalidades de Forge2D, veremos de manera práctica los conceptos presentados en el anterior capítulo. Capítulo 4: Crearemos nuestro primer juego real en Forge que sería un juego de plataformas de saltos y desplazamiento horizontal, veremos cómo manejar el movimiento, saltos empleando la velocidad lineal además de emplear mapas de tipo tile. Capítulo 5: Crearemos un segundo juego en donde implementaremos funcionalidades similares al de Angry Birds como la de posicionar un ave, desplazar el ave en un radio específico mediante el evento drag y agregar impulsos en base a un vector resultante entre el origen y posición final. Capítulo 6: Crearemos un tercer juego en donde implementaremos funcionalidades similares a la de Pinball, agregar una bola, crear obstáculos, crear un brazo e implementar una meta movible. Capítulo 7: Crearemos cuarto juego al estilo Pong en el cual consiste en crear paredes, un par de barras e inclinar las barras y paredes según el ángulo de impacto de la pelota.

Components and animations in Flutter
Components and animations in Flutter

Author: Andres Cruz Yoris

Publisher: Andres Cruz

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Total Pages: 150

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Flutter is a fascinating framework in which we can do everything, this is my fourth book focused on Flutter which proves the point mentioned before; we can create from mobile applications, as were the beginnings, but over time we can go much further, such as creating web and desktop applications for MacOS, Linux, Windows and also games, using technologies such as Flame and/or Forge2D. In this book we want to give a practical approach to development. In Flutter, we know that there are many widgets in Flutter that we can use for our development, but what is truly interesting is the possibility of being able to combine them so that they work together and have a true component that is responsible for perform a task such as displaying a custom header with various shapes, a progress bar, buttons with custom behaviors, etc. In the book we will see several of these developments and with this, we want to achieve a deeper understanding of Flutter, that of creating nested widgets or components which is the term used in the book. We will also address other topics that you will surely consider of interest such as developing applications with multiple themes, for example, a dark theme and a light theme, creating adaptive applications so that they can be viewed correctly on multiple devices depending on the size of the window and not simply stretched. The topic of animations must also be recent in modern developments, therefore, we have a chapter focused on introducing how to use animations in Flutter, of which we have several forms. We will also apply it in the development of our components when necessary. In this book, we want to take a more practical approach, creating components that are widely used in traditional development with Flutter, such as custom headers with complex shapes using the Custom Painter, knowing how to use and define our custom animations among other components or nested widgets that you will surely find it of interest. In short, it is a mostly practical book, to create custom widgets and delve into parts of Flutter that are no longer so basic and as a Flutter developer you should know them. About the Author This book was prepared by Andrés Cruz Yoris, Graduate in Computing, with more than 10 years of experience in the development of web applications in general; I work with PHP, Python and client-side technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Vue among others; and on the server side such as Laravel, Flask, Django and Codeigniter. I am also a developer in Android Studio, xCode and Flutter for creating native applications for Android and IOS. I put at your disposal part of my learning, reflected in each of the words that make up this book, my sixteenth book on software development, but the fourth book on the development of mobile, desktop and web applications with Flutter, in this case, focused on Flutter for the creation of components and animations. Who is this book for? This book is aimed at anyone who wants to start delving deeper into application development with Flutter; Therefore, it is assumed that the reader has at least basic knowledge about how to use this technology, such as knowing what the tool is for, installing Flutter, knowing its basic widgets, and creating a basic application. This book is intended for people who: They want to know the framework in more detail by creating custom widgets and animals. Want to improve an existing skill and continue scaling your path in app development with Flutter. This book is for intermediate users in Flutter. Map This book has a total of 6 chapters, it is recommended that you read in the order in which they are arranged and as we explain the components of the framework, go directly to practice, replicate, test and modify the codes that we show in this book. Chapter 1: In this chapter we are going to learn the steps to create a project in Flutter Chapter 2: In this chapter we are going to learn how to make animations in Flutter, which consists of containers that apply smooth transitions when going from one state to another automatically when doing it manually using the AnimationController. Chapter 3: In this chapter we are going to create several components or sets of nested widgets that are common in modern development, such as buttons with special behaviors, staggered grids, expandable headers, side menus, among others. Chapter 4: In this chapter we are going to learn how to use multi-theming in the application, for example, having an application with the default theme and a dark mode. Chapter 5: In this chapter we are going to learn about CustomPainter, which are the HTML Canvas but in Flutter, with them, we will be able to build a large number of figures with great precision. Chapter 6: In this chapter we are going to learn how we can create an adaptive application, using the same source code on various devices with different screen sizes and that the content can be used from the application so that everything does not appear stretched on large screens. The book is in development and will have more content in the future.

Flutter Flame: Game Development
Flutter Flame: Game Development

Author: Andrés Cruz

Publisher: Andres Cruz

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Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13:

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With Flutter, we can make all kinds of applications, especially focused on the mobile field, but we can also use the same project to develop not only on Android and iOS, but also on desktops for Linux, MacOS and Windows, and also for web development. making subtle changes to the project at the code level. Although, Flutter goes much further with Flame. Flame is an engine for creating 2D games with Flutter; Its installation is extremely simple since Flame is nothing more than a pub package; thus, with this, we can create 2D games with Flame for mobile, desktop and web. With Flame, we can create components, which have been the equivalent of widgets in Flutter and where the components are nothing more than an element of our game, such as a player, an enemy, the background, a consumable, etc; and each component contains the implementation for their operation; for example, in the case of a player or player, it contains the logic to move it, change animations, control lives, consumables, etc; and through a master class, we can organize all the logic of these components. This book is mostly practical, we will get to know the basics of Flame based on small examples until we get to know enough about the library to create a simple 2D game. This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to develop on Flame and create their first 2D games with cross-platform Flutter. This book has a total of 9 chapters, it is recommended that you read in the order in which they are arranged and as we explain the fundamentals of Flame based on examples; once you've mastered the library, you can browse the sections in any order you like. Chapter 1: We will create a project in Flutter with the basic dependencies needed to create games with Flame in Flutter. Chapter 2: This chapter is mostly theoretical and we will know the structure of Flame, which is mainly based on Flame classes, components and life cycle methods. Chapter 3: This chapter we'll take a practical approach to Flame features, such as Game classes, core Flame components, key-in, tap, and collisions. Chapter 4: This chapter we will begin by creating the structure of a simple 2D collision game using as a base part of the code seen in the previous chapter. Chapter 5: This chapter introduces the use of the background to define the same by means of a solid color or an image. Chapter 6: This chapter introduces the use of tile-like backgrounds, using a software to edit the maps and using them in the project in Flutter with Flame. Chapter 7: This chapter we will start by creating the structure of a simple 2D jumping game using the tile system presented above. Chapter 8: This chapter will make some additional changes over the previous game such as varying the jump, limiting player movements, and defining a background. Chapter 9: This chapter we will create a new game by changing the perspective of its visualization and with this, the gameplay. This chapter we will create a new game by changing the perspective of its visualization and with this, the gameplay. We will start by creating the structure of a simple 2D jumping game using the tile system presented above.