Week One

My name is Monica Sanchez and I am a computer science major at GCC. For my project, I have decided to code a small game to improve my coding skills and help me become more comfortable with coding in general. This week I started my research on game development. I learned that most games are coded in C++, but since I am a beginner with coding and I only know basic Java, I decided to focus my research on 2D game development with Java. I found various tutorials that teach basic movements and creating a basic layout. I also learned that Android has an IDE called Android Studio that helps create android apps. I feel that as a beginner my best plan would be to use Android Studio and the various tutorials they have to create my first app. Over the weeks, I will add different aspects that I learn in the tutorials to my app. This week, I went over the basic tutorials to become more comfortable with Android Studio and create a simple layout and home screen. I originally wanted to create a game with levels and save data, but I might start out with a simple game that only has a start button and collects the players score. There are still many other considerations to make until I even get to that point however. I am still working on the layout of the home screen, but I hope that by next week I will be able to share a picture of my home layout.