Join us in learning how to develop mobile educational games using the Java ME (formerly J2ME) platform and the Mobile Graphics 3D API (M3G). Participants will develop a multi-player collaborative Java ME game and deploy it. The workshop will address all major parts of the game development cycle: game design, art production, programming, and deployment. Development platforms, Nokia N93, and Sony-Ericsson W900 phones will be available for the participants to use during the workshop.

Summary of Learning Objectives:

• Design a small multi-user educational game
• Create art assets and program the game using MIDP 2.0 and M3G
• Gain an understading of the major components of M3G, including the rendering system (Graphics3D) and the scene-graph related classes (Node, Transform, Object3D, Camera, etc.)
• Gain an understanding of the Generic Connection Framework with MIDP 2.0 for networking games.
• Gain an overview of the additional networking capilities offered by the Messaging API (JSR205). The API will not be implemented. If you are interested in working more with this API, please contact the presenters outside of the workshop. There is only so much that can be covered within the time alloted.
• Deploy the game on real phones.
• Gain an understanding of the issues that go with making the developed game work on the major carrier's networks (Sprint/Nextel, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Cingular/ATT).

Connection to the " Mobile Game Design TLT 2007" Presentation?

Attendees interested in a more general overview of developing mobile educational games are encouraged to attend the Mobile Game Design Presentation at TLT 2007.

Presenter information:

Carlos Morales is an associate professor of computer graphics technology at Purdue University where he teaches mobile game development. He currently has numerous grants to develop educational games. Prior to coming to Purdue, Carlos worked at High Voltage Software developing console games. He is the co-author for Mobile 3D Games: From Start to Market.

David Nelson is a developer at Purdue University where he specializes in the development of educational games. He is currently leading a team of developers creating mobile games as part of an educational grant. He has worked for Silicon Strorm Entertainment and is the co-author of Mobile 3D Games: From Start to Market .