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In this chapter, you will create a side-scrolling action game called Plane Dodger, shown in Figure 7-1, inspired by modern smartphone games such as Flappy Bird and Jetpack Joyride. Along the way, you will create an endless scrolling background effect, simulate gravity using acceleration settings, and implement a difficulty ramp that increases the challenge difficulty as time passes.
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“Prelude and Action” was written by Kevin McLeod from http://incompetech.com and released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
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Stemkoski, L. (2018). Side-Scrolling Games. In: Java Game Development with LibGDX. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3324-5_7
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