Paving the Way for the Successful Development of Mobile Phone Games using Java ME

The aim of this paper was to develop an Action Adventure Game with AI (Computer Operated Player) for mobile devices. It is a 2Dtop view single player game where the main character has to roam around and complete the objectives of the game. The main objectives are tofind a weapon to be able to attack, collect the different artifacts scattered across the map, kill the computer operated players, and most of all stayalive until all has been completed. The game features four directional movements of computer/human players, an attack mechanism, a method ofcollecting artifacts, score and health counters, and independent interactivity of the computer player. The goal is to provide entertainment onmobile devices which have become important tool in today’s society. Almost every adult and many children own a mobile device and most ofthem are equipped with the Java ME environment. The game was achieved using Java ME IDE applications such as Net Beans, Eclipse MobileTools for Java and the Java ME Wireless Toolkit. Texture and sprites were created and modified using Adobe Photoshop CS2. An incrementalsoftware process model was used to develop the game and all the game specifications have been successfully met. However on a higher level the game could have been taken further to a multiplayer level via the Bluetooth technology. It could also have been created using the new 3DGraphics API for mobile devices. This paper will help game developers to have a solid foundation in Java ME so that they can develop excitingand innovative games using the currently available technolog ies