This was my first Android project. I must admit, it's been a struggle! My experience in creating games on the PC before now was limited to Python/Pygame, which I loved- but the learning curve for Android was much steeper. 

I purchased a couple of books to learn Kotlin/ Jetpack Compose. Kotlin was fine- it's similar to other languages, and I have (limited) experience in Java. The problems I had was understanding Android Studio (e.g. what the hell is a gradle file?!).  Also both books were designed to teach the 'old' style of Android programming, i.e. views- but as soon as I loaded Android Studio, and tried to type in the code from the books, it wouldn't work- couldn't even get a 'Hello World' going! 

I subsequently learned that a new, empty activity loads a Jetpack Compose template, with a Component Activity class, whereas the books were teaching the old style with an AppCompatActivity class. I now know you can load the old style if you choose an Empty Views Activity from the create project dialogue.

Anyway, I decided to plough ahead, and learned Jetpack Compose-because I didn't really want to mess with .xml files- using the Android Developers website, which was excellent.  It's safe to say that it's been an education!

The code itself is, I have to admit, a little messy and not too structured, as the app developed organically with not too much planning. I just wanted to see if it was possible to create a video game in Jetpack. My next project will be planned to the nth degree! Having said that, the app itself is colourfull and fun to play.

The code isn't on GitHub yet- I'll upload it shortly, and post a link.