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I'm really excited to get mine soon! Does anyone have any resources for people who want to dabble in creating a game for Ouya? Is it as basic as just making an HTML5 game with a wrapper of some sort? I would love to see some basic "how-to" type articles.

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I was under the impression that Ouya is running Android? So you'd write it in Java ideally. I may be wrong though.

You don't need to write Android apps in Java; you can write them in C, or in any language that can compile to native code and use a C API via FFI.

In any case, for games, you probably want to start learning OpenGL ES.

The issue with the NDK is that it is still a 2nd class citzen.

The few Android APIs available, are wrappers around JNI calls.

Java is the native language of the platform and Google does not seem willing to change that, even with the ongoing court issues.

You may want to consider directly going to Unity

I think that actually does sound right, if I remember correctly. So, to modify my question, does anyone have any good tutorials on creating games with Java for Android? I'm just starting to get the hang of making HTML5 games, but it would be nice to see how I could translate that to work for Android devices.

Last I checked, this looked like the way to do it.

http://libgdx.badlogicgames.com/

It apparently can build for iOS and the web (via GWT) too.

Though I can't see any reason they couldn't start supporting some HTML5 games as well assuming it can support a browser.

if you happen to know actionscript 3, you can also use adobe flash builder or flash develop - as adobe air can target android/ios devices just fine

Yes, it does run Android.

easiest would be to use something like unity or shiva

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