Question

I want to know the best way or a tool for making a good Android game!, I mean by “good” that the game must have a nice performance no lags or something like that, ..

So I will begin by 2D game development, and I want to avoid “Game engines”! ..

So what’s the best way?! – to make it by Open GL ES or there another way?! ..

Answer 1

It’s possible that this is considered too broad a question – we can’t tell you how to make a game. But in response to your last question: yes, OpenGL is the best way to make a high performance game in 2D or 3D. If you have a more slow moving, turn based game, then you could stick to a Canvas on a SurfaceView or even use basic View widgets to build up the layout of a game board.

But if it’s your first game, unless you have a lot of time and patience, I would strongly urge you to try an existing game engine. You may not realise how much work goes into a decent game engine until you’re halfway (or 10% of the way) into making one. Have a look at the source of an engine like LibGDX and think about whether it’s the sort of thing you’d be able to write.

There’s plenty of info in the Android graphics dev guide.