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Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part This is the part people always find the most fun, the actual act of putting graphics up on screen. Let’s start with about the simplest project that we can. We are going to display this sprite (created in this tutorial): On screen. One important thing […]
Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part Today we are going to look at implementing physics in LibGDX. This technically isn’t part of LibGDX itself, but instead is implemented as an extension. The physics engine used in LibGDX is the popular Box2D physics system a library that has been ported to basically every single […]
Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part In this part we are going to look at how you handle mouse and keyboard input in LibGDX. There are two ways to go about handling input, by polling for it ( as in… “Has anything happened yet? No, ok… What about now? No, ok… Now? Yes! […]
Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part In the previous tutorial part we look at creating about the simplest physics simulation possible in LibGDX and Box2D, a single object affected by gravity. In this tutorial we are going to take things one step further and apply force, impulses and torque ( and no gravity […]
Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part In the previous tutorial we looked at handling touch and gesture events. These days, most mobile devices have very accurate motion detection capabilities, which LibGDX fully supports. In this example we will look at how to handle motion as well as detect if a device supports certain […]
Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part So far we’ve covered creating a simple simulation then how to create physics bodies and apply forces to them now we look at dealing with collisions. Truth of the matter is, most of the work is just done for us. Let’s just right in with an example, […]
Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part Remember in our earlier example where we used a ContactListener to check for a collision between two types of FixtureDef and how ungainly the check was? Remember when I said there was a much better way of doing this? Well, welcome the the better way, Filters. […]
Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part This section is going to be rather small because, well frankly, LibGDX makes audio incredibly easy. Unlike previous tutorials, this one is going to contain a number of snippets. LibGDX supports 3 audio formats: ogg, mp3 and wav. MP3 is a format that is mired in legal […]
Let me start off by saying that exporting from Blender is always a pain in the ass. This experience didn’t prove to be an exception. I will describe the process in some detail. First and foremost, Blender 2.69 DIDNT work. At least not for me, not matter what I did, Blender 2.69 would […]
LibGDX Tutorial Series Welcome to the GameFromScratch.com LibGDX tutorial series. Select a link below to expand and view the video. Each video is available in 1080p resolution on YouTube. Where applicable, there will also be a post to a page with full source examples for each tutorial. If you prefer text based tutorials to video, […]