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Previous Part Table Of ContentsNext Part In this tutorial we are going to look at how to use Cameras ( and in the next, Viewports ) in LibGDX. I will admit, I am a bit late in covering this topic, as I should have covered it much earlier in the series. In fact, […]
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Previous Part Table Of Contents In the previous tutorial we looked at how to use a camera with LibGDX to abstract away resolution differences so you are no longer using pixel coordinates. This however doesn’t really help you all that much if your aspect ratios are massively different. Fortunately LibGDX implements the […]
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Previous Part Table Of ContentsNext Part Now we are going to look at using particles in LibGDX. This is a somewhat complex subject, so I am going to break it over a couple posts. In this first example, we are going to create a 2D particle system in the editor. Then we are […]
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Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part There is an old law, possibly predating the age of man, that all tutorials must start with Hello World. I am nothing if not law abiding, so therefore let’s create a Hello World app. Hello World is generally one of the simplest programs you can create, you […]
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Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part Today we are going to look at adding game pad support into LibGDX, specifically the XBox 360 controller. Why the Xbox 360 controller? Well, it’s the controller that I ( and 90% of other PC gamers it seems ) own. You should be able to modify […]
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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! […]
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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 […]
LibGDX Tutorial 13: Physics with Box2D Part 1: A Basic Physics Simulations. Read More
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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