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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, […]
LibGDX Tutorial Part 16: Cameras Read More
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 section we are going to take a look at the Scene2D library. The first thing you need to be aware of is scene2d is entirely optional! If you don’t want to use it, don’t. All the other parts, except the bits built over Scene2D, will […]
LibGDX Tutorial 9: Scene2D Part 1 Read More
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. […]
LibGDX LibGDX Tutorial 13: Physics with Box2D Part 4: Controlling collisions using filters Read More
Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part In the second part of the LibGDX Scene2D tutorial we will now look at Actions. Actions are a convenient ( and completely optional! ) way to get your game’s Actors to “do stuff”. Let’s jump straight in to an example: package com.gamefromscratch; import com.badlogic.gdx.ApplicationListener; import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx; […]
LibGDX Tutorial 9: Scene2D Part 2– Actions Read More
Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part Back in Tutorial 3 I created a simple animation using a Timer and setting the frame manually from a TextureAtlas. This is not the ideal way to perform animation using LibGDX and was done to illustrate how to use a TextureAtlas, not how to perform animation. Instead […]
LibGDX Tutorial 3B: Simple Animation Read More
Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part So far we’ve look at what Scene2D provides in terms of Actors, Actions as well as handling input, now we will look at some of the scene management functionality it provides. One of the very powerful capabilities of Scene2D is grouping. Let’s jump right in with an […]
LibGDX Tutorial 3C: Scene management Read More