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Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part We are going to look at networking for your LibGDX application. Networking in LibGDX is relatively primitive, supporting only socket communications. In many cases though, that’s more than enough. We are going to implement a very simple socket based chat application. The code is heavily commented, so […]
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Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part One very common requirement for even the most simple game is a level editor. The level of sophistication required varies massively from game to game but a lot of the functionality is pretty common. At the very base level, you need a tool to layout the graphics […]
A quick look at Tiled. An open source 2D level editor Read More
Table Of Contents Next Part In case you’ve never heard of it, LibGDX is a Java based game library capable of targeting iOS, Android, Desktop ( Windows, Mac and Linux ) and HTML5. It provides a full suite of 2D game functionality including Input, Graphics, Fonts, Physics, Storage and increasingly, 3D. So basically LibGDX […]
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Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part If you’ve never used Tiled read this first! In this tutorial part we are going to look at loading orthogonal maps in LibGDX. Orthogonal basically means “at a right angle to” which is a fancy way of saying the camera is looking straight at the scene. […]
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Or… How to take a Blender model you downloaded from the web and make it actually usable in your game in 28 easy steps! … granted, the second title doesn’t have the same flow to it, does it? I just had to run through this process and I figured I would share […]
Baking Blender materials to texture to make them usable in a game engine Read More
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 […]
3D models and animation from Blender to LibGDX Read More
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, […]
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The following is an ongoing series on working with the exceptional library, LibGDX. LibGDX is a cross platform Java based game development library that handles almost all facets of game development. These tutorials assume you have some prior experience with Java and Eclipse and each part assumes you have read the prior parts. […]
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