building games-with-libgdx

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Building Games With LibGDXBy Mark Clarke

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Agenda

● Overview– features

– architecture

● Tools● Demo

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WhoamI

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Overview

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LibGDX Overview

● Open source

● Java game development framework,

● Some components written in C/C++,

● Leverages 3rd party libraries

– Lightweight Java Game Library

– OpenGL,

– Box2D,

– OpenAL

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Cross Platform

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Bad Logic Games?

● Small, spare-time, game development shop● Mario Zechner

– benevolent dictator of libGDX

● Apache 2.0 license

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LibGDX

● How to start?– Create project manually or use GUI tool

– Or use Gradle!

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LibGDX Architecture

● Application framework – main event loop, game life cycle,

● Graphics module – draw sprites/graphics on screen,

● Audio module – play music, sound effects,

● Input/Output module – mouse,keyboard, touch screen accelerometer

● File I/O module – read/write resources and assets

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LibGDX Architecture

● ApplicationListener interface – – abstract core game logic to shared platform

code base,

– Game loop, life cycle

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Tools

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Particle Editor

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3rd Party Texture

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Bitmap Editor

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3rd Party Tools - Box2D Body Editor

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3rd Party Tools – Tiled Map Editor

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Demo

Code on Github - https://github.com/mxc/java-day-demo

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Join JoziJUG!

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Special Thanks

● Twitter - @mxc4● G+ - MClarke4@gmail.com● LinkedIn