Questions tagged [libgdx]
The libgdx project is an open-source cross-platform game development library written in Java. It abstracts away the differences between writing OpenGL-based games on various platforms.
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Refactor Main Class of LibGDX Breakout Game
I started learning basic game dev with Java's LibGDX. For my first project I decided to code a Breakout clone so I can learn the basics. Currently the game fully works - the player can destroy all ...
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Drawing a grid-based particle system
For some time now, I've been working on a game which is superficially similar in appearance to this one. A world is filled with particles that move and change state frequently (per frame, often). ...
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Path Following Algorithm for Entity
Within my game there are many entities, where each entity has a path (Array<Vector2>) assigned to it. No path to follow (indicating that the entity should ...
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Draw the tiles of the islands that are within bounds, using LibGDX
I am new person regarding LibGDX. I have written the below render method. I have a randomly generations oceans (where there are islands at random positions). Within the below code, ...
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GameOfLife on GDX
I would like to know if I did everything right and if there a way to do it more simple and\or better?
GameOfLife - main
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Don't Update Every AI Every Tick
In my game there are AI characters that try to either steal your gold or destroy the walls of your castle. Previously I simply updated them all every second, but with a large number of characters on ...
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Drawing in libgdx
I have made a Java clone of the popular 2048 game. It works, but I drew the UI in the correct way.
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I'm basically not sure how to do this, whether I should ...
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2048 clone in libgdx, handling assets, and OOP overkill?
I have created a 2048 clone, I wanted to take on a simple project since I have never actually finished anything. Now I have, though I'm not a hundred percent happy with the result.
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Loading image/texture sprites on GameScreen in LibGDX
I'm new to this framework, LibGdx. I need advice/suggestion for my game. Is it okay if I load my images in a single class? I'm a beginner and started learning LibGdx. I already coded my game screen ...
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Teaching an Old AI New Magic Tricks
Recently I wanted to teach the AI of my castle game how to use the spells that I have added to the game. You can try out the game here: Castleparts
Initially I thought that I would have to add ...
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Creating and playing animations for a game using LibGDX
It feels like there's quite a lot of code involved in order to manually build up an animation using the libGDX framework. In my specific case, I am creating a number of animations for a portrait view ...
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Finding and moving the next obstacle in a player's path
This code finds the next obstacle in the player's path, then moves it. I am trying to make it more efficient, because this code runs for each frame, and it lags a bit. It does work though.
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Organizing Blockers and Ingots
What are the best practices to writing clean, expandable game code? I always end up getting overwhelmed with my games because the code gets very unorderly. I use OOP (java), but I still feel like my ...
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Game Tutorial in Java
I’ve been working on a Rampart inspired multiplayer game for a few weeks now, and it is finally in a playable state. The big thing left to do before going alpha was to add a tutorial to the game.
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Alternative to clicklistener inside an anonymous class
For a trivial word game, I wrote the following code for the player to choose one of the two choices of words that in turn were read from a sentence.
My question lies in first in the click-listener of ...
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