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LibGDX Game Development By Example

You're reading from LibGDX Game Development By Example Learn how to create your very own game using the libGDX cross-platform framework

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781785281440

Length 280 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

LibGDX

Concepts

3D Game Development

Author (1):

James Cook

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting to Know LibGDX FREE CHAPTER

2. Let's Get These Snakes Out of This Book!

3. Making That Snake Slick

4. What the Flap Is the Hype About?

5. Making Your Bird More Flightworthy

6. Onto the Next Platform...Game

7. Extending the Platform

8. Why Are All the Birds Angry?

9. Even Angrier Birds!

10. Exporting Our Games to the Platforms

11. Third-party Services

Index

Chapter 2. Let's Get These Snakes Out of This Book!

In this chapter, we will start making our first game with the LibGDX framework. We will make a little journey back to one of the very first popular mobile games, Snake. We will start out by looking at LibGDX's update cycle and how textures are handled. Then, we will dive into the world of game making by creating our Snake game!

The following will be covered in this chapter:

Why Snake?
The game update cycle
Introducing the snake
Making the snake move
Controlling the snake
Introducing the collision detection mechanism
Increasing the length of the snake once the apple is eaten

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Authors (1)

James Cook

James Cook

James Cook is a Java software developer from London, England. He is currently touring Australia. He has developed software ranging from banking and mobile applications to games. He has worked for large gaming companies, such as Electronic Arts, Playfish, and Plumbee. During the day, he can be found working on rapid application prototyping for new social casino experiences. However, during the night, he collaborates with his longtime working partner, Dan Smallman, for Super Cookie Games to create games such as Super Bomb Noms, OMG Dancer!, and Betamax—Sherbet Plains. Super Cookie Games started out as a simple endeavor for James and Dan to learn how to make games and deliver them to Android, iOS, and the Web. Choosing LibGDX as the platform was a key component for the success of this duo, with six different games across three app stores culminating in 50,000 downloads—a testament to LibGDX and its brilliant feature set and ability.

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