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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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785281440
Length 280 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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James Cook James Cook
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

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

Introducing the ShapeRenderer class


You are probably wondering why we are not diving straight into making more improvements to the game. Well, it is because I would like to show you something that will make your life easier when you start making more games, especially if you don't have any art ready for the game you are making and you want to see things come to life sooner. As an eager game developer myself, I know what that is like; you have an idea and you want to bring it to life faster than your artist can design, draw, and deliver. Alternatively, in the case of our Snake game, we can draw the grid that our snake moves in.

So, I introduce you to the ShapeRenderer class; its job is simple. According to http://libgdx.badlogicgames.com/nightlies/docs/api/com/badlogic/gdx/graphics/glutils/ShapeRenderer.html, the ShapeRenderer class does the following:

"Renders points, lines, shape outlines and filled shapes."

This means we will have the ability to draw boxes on the screen. Let's put this into...

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