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Learning LibGDX Game Development- Second Edition

You're reading from Learning LibGDX Game Development- Second Edition Wield the power of the LibGDX framework to create a cross-platform game

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2015

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783554775

Length 478 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

LibGDX

Concepts

3D Game Development

Authors (2):

Suryakumar B Nair

Andreas Oehlke

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to LibGDX and Project Setup FREE CHAPTER

2. Cross-platform Development – Build Once, Deploy Anywhere

3. Configuring the Game

4. Gathering Resources

5. Making a Scene

6. Adding the Actors

7. Menus and Options

8. Special Effects

9. Screen Transitions

10. Managing the Music and Sound Effects

11. Advanced Programming Techniques

12. Animations

13. Basic 3D Programming

14. Bullet Physics

Index

Who this book is for

This book is written for software developers who are new to game development and to LibGDX in particular. It is assumed that you have some experience in Java to be able to follow the discussed code in this book.

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Authors (2)

Suryakumar B Nair

Suryakumar B Nair

Suryakumar Balakrishnan Nair is an engineering graduate from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India with a specialization in computer science. He just loves programming and likes to keep on experimenting.He has designed a dozen games on the Android platform using LibGDX. He loves traveling and visiting various places. He reads articles and books on a range of issues from politics to environment. He is currently working as a full-time Android game developer for an Indian game company, Csharks (http://csharks.com/site/).

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Andreas Oehlke

Andreas Oehlke

Andreas Oehlke is a professional software engineer and a computer scientist who feels very much at home on any Linux/Unix machine. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and loves to assemble and disassemble software and hardware alike. An exorbitant affinity for electronics and computers has always been his trademark. His hobbies include game and web development, programming in general (software design and new languages), programming embedded systems with microcontrollers, playing sports, and making music. He currently works full-time as a software engineer for a German financial institution. Furthermore, he has worked as a consultant and a game developer in San Francisco, CA. In his spare time, he provides his expertise to a German startup called Gamerald (http://www.gamerald.com/).

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