In January we wrote a post on how to integrate scoreoid in Libgdx for Android. In this post we would be integrating it for the desktop/PC version. For parsing JSON we are using the source code available in this link…
Rotating Canvas Games Indie Game Developers
Tag: Game Development
Edge Shape in Box2d
Hi, We have been working on a new 2d libgdx platformer game for sometime now and it is coming along nicely. While working on it we found the need to add an edge shape rather a rectangle for our platforms.…
Box2d Revolute Joint Example
Hi, In our upcoming android game we are adding some box2d joints and in this post we would be creating a revolute joint. We are using Libgdx engine to make the game. Below is a screenshot of what it looks…
Using Scoreoid with Libgdx/Android
In this post(or maybe one more) we would integrate scoreoid with libgdx for Android environment. Before we start, check out Scoreoid here. Let me quote from their site “Scoreoid is a non-restrictive, reliable and easy to use server platform for…
Tagged with: Adapter, Android Development, Game Development, LibGdx, Scoreoid, Source Code, Tutorial
Using Box2d Debug Renderer in Libgdx
This is an update to the older example (“using Box2d in Libgdx”) we put in the post here. We added box2d debug renderer to the code which is very simple to add and useful in seeing how box2d objects look…
Fragment Shader to Simulate Water Surface in LibGdx
In this tutorial we would simulate foreground water similar to the ones we see in many platformers. This shader is written in OpenGL Shading Language, so they can be applied in all environments using OpenGL for rendering and for DirectX…
Tagged with: 2d Water, Android Development, Fragment Shader, Game Development, GLSL, LibGdx, Shader, Tutorial
Drawing Part of Image in Libgdx
Hi, Its been long since we wrote any post about game development. In this post we would be writing a snippet to draw a part of image which can be used to simulate effect of health bar we see in…
Sprite Animation Art
Hi, We got some mails regarding how to make a sprite animation. So we will use one of the explosions we have used in a new game as an example. Here is the final animation. The gif was created in…
Adding Box2d Object in between a game
Hi, In our one of the previous post about adding box2d objects in game we created all the box2d bodies in the initialization phase and during the game we were just making the sensor objects (removing their collision response) so…
Customizing View Adapters in Android
This tutorial is a more general tutorial, focussing on an Android UI aspect that can be used in games as well as other apps. View Adapters are a useful feature which allow us to reuse UI skeletons. The official Android…
Top