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Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part   So far we’ve covered creating a simple simulation then how to create physics bodies and apply forces to them now we look at dealing with collisions.  Truth of the matter is, most of the work is just done for us.  Let’s just right in with an example, […]

Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part   Remember in our earlier example where we used a ContactListener to check for a collision between two types of FixtureDef and how ungainly the check was?  Remember when I said there was a much better way of doing this?  Well, welcome the the better way, Filters.   […]

Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part   In this section we are going to take a look at the Scene2D library.  The first thing you need to be aware of is scene2d is entirely optional!  If you don’t want to use it, don’t.  All the other parts, except the bits built over Scene2D, will […]

Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part   In the second part of the LibGDX Scene2D tutorial we will now look at Actions.  Actions are a convenient ( and completely optional! ) way to get your game’s Actors to “do stuff”.   Let’s jump straight in to an example: package com.gamefromscratch; import com.badlogic.gdx.ApplicationListener; import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx; […]

Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part   Back in Tutorial 3 I created a simple animation using a Timer and setting the frame manually from a TextureAtlas.  This is not the ideal way to perform animation using LibGDX and was done to illustrate how to use a TextureAtlas, not how to perform animation.  Instead […]

Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part   So far we’ve look at what Scene2D provides in terms of Actors, Actions as well as handling input, now we will look at some of the scene management functionality it provides.  One of the very powerful capabilities of Scene2D is grouping.  Let’s jump right in with an […]