The LibGDX Framework

Abstract

This chapter will introduce many of the major features of the LibGDX library. It will illustrate how to use them in the process of creating a game called Starfish Collector , where you help the player’s character, a turtle, swim around the ocean floor while looking for a starfish. A screenshot of this game in action appears in Figure 2-1. At first, you will create a basic, functional game. Following a motivational discussion of object-oriented design principles, you will rewrite parts of this project using some of the LibGDX classes to improve the organization of the code. Future chapters will revisit this example and use it as a basis to introduce new game-design principles and features of LibGDX.