Game Development

How to Get Distance field fonts in LibGDX using Hiero, and finding an updated version of Hiero

Distance fields are used in LibGDX for being able to make fonts clearer when resizing them, which allows you to have clearer text using just one font size on all devices instead of needing to include several (or have low quality looking text) LibGDX Wiki Instructions, or what not to do The LibGDX official wiki …

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Android Studio Application Development Book Review Giveaway!

I recently reviewed “Android Studio Application Development”, and Packt Publishing has been gracious enough to allow me to raffle off 3 e-copies of the book! Comment, and let me know why you would be interested in the book, and I’ll use a random number generator to select 3 people! So then check back (or leave …

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Great deal on technical books at PacktPub for a limited time(till January 3rd)!

PackPub $5 Everything deal! Awesome news for anyone looking to learn some new topics this holiday season! Pack Publishing is offering ALL of their e-books AND video tutorials for only $5 a piece! For game development related topics, and for general computer/ technology tutorials/ books, they seem to have the most, and up to date …

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Pickup a great LibGDX tutorial book that I was one of the technical reviewers for!

Learning LibGDX Game Development is a great LibGDX tutorial book that I have the pleasure to be associated with 😀 I mainly just double checked everything, made sure it was easy enough to follow, but the author did a surprisingly concise, yet well thought out series of tutorials, culminating in having a finished “runner” type …

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Unity basic for Android and iOS now free!

Good news for all you other indie developers out there- Unity basic for Android and iOS is now free! http://blogs.unity3d.com/2013/05/21/putting-the-power-of-unity-in-the-hands-of-every-mobile-developer/ Unity basic seems like it would be more than sufficient for the needs of most indie developers. This means that there will be a lot more people trying out Unity, publishing games, and making the …

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AndEngine for Android Game Development Cookbook Review

I really enjoyed this book because it appears to be helpful both to game developers who want to start using the AndEngine, as well as people that might be new to game development in general. Every cookbook “recipe” is something that you will need to use eventually while programming games, but it’s laid out so …

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Development Blog: 2d side scrolling mining game- on screen controls, basic animation

Try it here: I got rid of it rendering tiles off screen, and increased the world size (which decreased the steepness of the hills for now). I also added touch screen support (jumping and moving), figured out how I want to handle different resolutions, and changed in a basic guy graphic and background. I will …

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