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Learning LibGDX Game Development- Second Edition

Learning LibGDX Game Development- Second Edition

By : Suryakumar B Nair, Andreas Oehlke
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Learning LibGDX Game Development- Second Edition

Learning LibGDX Game Development- Second Edition

3.5 (11)
By: Suryakumar B Nair, Andreas Oehlke

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This book is aimed at indie and existing game developers as well as those who want to get started with game development using LibGDX. Basic knowledge of Java programming and game development is required.
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Building the scene for the menu screen

We will now begin with the actual implementation of the scene for the menu screen. First, take a look at the following diagram that shows the hierarchy of the UI scene graph that we are going to build step-by-step:

Building the scene for the menu screen

The scene graph starts with an empty Stage. Then, the first child actor added to the stage is a Stack widget. The Stack widget allows you to add actors that can overlay other actors. We will make use of this ability to create several layers. Each layer uses a Table widget as its parent actor. Using stacked tables enables us to lay out actors in an easy and logical way.

In the first step, we will add the basic structure of our stacked layers and some skeleton methods, which we are going to fill in the subsequent steps.

Add the following import lines to MenuScreen:

import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.TextureAtlas;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.Stage;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.Actor...

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