Java Game Development with LibGDX - From Beginner to Professional (Stemkoski Lee)(Paperback)

Part I: Fundamental Concepts
The first part of the book explains basic material that will be needed throughout the rest of the book: rendering graphics and animations, processing user input (continuous and discrete), basic physics (movement and collision detection), displaying text, and playing audio (sound effects and background music).
1. Getting started with Java and LibGDX
This chapter explains how to set up a Java development environment (BlueJ), which is chosen for simplicity and user-friendliness. The standard first program (which prints "Hello, World!" to the text console) is given. Next, instructions for setting up the LibGDX library are given, and a visual "Hello, World!" program is demonstrated (which displays an image of the world in a window). Finally, the benefits of using LibGDX for game development are explained in some detail.
1.1 Choosing a
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