Creating a project

Follow the given steps to create your own project:

  1. As mentioned earlier, LibGDX comes with a really useful project setup tool. Download the application from here:

    http://libgdx.badlogicgames.com/download.html

    At the time of writing, it is the big red "Download Setup App" button in the middle of your screen.

  2. Once downloaded, open the command line and navigate to the location of the application. You will notice that it is a JAR file type. This means we need to use Java to run it.
    Creating a project
  3. Running this will open the setup UI:
    Creating a project

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