awesome-libgdx

gdx-ai

Artificial Intelligence framework featuring Steering Behaviors, Formation Motion, Pathfinding, Behavior Trees and Finite State Machines

Simple Graphs

A java library for graph data structures and algorithms (including fast pathfinding)

gdx-controllers

Adds support to gamepads and joysticks

gdx-controllerutils

Adds Scene2D button input support, user configurable button mappings and hotplugging for LWJGL2

sdl2gdx

Powerful gamepad implementation using SDL. Supports hundreds of controllers under the same mapping, rumble, and hotplugging

HyperLap2D

Visual editor for complex 2D worlds and scenes with a runtime for libGDX

Mundus

World/level editor for 3D worlds with a runtime for libGDX

Skeleton-based animation tool that focuses specifically on 2D animation for games

Artemis-odb

High performance java based Entity-Component-System framework

Ashley

A Java entity system inspired by Ash & Artemis

One of the most popular physics libraries for 2D games

3D Collision Detection and Rigid Body Dynamics Library

jbump

Easy to implement AABB collision detection useful for platformers and other simple 2D games

gdx-facebook

Provides cross-platform support for Facebook Graph API

gdx-fireapp

Cross-platform API for Firebase

gdx-firebase

Cross-platform (only Desktop/Android) API for Firebase

gdx-gameanalytics

Game Analytics REST API client implementation for libGDX. Works on all backends

gdx-gamesvcs

Easy integration of gameservices, such as Google Play Games, Apple Game Center, and more

gdx-pay

Provides a cross-platform API for InApp purchasing

steamworks4j

A thin wrapper which allows Java applications to access the Steamworks C++ API

gdx-liftoff

A modern setup tool for libGDX that supports more backends and allows adding libraries with one click

libgdx-library-template

A skeleton project for making new libraries, since they need different config

Packr

Packages your JAR, assets and a JVM for distribution on Windows, Linux and macOS

Generate BitmapFonts of your desired size on the fly from lightweight .ttf font files

gdx-dialogs

Provides cross-platform support for native dialogs

gdx-skins

Free Scene2D GUI skins

InGameConsole

Allows a developer to add a console (similar to how it is featured in Source games) to their game

msdf-gdx

Provides lightweight utilities to draw high-quality MSDF (multi-channel signed distance field) text on libGDX

PieMenu

Radial menus for Scene2D that are highly flexible and easy to customize

Free Scene2D.UI skins with example code, custom drawables, and experimental features

Skin Composer

Create skins for libGDX scene2d.ui with a graphical interface

TenPatch

An alternative to libGDX's 9patch implementation that implements multiple stretch regions

TextraTypist

Like TypingLabel (below), but also supports styles, emoji, multiple fonts, clickable links, etc

TypingLabel

A libGDX Label that appears as if it was being typed in real time

VisUI

Allows to create nice looking UI in libGDX using scene2d.ui. Note this is not a UI editor

Box2DLights

2D lighting framework that uses Box2D for raycasting and OpenGL ES 2.0 for rendering

colorful-gdx

Expands how tinting can affect colors; also has many pre-written shaders

HackLights

Lightweight framebuffer based lighting engine for libGDX

gdx-vfx

Flexible post-processing shader visual effects based on libgdx-contribs-postprocessing

libgdx-screenmanager

A screen manager for libGDX supporting various transition effects

Particle Park

A showcase of downloadable particle effects with live previews

Shape Drawer

A performant alternative to ShapeRenderer that avoids Batch flushing

gdx-gltf

GLTF 3D file format support (import/export), PBR shaders, and others advanced rendering

gdx-graph

Provides a GUI to design your rendering pipeline and shaders, and a library to easily incorporate them into your games

TuningFork

Advanced 3D audio features for libGDX desktop users

gdx-miniaudio

Advanced Cross Platform Audio Engine for libGDX based on MiniAudio

gdx-sfx

Some goodies for better sound effects in libGDX

gdx-pd

Pure Data extension for libGDX

anim8-gdx

Allows saving (animated) GIFs and PNGs from sequences of Pixmaps, with configurable dithering if needed

gdx-dbgagent

Java Agent for debugging common issues, like objects not being disposed and constants such as Color.WHITE being modified

gdx-jnigen

Small library that allows C/C++ code to be written inline with Java source code

gdxGifRecorder

A utility class that records a GIF and saves it automatically

KTX

Kotlin extensions and utilities for libGDX

noise4j

Simple map generators based on various procedural content generation tutorials

Texture Packer GUI

A simple way to pack and manage texture atlases for libGDX game framework

libGDX Plugin

A plugin for IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio that adds a number of libGDX features and tools, such as color previews and additional inspections for common mistakes

Official libGDX wiki that contains a huge amount of information

An excellent guide for beginners on how to create a game from scratch

A series of videos going over the basics of libGDX

Video tutorial series on making a complete Android game from scratch

Video tutorial on using libGDX to make a game launcher

Deploying with JPackage

A tutorial on deploying libGDX games with JPackage via Gradle commands

General tutorial on using JSON for storing data

Progress Bar Design

Discusses the pros and cons of different progress bar design techniques with examples

Big list of official unofficial tutorials

Scene2D.UI From the Ground Up

Covers the basics of UI design in Scene2D, libGDX's premiere scene graph and layout toolkit

Video tutorial on enabling code hotswapping for libGDX projects to increase productivity

Details how to create a mask using Pixmaps

Deploying to iOS in 2019 using RoboVM

Pixel-perfect smooth scrolling

A tutorial series on libGDX 3D using gdx-gltf

Book of Shaders

Step-by-step guide through the abstract and complex universe of Fragment Shaders. GLSL

Architecture and design patterns for games

High quality assets for your game, from 2D and 3D art to sound effects

Repository offering a variety of open content assets

Repository containing heaps of cool game related graphics

Quickly create unique sound effects by pressing a few buttons, excellent for prototyping

Huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps

An active chat with various leaders from the community available every day

Unofficial subreddit for libGDX. Not a lot of activity

Game Networking

A Curated List of Game Network Programming Resources

Game Talks

A curated list of gaming talks (development, design, etc)

Java

A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software

Kotlin

A curated list of awesome Kotlin related stuff

Magic Tools

A list of Game Development resources to make magic happen

A straightforward reference for inclusive game design, to ensure that games are just as fun for as wide a range of people as possible

Awesome Gamedev

A collection of free software and free culture resources for making amazing games