Move asset loading to central Assets object. Add joystix font

build.gradle

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ project(":desktop") {
         implementation project(":core")
         api "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-backend-lwjgl:$gdxVersion"
         api "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-desktop"
-
+        api "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-desktop"
     }
 }
 
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ project(":core") {
 
     dependencies {
         api "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx:$gdxVersion"
-
+        api "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-freetype:$gdxVersion"
     }
 }

core/src/com/me/pacman/Assets.java

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package com.me.pacman;
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.assets.AssetManager;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.assets.loaders.FileHandleResolver;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.assets.loaders.resolvers.InternalFileHandleResolver;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.TextureRegion;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.freetype.FreeTypeFontGenerator;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.freetype.FreeTypeFontGeneratorLoader;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.freetype.FreetypeFontLoader;
+
+public class Assets {
+
+    private AssetManager manager;
+
+    public TextureRegion[][] level;
+    public TextureRegion[][] chase;
+    public TextureRegion[][] death;
+    public TextureRegion[][] ghosts;
+    public TextureRegion[][] pacman;
+    public TextureRegion[][] points;
+    public TextureRegion[][] volume;
+
+    public Assets() {
+        this.manager = new AssetManager();
+    }
+
+    public void loadAssets() {
+        manager.load("level_background.png", Texture.class);
+        manager.load("logo.png", Texture.class);
+
+
+        manager.load("sprites/level.png", Texture.class);
+        manager.load("sprites/chase.png", Texture.class);
+        manager.load("sprites/death.png", Texture.class);
+        manager.load("sprites/ghosts.png", Texture.class);
+        manager.load("sprites/pacman.png", Texture.class);
+        manager.load("sprites/points.png", Texture.class);
+        manager.load("sprites/volume.png", Texture.class);
+
+        // Yayyy! all of this to load a font
+        FileHandleResolver resolver = new InternalFileHandleResolver();
+        manager.setLoader(FreeTypeFontGenerator.class, new FreeTypeFontGeneratorLoader(resolver));
+        manager.setLoader(BitmapFont.class, ".ttf", new FreetypeFontLoader(resolver));
+        FreetypeFontLoader.FreeTypeFontLoaderParameter font = new FreetypeFontLoader.FreeTypeFontLoaderParameter();
+        font.fontFileName = "fonts/joystix.ttf";
+        font.fontParameters.size = 10;
+        font.fontParameters.mono = true;
+        manager.load("fonts/joystix.ttf", BitmapFont.class, font);
+
+        // finish loading assets from disk
+        manager.finishLoading();
+
+        // cache our texture regions
+        level = TextureRegion.split(manager.get("sprites/level.png", Texture.class), 8, 8);
+        chase = TextureRegion.split(manager.get("sprites/chase.png", Texture.class), 16, 16);
+        death = TextureRegion.split(manager.get("sprites/death.png", Texture.class), 16, 16);
+        ghosts = TextureRegion.split(manager.get("sprites/ghosts.png", Texture.class), 16, 16);
+        pacman = TextureRegion.split(manager.get("sprites/pacman.png", Texture.class), 16, 16);
+        points = TextureRegion.split(manager.get("sprites/points.png", Texture.class), 16, 16);
+        volume = TextureRegion.split(manager.get("sprites/volume.png", Texture.class), 16, 16);
+    }
+
+    public Texture getLevelBackground() {
+        return manager.get("level_background.png", Texture.class);
+    }
+
+    public Texture getLogo() {
+        return manager.get("logo.png", Texture.class);
+    }
+
+    public BitmapFont getFont() {
+        return manager.get("fonts/joystix.ttf", BitmapFont.class);
+    }
+
+    public void dispose() {
+        manager.dispose();
+    }
+
+}

core/src/com/me/pacman/PacDude.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package com.me.pacman;
 
 import com.badlogic.gdx.Game;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
-import com.badlogic.gdx.assets.AssetManager;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL20;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.OrthographicCamera;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ public class PacDude extends Game {
 	public static final int LEVEL_WIDTH = 224;
 	public static final int LEVEL_HEIGHT = 288;
 
-	public AssetManager assets;
+	public Assets assets;
 	public SpriteBatch batch;
 	public ShapeRenderer sr;
 
@@ -32,7 +31,9 @@ public class PacDude extends Game {
 		viewport = new FitViewport(LEVEL_WIDTH, LEVEL_HEIGHT, cam);
 		viewport.apply(true);
 
-		assets = new AssetManager();
+		assets = new Assets();
+		assets.loadAssets();
+
 		batch = new SpriteBatch();
 		sr = new ShapeRenderer();
 

core/src/com/me/pacman/level/Level.java

@@ -6,19 +6,26 @@ import com.me.pacman.PacDude;
 
 public class Level {
 
+    private PacDude game;
+
+    private TextureRegion pellet;
+    private TextureRegion powerPellet;
+
     // Grid of components, [rows][columns]
     public LevelComponent[][] components;
 
-    public Level(String level) {
+
+    public Level(PacDude game, String level) {
+        this.game = game;
+
+        pellet = game.assets.level[0][7];
+        powerPellet = game.assets.level[0][6];
+
         LevelLoader loader = new LevelLoader(level);
         components = loader.loadLevel();
     }
 
-    public void render(PacDude game, int offsetX, int offsetY) {
-        Texture sprites = game.assets.get("sprites/sprites_1.png");
-        TextureRegion powerPellet = new TextureRegion(sprites, 16, 16, 8, 8);
-        TextureRegion pellet = new TextureRegion(sprites, 24, 16, 8, 8);
-
+    public void render(int offsetX, int offsetY) {
         for (int i = 0; i < components.length; i++) {
             LevelComponent[] row = components[i];
             for (int j = 0; j < row.length; j++) {

core/src/com/me/pacman/state/MenuState.java

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 package com.me.pacman.state;
 
+import com.badlogic.gdx.assets.loaders.FileHandleResolver;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.assets.loaders.resolvers.InternalFileHandleResolver;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.freetype.FreeTypeFontGenerator;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.freetype.FreeTypeFontGeneratorLoader;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.freetype.FreetypeFontLoader;
 import com.me.pacman.PacDude;
 import com.me.pacman.level.Level;
 
@@ -8,6 +15,7 @@ public class MenuState extends State {
 
     private Texture levelBackground;
     private Texture logo;
+    private BitmapFont font;
 
     private Level level;
 
@@ -17,22 +25,18 @@ public class MenuState extends State {
 
     @Override
     public void setup() {
-        game.assets.load("level.png", Texture.class);
-        game.assets.load("logo.png", Texture.class);
-        game.assets.load("sprites/sprites_1.png", Texture.class);
-        game.assets.finishLoading();
-
-        levelBackground = game.assets.get("level.png", Texture.class);
-        logo = game.assets.get("logo.png", Texture.class);
+        levelBackground = game.assets.getLevelBackground();
+        logo = game.assets.getLogo();
         logo.setFilter(Texture.TextureFilter.Linear, Texture.TextureFilter.Linear);
+        font = game.assets.getFont();
 
-        level = new Level("level");
+        level = new Level(game,"level");
     }
 
     @Override
     public void render() {
         game.batch.draw(levelBackground, 0, 16);
-        level.render(game, 0, 16);
+        level.render(0, 16);
         game.batch.draw(logo, 0, 124, 224, 120);
     }
 

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+#Tue Dec 24 14:05:31 GET 2019
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-bin.zip
-zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME