And it would help as well if it were possible to create IDEA project files from a Gradle+Kotlin+libGDX project with the Gradle-Idea-Plugin, but I did not manage to make it work. Incremental compilation of Kotlin will surely help when it comes. I know that a libGDX project in Eclipse without Gradle or Kotlin would take not more than three seconds to start – a difference of an order of magnitude! LibGDX, IDEA and especially Gradle are to blame, too. Still, I’d like to address some pain points during development that will hopefully be improved in a future version.Īfter a code change the time between clicking the run button and seeing the application was at least 30 seconds – far too long. For example, the way Kotlin allows to anonymous functions to be written as blocks greatly simplified the animation logic. Now, Kotlin is great even in its current unfinished state.

If you, too, want to write a game with Kotlin & libGDX I have some pointers for you.Īs long as nobody corrects me I’ll pronounce True Fool the first published Android game written in Kotlin :). True Fool is an implementation of the card game Durak with a focus on usability. I'm happy to announce True Fool for Android.

Durak game logic