A static image of the player is now drawn

core/src/com/saltosion/gladiator/GladiatorBrawler.java

@@ -1,27 +1,41 @@
 package com.saltosion.gladiator;
 
+import com.badlogic.ashley.core.Engine;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.ApplicationAdapter;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL20;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.OrthographicCamera;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.Batch;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.Sprite;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
+import com.saltosion.gladiator.util.GlobalStrings;
+import com.saltosion.gladiator.util.SpriteLoader;
 
 public class GladiatorBrawler extends ApplicationAdapter {
-	SpriteBatch batch;
+	
-	Texture img;
+	private Batch batch;
+	private Sprite staticplayer;
+	private OrthographicCamera camera;
+	private Engine engine;
 	
 	@Override
 	public void create () {
+		engine = new Engine();
+		
+		camera = new OrthographicCamera();
+		camera.setToOrtho(false, 384, 216);
 		batch = new SpriteBatch();
-		img = new Texture("badlogic.jpg");
+		staticplayer = SpriteLoader.loadSprite(GlobalStrings.STATICPLAYER);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void render () {
-		Gdx.gl.glClearColor(1, 0, 0, 1);
+		Gdx.gl.glClearColor(1, 1, 1, 1);
 		Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
+		batch.setProjectionMatrix(camera.combined);
 		batch.begin();
-		batch.draw(img, 0, 0);
+		batch.draw(staticplayer, 0, 0);
 		batch.end();
 	}
 }

core/src/com/saltosion/gladiator/util/GlobalStrings.java

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.saltosion.gladiator.util;
+
+public class GlobalStrings {
+	
+	public static final String STATICPLAYER = "STATICPLAYER";
+	
+	public static final String GAME_NAME = "Gladiator Brawl";
+
+}

core/src/com/saltosion/gladiator/util/SpriteLoader.java

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package com.saltosion.gladiator.util;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.Sprite;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.TextureRegion;
+
+public class SpriteLoader {
+	
+	public static HashMap<String, Texture> textures = new HashMap<String, Texture>();
+	
+	static {
+		loadTexture(GlobalStrings.STATICPLAYER, "sprites/staticplayer.png");
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns a sprite, which is a piece from texture.
+	 * @param texKey
+	 * @param x
+	 * @param y
+	 * @param width
+	 * @param height
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static Sprite loadSprite(String texKey, int x, int y, int width, int height) {
+		TextureRegion tr = new TextureRegion(textures.get(texKey), x, y, width, height);
+		return new Sprite(tr);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns a sprite, which is originally a texture.
+	 * @param texKey
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static Sprite loadSprite(String texKey) {
+		return new Sprite(textures.get(texKey));
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Load texture from path.
+	 * @param filePath 
+	 */
+	public static Texture loadTexture(String key, String filePath) {
+		Texture t = new Texture(Gdx.files.internal(filePath));
+		textures.put(key, t);
+		return t;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Disposes all the textures loaded so far.
+	 */
+	public static void dispose () {
+		for (Texture tex : textures.values()) {
+			tex.dispose();
+		}
+	}
+
+}

desktop/src/com/saltosion/gladiator/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java

@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ package com.saltosion.gladiator.desktop;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplicationConfiguration;
 import com.saltosion.gladiator.GladiatorBrawler;
+import com.saltosion.gladiator.util.GlobalStrings;
 
 public class DesktopLauncher {
 	public static void main (String[] arg) {
 		LwjglApplicationConfiguration config = new LwjglApplicationConfiguration();
+		config.title = GlobalStrings.GAME_NAME;
+		config.width = 720;
+		config.height = 480;
 		new LwjglApplication(new GladiatorBrawler(), config);
 	}
 }