I am new to Java and game programming. Is there a easy to follow tutorial on loading a map from a file (text or preferably binary file) and displaying it on the screen. I will be using LWJGL (probably 2) to render to the display. I simply want to take a let’s say 100x100 tile map and be able to move a character in 8 directions from square to square.
I am also interested in free movement, so rather than jumping from tile to tile, the character can basically just move in 8 directions with more precision.
I know I have to work out most of the problems myself, but it’s difficult to find some basic tutorials that I can easily refer to while learning to make use of Java.
Any suggestions?