[LibGDX] Storing Leveldata in 2D Arrays

Newbie & Debugging Questions
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I am pretty new to LibGDX and game developing in general and i am currently writing my first game (a breakout clone) with LibGDX.

I have tried to store the Leveldata (positions of Blocks) in a 2-dimensional array like this:


// 1 = block, 0 = empty
levelArray = new int[][] {
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0},
		{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
};

Currently there are only normal blocks, that can be destroyed by the ball. In the future i will implement unbreakable blocks and blocks that drop upgrades like more balls or balls that break through blocks.

When a new game (or level) is created i iterate over the Array and create the blocks like this:


brickStorage = BrickStorage.getInstance();
for(int y = 0; y < levelArray.length; y++) {
	for(int x = 1; x < levelArray[y].length; x++) {
		if(levelArray[y][x] == 1)
			brickStorage.add(
				new Brick((x*BRICK_WIDTH+MAP_EDGE)/PIXEL_TO_METER,(y*BRICK_HEIGHT-MAP_EDGE)/PIXEL_TO_METER));
	}
}

My question now is, if i want to create a new level i have to write another array. Is there a better way to store Block positions and types when loading a new level?

If further code is needed i will of course edit it here :slight_smile: