LWJGL question

[Brandon's java thingy]

i had a quick question, how do people use .png files to make levels like seen here Creating Prelude of the Chambered - YouTube

how could i do this with lwjgl?

[jammas615]

Has a good texture loading class which i like using.

Main Page - LWJGL
Look on this page under helper libraries and either slick or TWL's PNG decoder are good choices.

[Brandon's java thingy]

Thanks a lot for answering but what I meant is like how do they make the layout of a level I understand how to texture but what they do is like use certain collared pixels to put different objects down if that makes sense but anyways what im trying to say is how do they do make the levels with that

[jammas615]

Well, a common way to do it is to have tiles that are opengl quads and texture these quads with the appropriate textures according to a map file or array that holds data about the tiles, this data can include their texture, id, position, etc.

You could have your game draw like 32x32 size quads on the screen and then texture them according to the data you have in a texture array.
I suggest you search google for some ways of doing this. A search for a tiling engine or 2d tiling methods in opengl would not lead you astray from your question.

[Brandon's java thingy]

ok thanks alot i will look into it