Finished "Starting game" view, controller and state. also added a "back" button in assets

core/src/com/wordbattle/game/controller/StartingGameController.java

+package com.wordbattle.game.controller;
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Vector3;
+import com.wordbattle.game.states.MainMenuState;
+import com.wordbattle.game.states.StartingGameState;
+import com.wordbattle.game.view.MainMenuView;
+import com.wordbattle.game.view.StartingGameView;
+
+public class StartingGameController {
+
+    private StartingGameState state;
+    private StartingGameView startingGameViewView;
+
+    public StartingGameController(StartingGameState state) {
+        this.state = state;
+        startingGameViewView= new StartingGameView(state.getCam());
+    }
+
+    public void handleInput(){
+
+        if (Gdx.input.justTouched()) {
+            Vector3 touchPos = new Vector3(Gdx.input.getX(), Gdx.input.getY(), 0);
+            System.out.println("Screen touch: " + touchPos.x + ", " + touchPos.y);
+            state.getCam().unproject(touchPos); // convert from screen coordinates to world coordinates
+
+            if(startingGameViewView.getBackArrosBounds().contains(touchPos.x,touchPos.y)){
+                System.out.println("back button pressed");
+            }
+        }
+
+
+
+
+    }
+
+    public void update(float dt){
+        handleInput();
+    }
+
+    public void render(SpriteBatch sb){
+        startingGameViewView.render(sb);
+    }
+
+    public void dispose(){
+        startingGameViewView.dispose();
+    }
+}

core/src/com/wordbattle/game/states/StartingGameState.java

+package com.wordbattle.game.states;
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
+import com.wordbattle.game.WordBattle;
+import com.wordbattle.game.controller.MainMenuController;
+import com.wordbattle.game.controller.StartingGameController;
+
+public class StartingGameState extends BaseState{
+
+    private StartingGameController controller;
+
+    public StartingGameState(StateManager gsm) {
+        super(gsm);
+        this.controller = new StartingGameController(this); // 'this' provides context
+        cam.setToOrtho(false, WordBattle.WIDTH, WordBattle.HEIGHT);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void handleInput() {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void update(float dt) {
+        controller.update(dt);
+        cam.update();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void render(SpriteBatch sb) {
+        controller.render(sb);
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void enter() {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void exit() {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void dispose() {
+        controller.dispose();
+
+    }
+}

core/src/com/wordbattle/game/view/StartingGameView.java

+package com.wordbattle.game.view;
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL20;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.OrthographicCamera;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.freetype.FreeTypeFontGenerator;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Circle;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Rectangle;
+import com.wordbattle.game.WordBattle;
+
+public class StartingGameView {
+
+    private OrthographicCamera cam;
+
+    private Texture backgroundTexture;
+
+    private Texture backArrowTexture;
+
+    private Rectangle backArrowBounds;
+
+    private BitmapFont font;
+
+    public StartingGameView(OrthographicCamera cam) {
+        this.cam = cam;
+
+        backgroundTexture = new Texture("bg2.png");
+        backArrowTexture = new Texture("back_button.png");
+
+        backArrowBounds= new Rectangle(5,740,40,40);
+
+        // Load and set up font
+        FreeTypeFontGenerator generator = new FreeTypeFontGenerator(Gdx.files.internal("Knewave-Regular.ttf"));
+        FreeTypeFontGenerator.FreeTypeFontParameter parameter = new FreeTypeFontGenerator.FreeTypeFontParameter();
+        parameter.size = 52;
+        font = generator.generateFont(parameter);
+        font.setColor(Color.PINK);
+        generator.dispose();
+
+    }
+
+    public void render(SpriteBatch spriteBatch){
+        Gdx.gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 1);
+        Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
+        cam.update();
+
+        spriteBatch.setProjectionMatrix(cam.combined);
+        spriteBatch.begin();
+
+        spriteBatch.draw(backgroundTexture,0,0, WordBattle.WIDTH,WordBattle.HEIGHT);
+        spriteBatch.draw(backArrowTexture,backArrowBounds.x,backArrowBounds.y,backArrowBounds.getWidth(),backArrowBounds.getHeight());
+        font.draw(spriteBatch,"Starting Game...", 60,400);
+
+        spriteBatch.end();
+
+
+    }
+
+    public Rectangle getBackArrosBounds() {
+        return backArrowBounds;
+    }
+
+    public void dispose(){
+
+    }
+}