GameScreen.java

package com.mygdx.makescents;

import com.badlogic.gdx.Game;
import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.ScreenUtils;

public class GameScreen extends com.badlogic.gdx.ScreenAdapter {
    private Game game;
    private SpriteBatch batch;
    private BitmapFont font;
    private Texture backgroundTexture;

    public GameScreen(Game game) {
        this.game = game;
    }

    @Override
    public void show() {
        batch = new SpriteBatch();

        // Create a new BitmapFont with black color
        font = new BitmapFont();
        font.setColor(Color.BLACK);

        // Set the font's properties
        font.getData().setScale(2f); // Set the font scale
        font.getData().setLineHeight(50f); // Set the line height

        // Load the background texture
        backgroundTexture = new Texture("atypicalGamescreen.png");
    }

    @Override
    public void render(float delta) {
        // Clear the screen to black
        ScreenUtils.clear(Color.BLACK);

        // Begin the SpriteBatch and draw the background texture
        batch.begin();
        batch.draw(backgroundTexture, 0, 0, Gdx.graphics.getWidth(), Gdx.graphics.getHeight());

        // Draw the text with the black font
        font.draw(batch, "This is the game screen", 100, 200);
        batch.end();

        if (Gdx.input.justTouched()) {
            System.out.println("Touched screen - advancing to GameOverScreen");
            game.setScreen(new GameOverScreen(game)); // Set the screen to the GameOverScreen
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void dispose() {
        if (batch != null) {
            batch.dispose();
        }
        if (font != null) {
            font.dispose();
        }
        if (backgroundTexture != null) {
            backgroundTexture.dispose();
        }
    }
}