diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+## Java
+
+*.class
+*.war
+*.ear
+hs_err_pid*
+
+## Robovm
+/ios/robovm-build/
+
+## GWT
+/html/war/
+/html/gwt-unitCache/
+.apt_generated/
+.gwt/
+gwt-unitCache/
+www-test/
+.gwt-tmp/
+
+## Android Studio and Intellij and Android in general
+/android/libs/armeabi/
+/android/libs/armeabi-v7a/
+/android/libs/arm64-v8a/
+/android/libs/x86/
+/android/libs/x86_64/
+/android/gen/
+.idea/
+*.ipr
+*.iws
+*.iml
+/android/out/
+com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
+
+## Eclipse
+
+.classpath
+.project
+.metadata/
+/android/bin/
+/core/bin/
+/desktop/bin/
+/html/bin/
+/ios/bin/
+/ios-moe/bin/
+*.tmp
+*.bak
+*.swp
+*~.nib
+.settings/
+.loadpath
+.externalToolBuilders/
+*.launch
+
+## NetBeans
+
+/nbproject/private/
+/android/nbproject/private/
+/core/nbproject/private/
+/desktop/nbproject/private/
+/html/nbproject/private/
+/ios/nbproject/private/
+/ios-moe/nbproject/private/
+
+/build/
+/android/build/
+/core/build/
+/desktop/build/
+/html/build/
+/ios/build/
+/ios-moe/build/
+
+/nbbuild/
+/android/nbbuild/
+/core/nbbuild/
+/desktop/nbbuild/
+/html/nbbuild/
+/ios/nbbuild/
+/ios-moe/nbbuild/
+
+/dist/
+/android/dist/
+/core/dist/
+/desktop/dist/
+/html/dist/
+/ios/dist/
+/ios-moe/dist/
+
+/nbdist/
+/android/nbdist/
+/core/nbdist/
+/desktop/nbdist/
+/html/nbdist/
+/ios/nbdist/
+/ios-moe/nbdist/
+
+nbactions.xml
+nb-configuration.xml
+
+## Gradle
+
+/local.properties
+.gradle/
+gradle-app.setting
+/build/
+/android/build/
+/core/build/
+/desktop/build/
+/html/build/
+/ios/build/
+/ios-moe/build/
+
+## OS Specific
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+## iOS
+/ios/xcode/*.xcodeproj/*
+!/ios/xcode/*.xcodeproj/xcshareddata
+!/ios/xcode/*.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+/ios/xcode/native/
+
+/ios-moe/xcode/*.xcodeproj/*
+!/ios-moe/xcode/*.xcodeproj/xcshareddata
+!/ios-moe/xcode/*.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+/ios-moe/xcode/native/
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
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+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+buildscript {
+    
+
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        mavenCentral()
+        maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
+        jcenter()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        
+
+    }
+}
+
+allprojects {
+    apply plugin: "eclipse"
+    apply plugin: "idea"
+
+    version = '1.0'
+    ext {
+        appName = "my-gdx-game"
+        gdxVersion = '1.9.8'
+        roboVMVersion = '2.3.1'
+        box2DLightsVersion = '1.4'
+        ashleyVersion = '1.7.0'
+        aiVersion = '1.8.0'
+    }
+
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        mavenCentral()
+        maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
+        maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/" }
+    }
+}
+
+project(":desktop") {
+    apply plugin: "java"
+
+
+    dependencies {
+        compile project(":core")
+        compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-backend-lwjgl:$gdxVersion"
+        compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-desktop"
+        compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-desktop"
+        compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-controllers-desktop:$gdxVersion"
+        compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-controllers-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-desktop"
+        compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-tools:$gdxVersion"
+        
+    }
+}
+
+project(":core") {
+    apply plugin: "java"
+
+
+    dependencies {
+        compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx:$gdxVersion"
+        compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d:$gdxVersion"
+        compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-controllers:$gdxVersion"
+        compile "com.badlogicgames.box2dlights:box2dlights:$box2DLightsVersion"
+        compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-ai:$aiVersion"
+        
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.eclipse.doLast {
+    delete ".project"
+}
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diff --git a/core/assets/badlogic.jpg b/core/assets/badlogic.jpg
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diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
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+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apply plugin: "java"
+
+sourceCompatibility = 1.6
+[compileJava, compileTestJava]*.options*.encoding = 'UTF-8'
+
+sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs = [ "src/" ]
+
+
+eclipse.project {
+    name = appName + "-core"
+}
diff --git a/core/src/com/mygdx/game/MyGdxGame.java b/core/src/com/mygdx/game/MyGdxGame.java
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+++ b/core/src/com/mygdx/game/MyGdxGame.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.mygdx.game;
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.ApplicationAdapter;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.ApplicationListener;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL20;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
+
+public class MyGdxGame extends ApplicationAdapter {
+	private SpriteBatch batch;
+    private BitmapFont font;
+    
+    @Override
+    public void create() {        
+        batch = new SpriteBatch();    
+        font = new BitmapFont();
+        font.setColor(Color.RED);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void dispose() {
+        batch.dispose();
+        font.dispose();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void render() {        
+        Gdx.gl.glClearColor(1, 1, 1, 1);
+        Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
+        
+        batch.begin();
+        font.draw(batch, "Hello World", 200, 200);
+        batch.end();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void resize(int width, int height) {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void pause() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void resume() {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/desktop/build.gradle b/desktop/build.gradle
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+apply plugin: "java"
+
+sourceCompatibility = 1.6
+sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs = [ "src/" ]
+
+project.ext.mainClassName = "com.mygdx.game.desktop.DesktopLauncher"
+project.ext.assetsDir = new File("../core/assets");
+
+task run(dependsOn: classes, type: JavaExec) {
+    main = project.mainClassName
+    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
+    standardInput = System.in
+    workingDir = project.assetsDir
+    ignoreExitValue = true
+}
+
+task debug(dependsOn: classes, type: JavaExec) {
+    main = project.mainClassName
+    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
+    standardInput = System.in
+    workingDir = project.assetsDir
+    ignoreExitValue = true
+    debug = true
+}
+
+task dist(type: Jar) {
+    from files(sourceSets.main.output.classesDir)
+    from files(sourceSets.main.output.resourcesDir)
+    from {configurations.compile.collect {zipTree(it)}}
+    from files(project.assetsDir);
+ 
+    manifest {
+        attributes 'Main-Class': project.mainClassName
+    }
+}
+
+dist.dependsOn classes
+
+eclipse {
+    project {
+        name = appName + "-desktop"
+        linkedResource name: 'assets', type: '2', location: 'PARENT-1-PROJECT_LOC/core/assets'
+    }
+}
+
+task afterEclipseImport(description: "Post processing after project generation", group: "IDE") {
+  doLast {
+    def classpath = new XmlParser().parse(file(".classpath"))
+    new Node(classpath, "classpathentry", [ kind: 'src', path: 'assets' ]);
+    def writer = new FileWriter(file(".classpath"))
+    def printer = new XmlNodePrinter(new PrintWriter(writer))
+    printer.setPreserveWhitespace(true)
+    printer.print(classpath)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/desktop/src/com/mygdx/game/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java b/desktop/src/com/mygdx/game/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a150acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/com/mygdx/game/desktop/DesktopLauncher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.mygdx.game.desktop;
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplicationConfiguration;
+import com.mygdx.game.MyGdxGame;
+
+public class DesktopLauncher {
+	public static void main (String[] arg) {
+		LwjglApplicationConfiguration config = new LwjglApplicationConfiguration();
+		
+		config.title = "hello-world";
+		config.width = 1280;
+		config.height = 800;
+        
+		new LwjglApplication(new MyGdxGame(), config);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
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index 0000000..339fa15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+org.gradle.daemon=true
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms128m -Xmx1500m
+org.gradle.configureondemand=true
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
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diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0eb9142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Fri Jun 09 23:06:52 EDT 2017
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-bin.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
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index 0000000..4453cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn ( ) {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die ( ) {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Escape application args
+save ( ) {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
+}
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
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index 0000000..e95643d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
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index 0000000..74fc652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include 'desktop', 'core'
\ No newline at end of file