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Cocos2d-x Cookbook

By : Akihiro Matsuura
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Cocos2d-x Cookbook

By: Akihiro Matsuura

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Cocos2d-x Cookbook
Akihiro Matsuura
Nov, 2015 | 254 pages
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Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Cocos2d-x Cookbook
Cocos2d-x Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Getting Started with Cocos2d-x
Getting Started with Cocos2d-x
Introduction
Setting up our Android Environment
Installing Cocos2d-x
Using the Cocos command
Building the project using Xcode
Building the project using Eclipse
Implementing multi-resolution support
Preparing your original game
2
Creating Sprites
Creating Sprites
Introduction
Creating sprites
Getting the sprite's position and size
Manipulating sprites
Creating animations
Creating actions
Controlling actions
Calling functions with actions
Easing actions
Using a texture atlas
Using a batch node
Using 3D modals
Detecting collisions
Drawing a shape
3
Working with Labels
Working with Labels
Creating system font labels
Creating true type font labels
Creating bitmap font labels
Creating rich text
4
Building Scenes and Layers
Building Scenes and Layers
Introduction
Creating scenes
Transitioning between scenes
Transitioning scenes with effects
Making original transitions for replacing scenes
Making original transitions for popping scenes
Creating layers
Creating modal layers
5
Creating GUIs
Creating GUIs
Introduction
Creating menus
Creating buttons
Creating checkboxes
Creating loading bars
Creating sliders
Creating text fields
Creating scroll views
Creating page views
Creating list views
6
Playing Sounds
Playing Sounds
Playing background music
Playing a sound effect
Controlling volume, pitch, and balance
Pausing and resuming background music
Pausing and resuming sound effects
Playing background music and a sound effect by using AudioEngine
Playing movies
7
Working with Resource Files
Working with Resource Files
Selecting resource files
Managing resource files
Using SQLite
Using .xml files
Using .plist files
Using .json files
8
Working with Hardware
Working with Hardware
Introduction
Using native code
Changing the processing using the platform
Using the acceleration sensor
Keeping the screen on
Getting dpi
Getting the maximum texture size
9
Controlling Physics
Controlling Physics
Introduction
Using the physics engine
Detecting collisions
Using joints
Changing gravity by using the acceleration sensor
10
Improving Games with Extra Features
Improving Games with Extra Features
Introduction
Using Texture Packer
Using Tiled Map Editor
Getting the property of the object in the tiled map
Using Physics Editor
Using Glyph Designer
11
Taking Advantages
Taking Advantages
Introduction
Using encrypted sprite sheets
Using encrypted zip files
Using encrypted SQLite files
Creating Observer Pattern
Networking with HTTP
Index
Index

Chapter 5. Creating GUIs

In this chapter, we're going to create various UI parts. The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Creating menus

  • Creating buttons

  • Creating checkboxes

  • Creating loading bar

  • Creating sliders

  • Creating text fields

  • Creating scroll views

  • Creating page views

  • Creating list views

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