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Cocos2d Game Development Blueprints

By : Jorge Jordán
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Cocos2d Game Development Blueprints

By: Jorge Jordán

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Cocos2d Game Development Blueprints
Jorge Jordán
Jan, 2015 | 440 pages
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Cocos2d Game Development Blueprints
Cocos2d Game Development Blueprints
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
Sprites, Sounds, and Collisions
Sprites, Sounds, and Collisions
Creating a new Cocos2d project
Run Xcode Run
CCNode
Your first game – RunYetiRun
1-star challenge – accurate collision detection
2-star challenge – having three lives
Summary
2
Explosions and UFOs
Explosions and UFOs
Handling the accelerometer input
Implementing the parallax effect in Cocos2d
Particle systems
Extending CCSprite
2-star challenge – create explosions
Drawing and coloring
1-star challenge – collision detection between Dr. Fringe and the UFO
Summary
3
Your First Online Game
Your First Online Game
Getting started with our project
Initializing the game
Creating labels with CCLabelBMFont
CCActions in depth
Drag, drop, and scale
Game Center
Summary
4
Beat All Your Enemies Up
Beat All Your Enemies Up
Creating an iPad-only game
Developing virtual game controls
Moving the zombie
CCSpriteBatchNode
Texture atlases
Creating your first animation
3-star challenge – hitting the air
Creating the zombie class
Creating the human enemies class
Keeping the main character in view
Taking human decisions
Drawing a life bar
Detecting collisions with enemies
2-star challenge – enemies' life bar
Game over
Summary
5
Scenes at the Highest Level
Scenes at the Highest Level
Initializing the game
Developing a tutorial for our game
Storing data using NSUserDefault
Loading data from external files
Transitions
3-star challenge – create a map scene
Summary
6
Physics Behavior
Physics Behavior
Physics engines
Game physics in Cocos2d
Introducing Chipmunk
Creating your first physics
Creating sprites with physics
Defining shapes
Advanced collision detection with Chipmunk
Creating a snooker game with Chipmunk
Summary
7
Jump and Run
Jump and Run
Initializing the game
Configuring a varied scene
Scrolling the background and blocks
Coding custom physics
Adding a menu to the game
2-star challenge – adding pinecones to the scene
1-star challenge – adding a score label
Summary
8
Defend the Tower
Defend the Tower
Initializing the game
Developing a pathfinding algorithm
Predefining defensive positions
Placing defenses
Giving AI to the defenses
Sharing information between nodes
Loading waves of enemies
2-star challenge – adding explosions
3-star challenge – upgrading defenses
Summary
Index
Index

Credits

Author

Jorge Jordán

Reviewers

Saeed Afshari

Nader Eloshaiker

Mohsin Mahmood

Commissioning Editor

Ashwin Nair

Acquisition Editor

Richard Brookes-Bland

Content Development Editor

Sumeet Sawant

Technical Editor

Siddhi Rane

Copy Editors

Safis Editing

Ameesha Green

Project Coordinator

Judie Jose

Proofreaders

Ameesha Green

Steve Maguire

Jonathan Todd

Indexer

Mariammal Chettiyar

Graphics

Vanesa Domingo

Production Coordinator

Aparna Bhagat

Cover Work

Aparna Bhagat

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