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Learning Cocos2d-x Game Development

By : Siddharth Shekar
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Learning Cocos2d-x Game Development

By: Siddharth Shekar

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Learning Cocos2d-x Game Development
Siddharth Shekar
Sep, 2014 | 266 pages
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Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Learning Cocos2d-x Game Development
Learning Cocos2d-x Game Development
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
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Preface
Preface
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1
Getting Started
Getting Started
Downloading and installing Visual Studio
Downloading and installing the Windows Phone SDK
Downloading and installing Python
Downloading Cocos2d-x
Creating a new project
Coordinate system
Basic classes of Cocos2d-x
Project breakup
Running the project on multiple platforms
Summary
2
Displaying the Hero and Controls
Displaying the Hero and Controls
First things first
Displaying the background image
Character movement
Enabling the touch function
Enabling multitouch
Movement with touches
Movement with the accelerometer
Custom controls
Summary
3
Enemies and Controls
Enemies and Controls
Creating the enemy class
Adding the gameplay layer
Creating the projectile class
Adding hero controls
Summary
4
Collision Detection and Scoring
Collision Detection and Scoring
Theory of collision detection
Coding collision detection
Keeping track of the score and the game over condition
Storing high scores
Summary
5
HUD, Parallax Background, and the Pause Button
HUD, Parallax Background, and the Pause Button
Texts and fonts
Creating the HUD layer and displaying as well as updating scores
Creating the pause button and showing the pause screen
Implementing pause and resuming the game
Adding the scrolling layer class
Creating the parallax scrolling layer
Summary
6
Animations
Animations
Animation basics
TexturePacker
Creating a spritesheet for the player
Coding the player animation
Creating and coding enemy animation
Creating the skeletal animation
Coding the player walk cycle
Summary
7
Particle Systems
Particle Systems
What is a particle system?
Cocos2d-x's inbuilt particle system
Adding the gun muzzle particle system
Adding an explosion particle system
Adding particles for jetpack when a player moves upwards
Creating your own particle system
Summary
8
Adding Main and Option Menu Scenes
Adding Main and Option Menu Scenes
Creating the main menu scene
Loading the menu scene at start of the app
Creating the Options scene
Changing the name of the app
Summary
9
Adding Sounds and Effects
Adding Sounds and Effects
Audio in Cocos2d-x
Adding looped background music
Adding sound effects
Adding the mute button
Summary
10
Publishing to the Windows Phone Store
Publishing to the Windows Phone Store
A look at the Windows Phone Store
Creating the store account
Preparing/creating the app
Creating the app and setting pricing
Uploading the XAP file, icons, and screenshots for review
Summary
11
Porting, References, and Final Remarks
Porting, References, and Final Remarks
Running the game on the Windows desktop
Running the game on the Android simulator using the Eclipse IDE
Running on the BlackBerry simulator using the Momentics IDE
Running on an iOS simulator using Xcode
Additional learning resources
Final remarks and a thank you note
Index
Index

TexturePacker

To create a spritesheet animation, you will have to initially create individual frames in Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP or any other image editing software. I have already made it and have each of the images for the individual frames ready.

Next, you will have to use a software to create spritesheets from images. TexturePacker is a very popular software that is used by industry professionals to create spritesheets. You can download it from https://www.codeandweb.com/. These are the same guys who made PhysicsEditor, which we used to make shapes for Box2D.

You can use the trial version of this software. While downloading, choose the version that is compatible with your operating system. Fortunately, TexturePacker is available for all the major operating systems, including Linux. Refer to the following screenshot to check out the steps to use TexturePacker:

Once you have downloaded TexturePacker, you have three options: you can click to try the full version for a week, or you can...

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