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Mastering Cocos2d Cross-Platform Game Development

By : Alex Ogorek

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Mastering Cocos2d Cross-Platform Game Development

4.5 (4)

By: Alex Ogorek

Overview of this book

If you are a developer who is experienced with Cocos2d and Objective-C, and want to take your game development skills to the next level, this book is going to help you achieve your goal.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

1. Refreshing Your Cocos2d Knowledge

1. Refreshing Your Cocos2d Knowledge

Preparing the mindset

Choosing tools and getting started

Setting flexible, focused goals

Downloading the IDE and Source Code

Summary

2. Failing Faster with Prototypes

2. Failing Faster with Prototypes

File suffixes versus directories

Why prototype?

Getting a scene up and running

Creating buttons and text (labels)

Begin using sprite sheets with TexturePacker

Creating buttons via CCButton and CCLayout

Creating nodes and units (sprites)

Creating menus, scenes, and scene transitions

Where to go from here?

Summary

3. Focusing on Physics

3. Focusing on Physics

Learn how Chipmunk works

Setting up a project and creating basic objects

Setting gravity by tilting the device

Handling collisions in Chipmunk

Using Chipmunk for just collision detection

Summary

4. Sound and Music

4. Sound and Music

Prerequisites

Seeing the difference in audio types

Learning about OALSimpleAudio

Playing sound effects and loop background music

Modifying the sound effect on the fly

Other great sound places

Summary

5. Creating Cool Content

5. Creating Cool Content

Adding a table for scores

Adding subtle sliding to the units

Creating movements on a Bézier curve

Depth perception via device tilting

Three ways to make unit streamers or "ghosts"

Touchscreen controls versus D-pad adaptation (and why it matters so much to know this distinction)

Summary

6. Tidying Up and Polishing

6. Tidying Up and Polishing

Button press visuals

Pulse on unit combine

Tutorial

Sharing on Facebook and Twitter (and more)

Turning sounds on and off

Game Center leaderboards

Slide transition

Summary

7. Reaching Our Destination

7. Reaching Our Destination

Adding a default image

Icons

Analytics and user data

Preparing the app on iTunes Connect

Releasing the game and steps after it

Summary

8. Exploring Swift

8. Exploring Swift

How Swift works

Learning Swift through Playgrounds

Creating a game in Swift instead of Objective-C

Summary

Index

Index

Summary

We looked at how to plan your game according to the specific elements you wish to include in it, how to choose the tools you'll be needing along the way as you create your game, as well as some best practices when it comes to actually creating the idea and moving forward throughout the project's lifetime.

Finally, we covered how to download and install Xcode, downloaded and installed SpriteBuilder, and downloaded various third-party applications that make your life much easier.

The next chapter will cover in depth why prototypes are essential for a great game design, why failing faster with quickly iterated prototypes is the key, and why creating a minimal viable product that people can actually play (even if it's buggier than anything you've ever seen) is very important for your game's long-term success.

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