Index

A

• accelerometer events
  • handling / Handling accelerometer events
• actions
  • defining / Understanding actions
  • sprites, moving / Moving sprites
  • sequences, creating / Creating sequences
• AdMob
  • about / Adding ads to the game by inserting Java code
• AdMob ID
  • URL / Adding the Java code
• ads
  • adding, to game by inserting Java code / Adding ads to the game by inserting Java code
• Android application configuration / Android application configuration
• Android back key pressed event
  • handling / Handling the Android back key pressed event
• Android Development Tools (ADT) / Setting up the Android SDK
• Android manifest
  • modifying / Modifying the Android manifest
  • Java code, adding / Adding the Java code
• Android Native Development Kit
  • setting up / Setting up the Android Native Development Kit
• Android SDK
  • setting up / Setting up the Android SDK
  • downloading / Downloading the Android SDK
  • Eclipse, downloading / Downloading Eclipse
  • Eclipse ADT plugin, setting up / Setting up the Eclipse ADT plugin
• Apache Ant
  • setting up / Setting up Apache Ant
  • URL / Setting up Apache Ant
• applicationDidFinishLaunching method
  • about / Putting everything together
• audio engine
  • about / The new audio engine
  • features, including / New features included in the new audio engine
  • mute button, adding to game / Adding a mute button to our game
• audio properties
  • modifying / Modifying audio properties
  • audio, handling / Handling audio when leaving the game

B

• background music
  • playing / Playing background music and sound effects
• bitmap font labels
  • creating / Creating bitmap font labels
  • bombs, adding to game / Adding more bombs to our game

C

• C++ lambda functions
  • URL / Handling the touch event
• Cocos2d-x
  • about / Cocos2d-x overview
  • setting up / Setting up Cocos2d-x
  • first project, creating / Creating your first project
  • Eclipse IDE, setting up / Setting up the Eclipse IDE
• Cocos2d-x game
  • Java code, adding to / Adding Java code to the Cocos2d-x game
• Cocos2d-x objects
  • collections, creating of / Creating collections of the Cocos2d-x objects
  • bombs, exploding / Exploding bombs
• Cocos2d-x structure
  • defining, for Android platform / Understanding the Cocos2d-x structure for the Android platform
• collections
  • creating, of Cocos2d-x objects / Creating collections of the Cocos2d-x objects
• collision detection
  • about / Collision detection
• customized particle systems
  • creating / Creating customized particle systems
• custom time interval
  • about / Adding more bombs to our game

E

• Eclipse
  • downloading / Downloading Eclipse
  • URL / Downloading Eclipse
• Eclipse ADT plugin
  • URL / Setting up the Eclipse ADT plugin
• Eclipse IDE
  • setting up / Setting up the Eclipse IDE
• environment
  • configuring / Configuring the environment
• Event Dispatcher mechanism
  • defining / Understanding the Event Dispatcher mechanism

G

• game
  • pausing / Pausing the game
  • resources files, organizing / Organizing our resources files
  • pause scene header file, creating / Creating our pause scene header file
  • pause scene implementation file, creating / Creating the pause scene implementation file
• game menus
  • about / Game menus
  • multiple screen resolutions, handling / Handling multiple screen resolutions
  • implementation file / Putting everything together
• Glyph Designer
  • about / Creating bitmap font labels
  • URL / Creating bitmap font labels
• Glyph Designer X / Creating bitmap font labels
• gravity
  • handling / Handling gravity
  • physics properties, handling / Handling physics properties

H

• HelloWorldScene.h header file
  • displaying / Putting everything together
  • about / Putting everything together

J

• Java
  • setting up / Setting up Java
• Java code
  • adding, to Cocos2d-x game / Adding Java code to the Cocos2d-x game
  • inserting, for adding ads / Adding ads to the game by inserting Java code
  • embedding, in Cocos2d-x game / Putting everything together
• JDK 6
  • URL / Setting up Java
• JNI capabilities
  • defining / Understanding the JNI capabilities

L

• Littera
  • about / Creating bitmap font labels
  • URL / Creating bitmap font labels

M

• multi-touch events
  • handling / Handling multi-touch events

N

• Native Development Kit (NDK) / Understanding the Cocos2d-x structure for the Android platform
• nodes
  • defining / Understanding nodes

O

• onCollision method
  • about / Putting everything together

P

• Particle Designer
  • URL / Creating customized particle systems
• particle systems
  • adding, to game / Adding particle systems to our game, Putting everything together
  • configuring / Configuring the particle systems
  • URL / Creating customized particle systems
• pause scene header file
  • creating / Creating our pause scene header file
• pause scene implementation file
  • creating / Creating the pause scene implementation file
  • transitions / Transitions
• physics properties, gravity
  • handling / Handling physics properties
  • velocity, applying / Applying velocity
  • linear damping / Linear damping
  • force, applying / Applying force
  • impulse, applying / Applying impulse
  • torque, applying / Applying torque
• physics world
  • setting up / Setting up the physics world
• Python
  • setting up / Setting up Python

R

• red, green and blue (RGB)
  • about / Adding label effects

S

• scenes
  • creating / Creating scenes
  • Layer class, defining / Understanding Layers
  • Cocos2d-x director, using / Using the director
• screen touch
  • maintaining / Keeping the screen alive
• sound effects
  • playing / Playing background music and sound effects
• source code, Cocos2d-x
  • URL / Setting up Cocos2d-x
• sprites
  • defining / Understanding sprites
  • creating / Creating sprites
  • positioning / Positioning sprites
  • anchor points, setting / Setting anchor points
  • Cocos2d-x coordinate system, defining / Understanding the Cocos2d-x coordinate system
  • adding, to scene / Adding sprites to the scene
  • positioning, outside visible area / Positioning sprites outside the visible area
  • player sprite, positioning / Positioning the player sprite
  • animating / Animating sprites
  • performance, improving with sprite sheets / Improving performance with sprite sheets
• system fonts
  • creating / Creating system fonts

T

• template code
  • about / Template code walk-through
  • Java classes / Java classes
  • Android application configuration / Android application configuration
  • C++ classes / C++ classes
  • scenes / Scenes
• touch event
  • handling / Handling the touch event
  • multi-touch events, handling / Handling multi-touch events
• TrueType font labels
  • creating / Creating TrueType font labels
  • GameOverScene, creating / Creating our GameOverScene
  • GameOverScene, calling when player loses / Calling our GameOverScene when a player loses
  • Gameover scene, customizing / Customizing the GameOverScene
  • label effects, adding / Adding label effects

W

• What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG)
  • about / Creating customized particle systems