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Cocos2d-x by example (update)

By : Roger Engelbert

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Cocos2d-x by example (update)

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By: Roger Engelbert

Overview of this book

If you are a game enthusiast who would like to develop and publish your own game ideas onto different app stores, this is the book for you. Some knowledge of C++ or Java is helpful but not necessary.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Sections

Time for action – heading

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

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1. Installing Cocos2d-x

1. Installing Cocos2d-x

Downloading and installing Cocos2d-x

Time for action – downloading, downloading, downloading

Time for action – installing Cocos2d-x

Hello-x World-x

Time for action – creating an application

Time for action – deploying to Android

Finding more reference material

Time for action – running the test samples

The other tools

Summary

2. You Plus C++ Plus Cocos2d-x

2. You Plus C++ Plus Cocos2d-x

Cocos2d-x – an introduction

The class interface

Time for action – creating the interface

The class implementation

Time for action – creating the implementation

Instantiating objects and managing memory

What you get with Ref

Summary

3. Your First Game – Air Hockey

3. Your First Game – Air Hockey

Game configurations

Time for action – creating your game project

Time for action – laying down the rules

Supporting retina displays

Time for action – adding the image files

Time for action – adding retina support

Adding sound effects

Time for action – adding the sound files

Extending Sprite

Time for action – adding GameSprite.cpp

Time for action – implementing GameSprite

The actual game scene

Time for action – coding the GameLayer interface

Time for action – implementing init()

Time for action – handling multitouches

Time for action – adding our main loop

Time for action – updating scores

Time for action – running the game in Android

Summary

4. Fun with Sprites – Sky Defense

4. Fun with Sprites – Sky Defense

The game – sky defense

Using sprite sheets in Cocos2d-x

Time for action – creating SpriteBatchNode

Bitmap fonts in Cocos2d-x

Time for action – creating bitmap font labels

Time for action – adding the final screen sprites

Time for action – creating our object pools

Actions in a nutshell

Time for action – creating actions with Cocos2d-x

Animating a sprite in Cocos2d-x

Time for action – creating animations

Time to make our game tick!

Time for action – handling touches

Time for action – starting and restarting the game

Time for action – updating the game

Time for action – retrieving objects from the pool

Play the game!

Time for action – running the game in Android

Summary

5. On the Line – Rocket Through

5. On the Line – Rocket Through

The game – Rocket Through

So what are particles?

Time for action – creating particle systems

Creating the grid

Drawing primitives in Cocos2d-x

Time for action – let's do some drawing!

The rocket sprite

Time for action – updating our rocket sprite

Time for action – handling touches

The game loop

Time for action – adding the main loop

Kill and reset

Time for action – adding our resets and kills

Time for action – running the game in Android

Summary

6. Quick and Easy Sprite – Victorian Rush Hour

6. Quick and Easy Sprite – Victorian Rush Hour

The game – Victorian Rush Hour

The game settings

Rapid prototyping with Cocos2d-x

Time for action – creating placeholder sprites

The Player object

The Block object

The terrain object

Time for action – coding the player

Time for action – coding the Block object

Time for action – initializing our Terrain class

Time for action – initializing our Blocks object

Time for action – moving and resetting

Platform collision logic

Time for action – adding collision detection

Adding the controls

Time for action – handling touches

Time for action – coding the main loop

Summary

7. Adding the Looks – Victorian Rush Hour

7. Adding the Looks – Victorian Rush Hour

Victorian Rush Hour – the game

Texturing our buildings with sprites

Time for action – texturing the buildings

Containers within containers

Creating a parallax effect

Time for action – creating a parallax effect

Adding a menu to our game

Time for action – creating Menu and MenuItem

Adding a tutorial to our game

Time for action – adding a tutorial

Time for action – running the game in Android

Summary

8. Getting Physical – Box2D

8. Getting Physical – Box2D

Building a Box2D project with Cocos2d-x

Time for action – using debug draw in your Box2D project

So what is a physics engine?

Our game – MiniPool

Time for action – adding the touch events

Time for action – adding the main loop

Time for action – creating a timer

Time for action – running the game in Android

Summary

9. On the Level – Eskimo

9. On the Level – Eskimo

The game – Eskimo

Using scenes in Cocos2d-x

Time for action – creating a scene transition

Time for action – creating transitions with a singleton Layer class

Loading external data from a .plist file

Time for action – creating a .plist file

Loading the level data

Time for action – retrieving data from the .plist file

Saving game data

Time for action – storing the completed levels

Using events in your game

Time for action – using the event dispatcher

Using the accelerometer

Time for action – reading accelerometer data

Reusing b2Bodies

Time for action – changing a b2Body fixture

Time for action – running the game in Android

Summary

10. Introducing Lua!

10. Introducing Lua!

So what is Lua like?

The game – Stone Age

Time for action – creating or importing a project

Time for action – setting up our screen resolution

Time for action – creating a menu scene

Time for action – creating our game scene

Time for action – building the gems

Time for action – changing the grid with GridController

Time for action – swapping the gems and looking for matches

Time for action – collapsing the grid and repeating

Time for action – animating matches and collapses

Time for action – publishing the game with the Cocos IDE

Summary

A. Vector Calculations with Cocos2d-x

A. Vector Calculations with Cocos2d-x

What are vectors?

Using ccp helper methods

B. Pop Quiz Answers

Chapter 4, Fun with Sprites – Sky Defense

Chapter 8, Getting Physical – Box2D

Index

Index

Chapter 1. Installing Cocos2d-x

In this chapter, we'll get things up and running on your machine so you can get the most out of the examples in this book. This will include information on downloading the framework and creating a project as well as an overview of the basic structure of a Cocos2d-x application.

I will also point you to some extra tools you should consider getting to help you with the development process, such as tools to build sprite sheets, particle effects, and bitmap fonts. Although these tools are optional, and you can still learn how to use sprite sheets, particles, and bitmap fonts just by following the examples given in this book, you might consider these tools for your own projects.

Things you will learn in this first chapter are as follows:

How to download Cocos2d-x
How to run your first multiplatform application
What the basic project looks like and how to find your way around it
How to use the test project as a major reference source

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