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Cocos2d-x by Example: Beginner's Guide

By : Roger Engelbert
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By: Roger Engelbert

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Cocos2d-x by Example: Beginner's Guide
Roger Engelbert
Mar, 2015 | 270 pages
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Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Cocos2d-x by Example Beginner's Guide Second Edition
Cocos2d-x by Example Beginner's Guide Second Edition
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
Installing Cocos2d-x
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
Vector Calculations with Cocos2d-x
Vector Calculations with Cocos2d-x
What are vectors?
Using ccp helper methods
Pop Quiz Answers
Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 4, Fun with Sprites – Sky Defense
Chapter 8, Getting Physical – Box2D
Index
Index

Summary

In my opinion, after nodes and all their derived objects, actions are the second best thing about Cocos2d-x. They are time savers and can quickly spice things up in any project with professional-looking animations. And I hope with the examples found in this chapter, and along with the ones found in the Cocos2d-x samples test project, you will be able to create any action you need with Cocos2d-x.

In the next chapter, I'll introduce you to another simple way you can spice things up in your game: with particles!

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