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Box2D for Flash Games

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Box2D for Flash Games

Overview of this book

Physics games are getting more and more popular, and Box2D is the best choice if you are looking for a free, stable and robust library to handle physics. With Box2D you can create every kind of 2D physics game, only coding is not the fun part, but the game itself. "Box2D for Flash Games" will guide you through the process of making a Flash physics game starting from the bare bones and taking you by hand through complex features such as forces, joints and motors. As you are learning, your game will have more and more features, like the physics games you are used to playing. The book analyzes two of the most played physics games, and breaks them down to allow readers to build them from scratch in a step-by-step approach. By the end of the book, you will learn how to create basic primitive bodies as well as complex, compound bodies. Motors will give life to cars, catapults and siege machines firing bullets, while a complete collision management will make your game look even more realistic. If you want to make full Flash games with physics, then Box2D for Flash Games will guide you through the entire process of making a Flash physics game.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Box2D for Flash Games
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 7. Skinning the Game

Now you are able to build playable games with Box2D, but don't expect them to be a success if you just use the built-in debug draw to render the world.

Cute graphics really make the difference between a playable game and an awesome game. Would you have more fun killing pigs with angry birds or killing gray circles with gray squares?

In this chapter you'll learn how to skin your game, in order to give it a solid personality using the following concepts:

  • Replacing debug draw with your own graphic assets

  • Synchronizing graphic assets with Box2D bodies' position and rotation

By the end of the chapter, you will have your Angry Birds and Totem Destroyer games skinned with your custom graphics.