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Learning Cocos2d-x Game Development

Learning Cocos2d-x Game Development

By : Siddharth Shekar
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Learning Cocos2d-x Game Development

Learning Cocos2d-x Game Development

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By: Siddharth Shekar

Overview of this book

If you are a hobbyist, novice game developer, or programmer who wants to learn about developing games/apps using Cocos2d-x, this book is ideal for you.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Free Chapter
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1. Getting Started
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1. Getting Started
Downloading and installing Visual Studio
Downloading and installing the Windows Phone SDK
Downloading and installing Python
Downloading Cocos2d-x
Creating a new project
Coordinate system
Basic classes of Cocos2d-x
Project breakup
Running the project on multiple platforms
Summary
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2. Displaying the Hero and Controls
2. Displaying the Hero and Controls
First things first
Displaying the background image
Character movement
Enabling the touch function
Enabling multitouch
Movement with touches
Movement with the accelerometer
Custom controls
Summary
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3. Enemies and Controls
3. Enemies and Controls
Creating the enemy class
Adding the gameplay layer
Creating the projectile class
Adding hero controls
Summary
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4. Collision Detection and Scoring
4. Collision Detection and Scoring
Theory of collision detection
Coding collision detection
Keeping track of the score and the game over condition
Storing high scores
Summary
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5. HUD, Parallax Background, and the Pause Button
5. HUD, Parallax Background, and the Pause Button
Texts and fonts
Creating the HUD layer and displaying as well as updating scores
Creating the pause button and showing the pause screen
Implementing pause and resuming the game
Adding the scrolling layer class
Creating the parallax scrolling layer
Summary
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6. Animations
6. Animations
Animation basics
TexturePacker
Creating a spritesheet for the player
Coding the player animation
Creating and coding enemy animation
Creating the skeletal animation
Coding the player walk cycle
Summary
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7. Particle Systems
7. Particle Systems
What is a particle system?
Cocos2d-x's inbuilt particle system
Adding the gun muzzle particle system
Adding an explosion particle system
Adding particles for jetpack when a player moves upwards
Creating your own particle system
Summary
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8. Adding Main and Option Menu Scenes
8. Adding Main and Option Menu Scenes
Creating the main menu scene
Loading the menu scene at start of the app
Creating the Options scene
Changing the name of the app
Summary
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9. Adding Sounds and Effects
9. Adding Sounds and Effects
Audio in Cocos2d-x
Adding looped background music
Adding sound effects
Adding the mute button
Summary
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10. Publishing to the Windows Phone Store
10. Publishing to the Windows Phone Store
A look at the Windows Phone Store
Creating the store account
Preparing/creating the app
Creating the app and setting pricing
Uploading the XAP file, icons, and screenshots for review
Summary
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11. Porting, References, and Final Remarks
11. Porting, References, and Final Remarks
Running the game on the Windows desktop
Running the game on the Android simulator using the Eclipse IDE
Running on the BlackBerry simulator using the Momentics IDE
Running on an iOS simulator using Xcode
Additional learning resources
Final remarks and a thank you note
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Index
Index

Chapter 1. Getting Started

In this chapter, we will look at the basics of the Cocos2d-x frameworks and get the required tools installed to create the Cocos2d-x project. This will include downloading and installing Visual Studio IDE, Windows Phone SDK, Python, and Cocos2d-x and creating the project. We will also cover some basics such as coordinate systems, fundamental classes of Cocos2d-x, and how to run the same project on different devices running on different platforms.

The topics you will learn in this chapter are as follows:

  • Downloading and installing Visual Studio
  • Downloading and installing Windows Phone SDK
  • Downloading, installing, and configuring Python
  • Downloading Cocos2d-x
  • Creating your project and running it on a simulator
  • The basics of Cocos2d-x, the coordinate system, and project structure
  • Running the project on multiple platforms

The following are the requirements to get started:

  • Windows 8.0 (64-bit)
  • Visual Studio 2012 Express Edition
  • Windows Phone SDK 8.0
  • Python Version 2.7.6
  • Cocos2d-x Version 2.2.3

At the time of writing this book, Version 3.0 of Cocos2d-x had already been released. I am using Version 2.2.3 for this book for the following reasons:

  • Version 2.2.3 supports a wide array of platforms such as Blackberry, Windows Phone, Tizen, and Marmalade
  • There are a lot of tools that are freely available for Version 2.2.3 for advertisements, in-app purchases, and leaderboard and achievement integration, which in v3.0 you would have to write yourself at the moment

That being said, I would definitely keep a watch on v3.0 and the platforms it supports in the future releases. Also, the tools are being updated to support Version 3.0. I would recommend downloading v3.0 from the site and practicing with it once you have a good understanding of how Cocos2d-x works.

Note

If you wish to run the game on iOS, Android, or Blackberry instead of Windows Phone 8, you can refer to Chapter 11, Porting, References, and Final Remarks, and see how to configure the IDE for that OS and then continue from the next chapter.

For Win32, you can continue with this chapter and you wouldn't have to install Windows Phone 8 SDK. You can also run the project on Windows 7 or higher machines, but you will have to make a small change in the AppDelegate.cpp file, which is mentioned in Chapter 11, Porting, References, and Final Remarks.

Also, while opening the win32 project developed in Visual Studio 2012 with the currently installed Visual Studio 2013, you might get some errors. The following are the steps to be taken to fix this:

  1. Right-click on the wp8GameComponent project and then click on Properties.
  2. In General under Configuration Properties, make sure Windows Phone 8.0 (V110) is selected for Platform Toolset.

    Note

    Cocos2d-x 2.2.3 can be downloaded for all the OSes from the links in this chapter.

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