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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

Summary

In this chapter, we learned how to install Visual Studio and the Windows Phone SDK. We downloaded Cocos2d-x 2.2.3 and created a new multiplatform project. We opened the project in Visual Studio 2012 and ran the project on the simulator.

We went through each of the projects in the Solution Explorer pane and understood what each of the projects do. We understood the fundamentals of the coordinate system and the basic classes in Cocos2d-x that are used to make any kind of game.

We then dug deeper to understand the different classes such as AppDelegate and HelloWorldScene, which are responsible for running the game. We also had a closer look at the individual functions and variables that are used to create, position, and display the objects on the screen.

If you wish, you can play around with the sprites by changing the position, rotation, and scale of the sprites to practice what you have learned so far. If you wish to know more about a class or a function, you can always press F12 and it will take you to the source file so that you can study it to get a deeper understanding of the implementation of the class. Don't be afraid to experiment. If you did something and don't know how to get back, you can always delete the wp8Game folder in the project and create a new project. Use this time to become familiar with Cocos2d-x and Visual Studio.

In the next chapter, we will start creating a game in which we will add the hero on the screen and make him move around using different control mechanics.

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