Key Features
Book Description
This book is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step beginner's guide covering the full process of creating a game. It is packed with examples and illustrations, with comprehensive coverage of each topic.If you want to learn how to make games using the Cocos2D framework, this book is for you. If you would like to build a good foundation for a career in game development as an independent game developer or at a game studio, or if you just want to make games as a hobby, then you'll love this book. You should have some basic programming experience with Objective-C and Xcode. To run the code in this book, you will also need an Intel-based Macintosh running OS X Mountain Lion (or later).
What you will learn
- Install Cocos2D and create projects using Cocos2D Xcode templates
- Understand the Cocos2D architecture and its main classes
- Render images and text, move and animate them
- Control your game using touches and a gyroscope
- Create a user interface and navigate between game screens
- Use the physics engine to apply forces and detect collisions
- Add sounds and music and change playback properties
- Integrate your game with Game Center and make InApp purchases
Who this book is for
Table of Contents
- About Cocos2d
- Hello Cocos2d
- Anatomy of a Cocos2d project
- Rendering Sprites
- Controlling the games
- Rendering Texts
- Animation and Particle Systems
- Audio
- User Interface and Navigation
- Physics
- Tile Maps
- Endless World
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