Cocos2d-x Cookbook

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Cocos2d-x Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Sections

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Chapter 1. Getting Started with Cocos2d-x

Introduction

Setting up our Android Environment

Installing Cocos2d-x

Using the Cocos command

Building the project using Xcode

Building the project using Eclipse

Implementing multi-resolution support

Preparing your original game

Chapter 2. Creating Sprites

Introduction

Creating sprites

Getting the sprite's position and size

Manipulating sprites

Creating animations

Creating actions

Controlling actions

Calling functions with actions

Easing actions

Using a texture atlas

Using a batch node

Using 3D modals

Detecting collisions

Drawing a shape

Chapter 3. Working with Labels

Creating system font labels

Creating true type font labels

Creating bitmap font labels

Creating rich text

Chapter 4. Building Scenes and Layers

Introduction

Creating scenes

Transitioning between scenes

Transitioning scenes with effects

Making original transitions for replacing scenes

Making original transitions for popping scenes

Creating layers

Creating modal layers

Chapter 5. Creating GUIs

Introduction

Creating menus

Creating buttons

Creating checkboxes

Creating loading bars

Creating sliders

Creating text fields

Creating scroll views

Creating page views

Creating list views

Chapter 6. Playing Sounds

Playing background music

Playing a sound effect

Controlling volume pitch and balance

Pausing and resuming background music

Pausing and resuming sound effects

Playing background music and a sound effect by using AudioEngine

Playing movies

Chapter 7. Working with Resource Files

Selecting resource files

Managing resource files

Using SQLite

Using .xml files

Using .plist files

Using .json files

Chapter 8. Working with Hardware

Introduction

Using native code

Changing the processing using the platform

Using the acceleration sensor

Keeping the screen on

Getting dpi

Getting the maximum texture size

Chapter 9. Controlling Physics

Introduction

Using the physics engine

Detecting collisions

Using joints

Changing gravity by using the acceleration sensor

Chapter 10. Improving Games with Extra Features

Introduction

Using Texture Packer

Using Tiled Map Editor

Getting the property of the object in the tiled map

Using Physics Editor

Using Glyph Designer