Cocos2d-x Game Development Blueprints - Softcover

Sequeira, Karan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783985267 ISBN 13: 9781783985265

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Build a plethora of games for various genres using one of the most powerful game engines, Cocos2d-x

About This Book

• Explore the powerful features of Cocos2d-x and use them to your advantage
• Tackle commonly faced problems while creating popular 2D games
• A step-by-step guide to help you understand and develop some of the most popular games of the industry such as Angry Bird

Who This Book Is For

If you are a proficient Cocos2d game developer who wants to enhance his or her game development skill set using Cocos2d-x to build different types of games, this book is for you.

What You Will Learn

• Take advantage of the open source nature of Cocos2d-x by extending the engine to customize and add your own features to it
• Design games with level-based and time-based difficulty progression, which are very addictive and keeps users engaged
• Maximize user interaction by implementing intuitive gestures and tilt controls
• Implement advanced physics engine features such as PreSolve and PostSolve events
• Add realism to your game by using a touch event, and use it to control a game
• Implement circle-to-circle collision detection in your games
• Build the same project on multiple platforms, such as Android and Windows, effortlessly

In Detail

Packed with comprehensive projects, this book takes a detailed look at a few of the industry's most popular games. This book will show you how to use Cocos2d-x to build games using its core components. You will learn how to incorporate game physics, and import custom models and animations. Next, you will see how to include effects such as particles and sounds. With a brief introduction to the upcoming HTML5 platform using Cocos2d-html5, the book goes on to tackle the many different concepts that comprise game development today. You will learn how to build worlds with meshes, a terrain, user interaction, physics, and more. You will start by developing a puzzle game, and then progress on to games that are increasingly complex. Along the way, you'll learn how to build gaming favorites similar to games such as Flappy Bird, Tilt to Live, Jumpy Clown, Angry Birds, and Tower Defense.

About this title

About the Author

Karan Sequeira

Karan Sequeira is a budding game developer with 4 years of experience in the mobile game development industry. He started out as a JavaScript programmer, developing HTML5 games, and fell in love with C++ when he moved to Cocos2d-x. He has a handful of games on the iOS and Android app stores and is currently working for an organization in the in-flight entertainment industry. He is extremely passionate about learning new technologies and dreams about building an artificially intelligent super computer that can fall in love.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783985267
• ISBN 13: 9781783985265
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392