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Learning Cocos2d-x Game Development

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Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2014

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783988266

Length 266 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Cocos2d-x

Concepts

2D Game Development

Author (1):

Siddharth Shekar

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started

2. Displaying the Hero and Controls FREE CHAPTER

3. Enemies and Controls

4. Collision Detection and Scoring

5. HUD, Parallax Background, and the Pause Button

6. Animations

7. Particle Systems

8. Adding Main and Option Menu Scenes

9. Adding Sounds and Effects

10. Publishing to the Windows Phone Store

11. Porting, References, and Final Remarks

Index

Additional learning resources

For additional resources, there are a lot of websites, blogs, and forums that you can visit to improve your game development skills.

Cocos2d-x

For any questions regarding Cocos2d-x, its official website (http://www.cocos2d-x.org/) has a Learn section where you can access the Wiki, API References, and Documentation tabs.

It also has a Showcase section where the games created with Cocos2d-x are highlighted. So, when you create your next awesome game, you can showcase it there for promotional purposes.

Cocos2d-x has a very strong community. You can access it using the Community tab. The Forums are the strongest resource. You can post your query by creating a topic, and in most cases, there will be someone from the community who will respond to you within a couple of hours. It also has a search feature where you can search for the problem and possible solutions will immediately pop up in a list for you to go through so that you don't have to wait for the solution...

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Authors (1)

Siddharth Shekar

Siddharth Shekar

Siddharth Shekar is a game developer and teacher with over 6 years' industry experience and 12 years' experience in C++ and other programming languages. He is adept at graphics libraries such as OpenGL and Vulkan, and game engines such as Unity and Unreal. He has published games on the iOS and Android app stores. He has also authored books including Swift Game Development, Mastering Android Game Development with Unity, and Learning iOS 8 Game Development Using Swift, all published by Packt Publishing. He currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand, and is a lecturer in the games department at Media Design School. He teaches advanced computer graphics programming, PlayStation 4 native game development, and mentors final year production students.

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