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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

Running on the BlackBerry simulator using the Momentics IDE

To run the game on the BlackBerry simulator, you will need the Momentics IDE, which you can download from the BlackBerry developer website at developer.blackberry.com/native/download.

Select your operating system and click on the big blue Momentics IDE 2.1 button to start downloading the IDE. We will download the simulator separately through the IDE.

Once downloaded, double-click on the EXE file to install it. After installing, double-click on the Momentics IDE shortcut to launch it. Click on OK when asked for the default workspace. Once the application launches, it will automatically start looking either for a device or a simulator. If you have a device connected, select it or select No Device. Uncheck Download BlackBerry Simulator and click on Next. In the API Level dropdown, select Version 10.0 and click on Next. If you select a higher version, the project will not run on the simulator. If you have a device, it will check the...

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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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