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Cocos2d-x cookbook

You're reading from   Cocos2d-x cookbook Over 50 hands-on recipes to help you efficiently administer and maintain your games with Cocos2d-x

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783284757
Length 254 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Akihiro Matsuura Akihiro Matsuura
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Cocos2d-x FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating Sprites 3. Working with Labels 4. Building Scenes and Layers 5. Creating GUIs 6. Playing Sounds 7. Working with Resource Files 8. Working with Hardware 9. Controlling Physics 10. Improving Games with Extra Features 11. Taking Advantages Index

Using Physics Editor

In Chapter 9, Controlling Physics, you learned about Physics Engine. We can create physics bodies to use Cocos2d-x API. However, we can only create a circle shape or a box shape. Actually, you have to use complex shapes in real games. In this recipe, you will learn how to create a lot of shapes using Physics Editor.

Getting ready

Physics Editor is created by the same company that created Texture Packer. Physics Editor is a paid application. But you can use a free trial version. If you don't have it, you can download it by visiting the https://www.codeandweb.com/physicseditor

Here, you prepare the image to use this tool. Here, we will use the following image that is similar to a gear. This image's name is gear.png.

Getting ready

How to do it...

First of all, you will create a physics file to use Physics Editor.

  1. Launch Physics Editor. Then, drag the image gear.png to the left pane.
    How to do it...
  2. Click on the shaper tracer icon that is the third icon from the left in the tool bar. The shaper...
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