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Cocos2d-X Game Development Blueprints

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

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|Jan 2015

Key Features

    Book Description

    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 Cocos2dx by extending the engine to customize and add your own features to it
    • Design games with levelbased and timebased 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 circletocircle collision detection in your games
    • Build the same project on multiple platforms, such as Android and Windows, effortlessly

    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.

    Table of Contents

    1. A colorful start
    2. How to fly a dragon!
    3. Top-Down Shooting Game
    4. Accelerometer Game
    5. Physics Endless Flying Game
    6. Creativity with Textures
    7. Tile Based Arcade Game
    8. Angry Bird Clone
    9. Tower Defense Game
    10. Cross-Platform Building
    PDF ISBN: 978-1-78398-527-2
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2015
    Language: English
    Pages: 392
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