Monthly Archive for July, 2009

cocos2d v0.8.0 available for download

Published by riq on July 27, 2009 in cocos2d. 3 Comments Tags: , .

cocos2d_67Finally, after more than 3 months of development, cocos2d v0.8.0 is available for download:

cocos2d v0.8.0 includes many bug fixes, new features and some refactorings. Almost every v0.7.x feature contains at least a bug fix or an improvement.

v0.8.0 highlights:

  • New sound engine (CocosDenshion)
  • New Touch Dispatcher (TouchDispatcher)
  • Possibility to render variable width fonts (BitmapFontAtlas)
  • Possibility to run actions against any kind of object (ActionManager)
  • Box2d physics engine (experimental feature)
  • Manages alpha pre-multiplied and non alpha pre-multiplied images as expected
  • Supports all kind of orientations
  • Faster actions (more than 30% faster)
  • Improved particle system

and much more!

Please, read the Release Notes for further information about the new features:

Many thanks to all the contributors and to the community.

Integrating cocos2d API reference into XCode

Published by riq on July 22, 2009 in cocos2d. 28 Comments

You can have the cocos2d API reference integrated into XCode by following these steps:

Install doxygen

Select the cocos2d-documentation target

  • Open the cocos2d-iphone xcode project
  • Select the “cocos2d-documentation” target
    • XCode -> Project -> Set Active Target -> cocos2d-documentation

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Build the target

  • Build the target like any other target
    • XCode -> Build -> Build

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Open the XCode Documentation

  • Open The XCode documentation browser
    • XCode -> Help -> Documentation

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Use the cocos2d API reference

  • Select the cocos2d-documentation component from the available DOC SETS
  • Search for your favorite word. eg: AtlasSprite

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cocos2d for iPhone v0.8 RC2 released

Published by riq on July 22, 2009 in cocos2d. 0 Comments Tags: , .

cocos2d_67cocos2d for iPhone v0.8-rc2 is available for download:

This release includes many bug fixes that were present in v0.8-rc.

Unless a show-stopper bug appears, this release will the final v0.8.

Please, read the Release Notes for further information regarding v0.8-rc2

cocos2d for iPhone v0.8 RC released

Published by riq on July 13, 2009 in cocos2d. 6 Comments Tags: , .

cocos2d_67cocos2d for iPhone v0.8-rc is available for download:

This release includes lots of bug fixes an improvements from v0.8-beta.

The following list contains some of the new features and bug fixes:

  • CocosDenshion updates
  • Possibility to run actions against any type of object
  • BitmapFontAtlas: fixes and added cache
  • ParallaxNode: Updates its position correctly
  • Particles: added auto-remove-on-delete
  • CocosNode: new RGBA color protocol

and much more.

Please, read the Release Notes for further information.

cocos2d Programming Guide

Published by riq on July 6, 2009 in cocos2d and documentation. 0 Comments Tags: , .

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Probably one of the most requested features for cocos2d, is/was the Programming Guide.

Finally, this feature (the Programming Guide) will be part of cocos2d v0.8 (or at least that’s the intention).

If you want to read a preview of it, you can find it here:

As you might notice, the programming guide is not yet complete, but new comers to cocos2d will find the current documentation useful.

How many languages does your game support ?

Published by riq on July 3, 2009 in cocos2d. 1 Comment Tags: , .

languages@jptsetung started this interesting thread about a community translation service.

Basically it works more or less like this:

  • You need to translate certain words of your game into other languages
  • You post your words in a new thread in this forum (add [translate] in the subject)
  • Someone else translate them, posting the translations on that thread

Since there are many word that can be reused, here is a table of common words with their translations: