Monthly Archive for October, 2009

cocos2d for iPhone v0.8.2 is available for download

• cocos2d-iphone-0.8.2.tar.gz

v0.8.2 highlights (from v0.8.1)

• It’s easier to start coding a game: Added Box2d and Chipmunk templates
• Faster loading times for TMX tiled maps
• TTF font support via FontLabel
• New Ease actions: Elastic, Bounce and Back
• Optimized Director for SDK v3.1 or newer: DisplayLink director

plus lots of fixes and improvements in many other cocos2d components.

Please, read the Release Notes and Changelog for further information:

• Release Notes
• ChangeLog

Many thanks to all the developers, contributors and testers!
Many thanks to the people who send patches, open bugs, open feature requests, and help other people on the forum!

cocos2d for iPhone v0.8.2-rc1 is available for download:

• cocos2d-iphone-0.8.2-rc1.tar.gz

v0.8.2-rc1 highlights:

• TMX maps: HUGE performance boost when loading big maps
• Several improvements regarding actions: Jump, Bezier, Rotate, and compound actions
• Particles: uses world coordinates when using Free movement

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

• cocos2d v0.8.2-rc1 release notes

cocos2d for iPhone v0.8.2-rc0 is available for download:

• cocos2d-iphone-0.8.2-rc0.tar.gz

v0.8.2-rc0 highlights:

• Fixes, fixes and more fixes
• Chipmunk + cocos2d template

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

• cocos2d v0.8.2-rc0 release notes

Serban Porumbescu gave a talk about cocos2d for iPhone at 360iDev. If you missed it, you can get the slides from his blog: Introduction to 2d game programming using cocos2d