Monthly Archive for April, 2010

Updated Programming Guide

Published by riq on April 30, 2010 in cocos2d and documentation. 3 Comments

@JoeStrout has been updating the Programming Guide. He added:

Please, take a look at them, and send us feedback!

cocos2d v0.99.2 released

Published by riq on April 29, 2010 in cocos2d. 0 Comments

cocos2d for iPhone v0.99.2 has been released

Download: cocos2d-iphone-0.99.2.tar.gz

Release Notes: Release Notes v0.99.2

Full Changelog: Changelog v0.99.2

Api Reference: v0.99.2 API Reference

Highlights:

  • Blocks support: Added CCCallBlock and CCCallBlockN actions, and added Blocks support in CCMenuItem as well.
  • Added 2 new helpful actions: CCFollow and CCPropertyAction
  • Improved installer: added CCNode, CCSprite and CCLayer templates
  • Removed the flicker at start-up
  • And other small features and fixes

Many thanks to all the developers, contributors: AUTHORS

360iDev and Voices That Matter cocos2d presentation

Published by riq on April 29, 2010 in cocos2d. 1 Comment

Rod Strougo, from Prop,  presented cocos2d at the 360iDev and Voices That Matter conferences.

Rod is also writing a cocos2d book. The book is not ready yet, but in the meantime you can find cocos2d useful tips in its homepage:

cocos2d at CocoaHeads

Published by riq on April 22, 2010 in cocos2d. 0 Comments

@JoeStrout has recently announced on the forum:

We’re starting a Fort Collins chapter of CocoaHeads, and our first meeting topic will be Cocos2d-iPhone. Here’s the full announcement:

Fort Collins CocoaHeads Meeting (May 11th)

CocoaHeads, the international user group for Cocoa programmers, has a new Fort Collins chapter starting May 2010. Come learn how to write native applications for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Mac OS X!

Meetings will be held at the Fort Collins office of InspiringApps, a software engineering firm that specializes in Mac and mobile apps. The address is: 2627 Redwing Rd., Suite #230 (this is located at the back of the Drake Professional Park, just south of the CSU campus).

Our first meeting is Tuesday, May 11th, from 7 – 9 PM. Our topic will be “iPhone Game Programming with Cocos2d”. Join us for some snacks, a bit of meet-and-greet, and a presentation that will give you everything you need to know to start building your own iPhone games, using the same library used by the current #1 best-selling app, “Zombie Smash”.

For more information, see:
http://www.cocoaheads.org/
http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/
http://www.InspiringApps.com/

If you are going to give a talk/course/presentation about cocos2d, let us know!

Another cocos2d Top Paid App

Published by riq on April 19, 2010 in cocos2d and games. 5 Comments

You know how difficult is to be the Top Paid App in the US… it is REALLY difficult. So I think it is worth mentioning every cocos2d App that gets to the Top.

Zombie Smash! is the new #1 Top Paid App!. Congratulations to GameDoctors!

Also, it is worth noting that Warlords: Call to Arms is #7 Top Paid app.

  • Zombie Smash! $0.99
  • Warlords: Call to Arms $0.99

cocos2d v0.99.2-rc released

Published by riq on April 16, 2010 in cocos2d. 3 Comments

cocos2d for iPhone v0.99.2-rc has been released

Download: cocos2d-iphone-0.99.2-rc.tar.gz

Release Notes: Release Notes v0.99.2-rc

Full Changelog: Changelog v0.99.2-rc

Api Reference: v0.99.2-rc API Reference

Highlights:

  • Blocks support: Added CCCallBlock and CCCallBlockN actions, and added Blocks support in CCMenuItem as well.
  • Added 2 new helpful actions: CCFollow and CCPropertyAction
  • Improved installer: added CCNode, CCSprite and CCLayer templates
  • And other small features and fixes

More assorted cocos2d games and books

Published by riq on April 13, 2010 in cocos2d and games. 0 Comments

Not only cocos2d for iPhone can be used for games, it can also be used for animated books as well!

Check out the recently released cocos2d games/books for iPhone and iPad.

Books

  • Alice for the iPad [iPad] $8.99
  • Alice for the iPad-Lite [iPad] $Free
  • Nukaka’s Marriage $2.99
  • Kukaka’s Marriage Free $Free

Strategy / Wit

Board

  • Domino Touch HD [iPad] $0.99
  • Hell! [iPad] $1.99

Shooter

  • Paratroopers: Air Assault $2.99
  • Andromeda Resistance $0.99

Labyrinth / Platformer

Kids

Previous posts regarding cocos2d games:

cocos2d games forum:

cocos2d and the iPhone SDK 4.0 TOS

Published by riq on April 8, 2010 in cocos2d. 23 Comments

I would like to clarify that cocos2d for iPhone, as well as all the libraries that come with it (CocosDenshion, Box2d, Chipmunk, etc.) are compatible with the new iPhone SDK 4.0 Terms of Service:

  • cocos2d for iPhone and CocosDenshion are written purely in Objective-C
  • Box2d is written in C++
  • Chipmunk is written in C

cocos2d migrated to git/github

Published by riq on April 6, 2010 in cocos2d and source code. 2 Comments

The official cocos2d source code repository was migrated from SVN to Git. Also, the source code is hosted in GitHub.

The master branch is the stable branch, while the develop branch is the unstable branch.

How to download the develop branch ?

git clone http://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-iphone.git develop

New to git ?

For further info, please see this thread: http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/forum/topic/5295

Announcing cocos1d, like cocos2d but with only 1 dimension!

Published by riq on April 1, 2010 in cocos1d, cocos2d and funny. 21 Comments

After 7 months of hard work, I’m happy to announce that cocos1d will be released really soon.
cocos1d, is like cocos2d but with just 1 dimension.
Imagine all the things that can be done with 1 dimension:

  • Ultra Super fast collision detection
  • Less memory consumption
  • Multiple games at the same time: 320 games of 480 pixels each!
  • Simplify the position of your sprites
  • And much more!

Screenshot:

As you can see from the screenshot, there are 2 games running at the same time.

  • The 1st game is a sort of Castle-Defense game. The green pixels are the lives, the red pixels are the castle, and the black and yellow pixels are the enemies. You have to touch the enemies to kill them (video coming soon)
  • The 2nd game is a kill’em all game. You have to touch all the black pixels. Once you touch them, you will see a nice blood effect.

How to migrate to cocos1d from cocos2d

// cocos2d
sprite.position = ccp(0,0);
sprite.setTextureRect = CGRectMake(0,0, 100, 100);
sprite.rotation = -90;
 
// cocos1d
sprite.position = 0; // MUCH EASIER, LESS CODE
sprite.setTextureVect = ccp(0,100); // It is no longer a Rectangle, but a vector. LESS MEMORY!
// sprite.rotation is no longer needed. SIMPLIFIED API

More info coming soon. Stay tuned. cocos1d is the next revolution in game development!

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