[Book] Wild Fables (Free Cocos2D, Box2D, Universal App)

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[Book] Wild Fables (Free Cocos2D, Box2D, Universal App)

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Started 1 year ago by rwenderlich
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rwenderlich
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Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know about the latest app I'm working on - Wild Fables! Here's the video trailer:

Get the Flash Videos

Things developers might find interesting:

* Box2D interactions. We tried really hard to make each page in each story have a unique, polished, and really fun interaction. As developers you might be interested in seeing some of the fun things you can do with Box2D joints.

* Multi-device support. It was a bit of a pain to figure out how to get it to work on both iPad, iPhone, and retina display without having to layout each screen twice, or make 3 versions of the art, heh. If anyone's interested I can discuss the approach we took to solve this in more detail.

* In-app purchases. Wild Fables is going to be a free app with the first story free, and the rest as in-app purchases. We made the in-app store completely in Cocos2D, and even used Box2D to make it more fun! It might be a good example to check out about implementing in-app purchases with Cocos2D.

The artwork in the app is completely custom (made by my lovely wife) and the story text is custom as well (written by my sister-in-law).

If you want to find out more, we have a website here: http://www.wildfables.com

We were inspired by the great work on Alice by @Aurigan and Little Mermaid/Little Pigs by @pfg2009 - great work guys! We'd also like to thank Riq, Steve, and the other Cocos2D contributors, as well as Erin for Box2D development.

I'll post back here when it's released and post some promo codes too! When it comes out I'd really love it if you'd download it (it's free!) to help get it some initial exposure.

Thanks!

Posted 1 year ago #
abitofcode
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Good luck with this, looking nice :D

as well as Erin for Box2D development.

Well deserved praise (plus you never know where he's going to pop up ;)

Posted 1 year ago #
SmallGaming
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Love the background music! Can you share some information about it? Do you have plans to make it multi languages?

Posted 1 year ago #
rwenderlich
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@abitofcode: Thx! :]

@SmallGaming: The background music for the video was made by Kevin MacLeod, he's got a lot of nice stuff available at incompetech.com. For the app itself we're also going to have a bunch of other music from productiontrax.com. As for multi languages, not at launch, but if it does well we're planning on it :]

Posted 1 year ago #
Holmiz
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Awesome! To bad my kids are to old for this... but hey, I am not!
How far from release is it?

Posted 1 year ago #
ehoffman
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@rwenderlich I vote for German language (and I could translate for a "promo code" :)! My son would be very happy...

Posted 1 year ago #
rwenderlich
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@Holmiz: If all goes well, we're aiming to submit it for review next Friday :]

@ehoffman: Ha ha awesome, I might take you up on that! :] Like I said, depends how well it does - this is one of those things where we made something we were passionate about rather than verifying there is a big demand for it first :P

Posted 1 year ago #
ehoffman
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@rwenderlich

I might take you up on that!

Do that!

I think this app is a really good idea. My son is 3. He loves my iPad (ok ok, it's your iPad Erik ;) ... and I'm sure he will love this "book". But for him it should be in German or Russian (btw. my wife can translate to Russian, she even learned that at university - put me on the list for german and russian).

P.S. Would be a small "give back" ... I learned a lot from your tutorials when starting with cocos2d.

Posted 1 year ago #
SmallGaming
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My kids (2 and 5 years old) will like this a lot. If you need a Dutch translation PM me. Like ehoffman says: giving back for your tutorials.

Posted 1 year ago #
renderplace
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Very nicely done! Congrats and good luck!

Posted 1 year ago #
Birkemose
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I must have a weak spot for these things, because I love it, and is envy I can never do a thing like this.
There has been some impressing cocos titles in this "artistic department" the last few months ...

*I can see Helena Christensen in the cocos2D commercial whispering "The artists choice"*

Posted 1 year ago #
SmallGaming
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Just shown the trailer to my kids and they loved it. I had to repeat it for 6 times:) i hope you have a good marketing plan for it.

Posted 1 year ago #
rwenderlich
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@SmallGaming @ehoffman Wow you guys pwn! Will def send you a message if we start localizing it :] And I'm so happy your kids liked it @SmallGaming! :] As for marketing plan... lol that is not our strong suit, but we are trying :P

@renderplace @Birkemose Thx! :] Yeah I am lucky to have an artist for a wife, otherwise I never would have been able to do this either!

Posted 1 year ago #
spadict
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Much like Birkemose I think your books are beautiful and I'm envious. Marketing may not be your strong suit, but execution certainly is. It seems to me that the App Store economy has its way of rewarding those who execute well in the long run, regardless of marketing strength.

All the best!

(EDIT: By no means does this mean don't market yourself! :p)

Posted 1 year ago #
pfg2009
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The trailer looks beautiful. I'll check it out in flesh as soon as I get the chance. Well done!

ps: getting the multi-device support across all three devices without having to re-layout everything three times was a challenge for sure. we should compare notes :)

Posted 1 year ago #
rwenderlich
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@spadict: Thanks for the really kind words, I really appreciate it :] I hope what you say is right, we really worked hard on putting a lot of polish into this one! But you never know with the App Store :]

@pfg2009: Wow that means a lot coming from you! The three of us are HUGE fans of your work and we even call you the "mad genius" around the house lol. We still can't believe that you did all of the artwork and programming by yourself and were able to make such a creative and amazing trailer - it's really rare to have all of those skills in one person. You've been a huge inspiration to us, thank you!

Yeah be glad to compare notes about the multi-device stuff! That was a brain scramble for me at the beginning, but I'm happy with the solution we have right now. Drop me a note anytime @ ray.wenderlich@gmail.com.

Posted 1 year ago #
toadkick
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Wow, this looks really neat! What an innovative use of Box2D as well!

Posted 1 year ago #
jd
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Ray - it looks great! We appreciate all the cocos2d love and tutorials on your site. They saved me much time. Do you still plan to submit Friday?

Posted 1 year ago #
rwenderlich
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@toadkick: Thanks man!

@jd: Yep, that's the plan! All of the coding is done now except for adding in some final sound effects :]

Posted 1 year ago #
cb31416
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* Multi-device support. It was a bit of a pain to figure out how to get it to work on both iPad, iPhone, and retina display without having to layout each screen twice, or make 3 versions of the art, heh. If anyone's interested I can discuss the approach we took to solve this in more detail.

@rwenderlich: Congratulations, it looks awesome!!! What was your approach to make the art for multiple devices?

Posted 1 year ago #
SmallGaming
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I am really curious how this app will do.

Posted 1 year ago #
MandarX
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I like it!

Posted 1 year ago #
rwenderlich
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We submitted the app for review last night, w00t! Was my first time submitting with Xcode 4, ran into a few snags along the way but finally got it in.

It's always a nice feeling when a project is finally wrapped up, I feel like finally I can relax and breathe deeply for a while :]

@cb31416: My wife made the art for a 684x1024 "playable region" that would look exactly the same/be positioned the same on each device (just centered a bit in the iPad case, and scaled for each device). I saved the art in an "-hd" spritesheet which I use for the iPad and Retina, but when loading it on the retina I scaled the art by 0.93567 to make it equate to the exact 640x960 region. Then I used TexturePacker to scale the "-hd' spritesheet by 0.46783 to make a "non-hd' spritesheet with artwork that matches up exactly to the 320x480 iPhone display (with no scaling required).

If you're interested in this sort of thing, I have a simpler method outlined in this post: http://www.raywenderlich.com/2560/how-to-create-a-mole-whacking-game-with-cocos2d-part-1

@SmallGaming: Me too!

@MandarX: Thanks!

Posted 1 year ago #
SmallGaming
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Grats!

Posted 1 year ago #
cb31416
Member

@rwenderlich: Thanks for sharing and thanks for all the tutorials in your website, they are very helpful. Please let us know once the book is in the app store.

Posted 1 year ago #
ehoffman
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Is it approved by Apple or still waiting for review?

Posted 1 year ago #
rwenderlich
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@ehoffman: Still awaiting review! I'll post here soon as it's up, and hand out some cocos2d promo code luv too :]

Posted 1 year ago #
gBeat
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It crash for me. Ipad1 and spanish.

Posted 1 year ago #
mindnoise
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Looks great man! Great use of Box2D indeed!

Posted 1 year ago #
SmallGaming
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It's crashing on the loading screen. I have an iphone 3gs iOS 4.1. Will test it on my iPad later today. And upload the logs of my phone or PM them to you.

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