cocos2d for iPhone

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   eJayStudios
   Member

   Hi,

   I want to use skeletal animations in my new game together with ragdoll physics for chrashing (its a snowboarding game).

   Searched on the topic and all I can find is bits and peaces, but no solution.

   I'm just wondering, why there is no such editor yet? Maybe I'm wrong, but thousands of cocos2D developers would probably pay for such tool?

   I guess it's very complicated to write, otherwise someone would of made it? :)

   Anyway, for those who rolled their own solutions for skeletal animations, how hard was it?

   Any tips on writing your own editor?

   Posted 8 months ago #
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   devindazzle
   Member

   I will be using this in my next game as well. I have already programmed this in C# for use with XNA and I will port this code to Objective C / Cocos2d when I get to it.

   I based my own code on this excellent tutorial http://www.catalinzima.com/2011/06/2d-skeletal-animations/ by Catalin Zima. The code is easy to understand so maybe it would be a good starting point for you.

   Posted 8 months ago #
3. 

   eJayStudios
   Member

   thanks devindazzle, I'll look into it an probably end up coding it in C# as well. :)

   Posted 8 months ago #
4. 

   bradparks
   Member

   there's a Maya based approach detailed here that may be of interest:

   http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/forum/topic/18186

   Posted 8 months ago #
5. 

   devindazzle
   Member

   bradparks: Very interesting. Although I have no skills in 3D apps it seems simple enough to do and will give the same effect. I know this is the same approach MikaMobile is using (although they use Unity3d) and what they are doing is very impressive.

   Will have to check it out as an alternative :)

   Posted 8 months ago #
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   akasurreal
   Member

   I am curious if this is going to be ported from the python Cocos2D project?

   http://www.cocos2d.org/doc/programming_guide/skeletal_animations.html

   Posted 8 months ago #
7. 

   akasurreal
   Member

   Bump, I am not sure if everything from the python project gets ported, but would really like to know any info on this API?

   Posted 8 months ago #

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