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   bsharp42
   Member

   Hello,

   I'm trying to add a cut scene between levels for my game.

   Right now, I have one GameScene class that has the GameLayer. Lets say that once the GameScene loads, it loads 3enemies. Once the 3 enemies gets destroyed, it goes straight to the next level by spawning 4 enemies. And it does this until level 10.

   I want to add a simple cutScene in between that will show some information about the next level.

   With the current mechanic that I have, would it be better to

   1. Add a CutScene Layer to the GameScene, let it overlap the GameLayer, and once the user touches to start, it either disappears (invisible?) or set the ZOrder lower so that the GameLayer can come out

   OR

   2. Make a CutScene Scene and replaceScene between.

   So something like,

   GameScene LoadLevel2 -> CutScene -> GameScene LoadLevel2 -> CutScene -> etc....

   All done via director replaceScene

   Thanks

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   bsharp42
   Member

   http://cocos2d.org/doc/programming_guide/scenes.html

   Like above, should I have scenes for each element ?

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Clain
   Member

   I'd say it's up to you. If your cut scene is really simple, you could do it as a Layer of your GameScene. It would be easier to manipulate. And neither your game scene nor the cut scene would keep being alloc'd and dealloc'd between levels.

   On the other hand, if you make a CutScene, you'll be able to apply cocos2d transitions on it. You could also use the pushScene and popScene methods of the Director to show and hide your cut scene without deallocating the game scene.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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