The Completest Cocos2d-x Tutorial & Guide List

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I'm developing a game using Cocos2d-x to Android and iPhone. At the beggining, I had a lot of problems to start using this library, so, in this question, I want to collect all basic, medium and expert tutorials because there are a lot of info questions doing the same mistakes. When I Started, I had to look a lot in many sites using my friend Google. Hope this helps people start now. All in c++.

Beginners

• Official wiki links
• How to start in multi-platform HERE The best one. Amazing, XCODE (MAC) and ECLIPSE (LINUX) tutorial.
• A simple guide to Start
• Another multi-platform Guide
• Awesome guide to start programming on Eclipse + Android and DEBUG, thanks to Marcio Andrey
• Another way to integrate cocos2d-x on Android
• Social Example, Facebook + email + Twitter on iOS and Android HERE

Medium

• Scrolling scenes. Using CCParallaxNode. Space game example
• InfiniteParadax Class Here, to repeat same backgrounds all time.
• Slider code HERE the video.
• Split screen using 2 layers Here
• Sharped Label TTF, Better labels

ADVANCED

• Integrating OpenFeint with cocos2d-x. I only found This example, Here more details.
• Archievement on GameCenter. Here

Extensions

• I have not tested all, but work fine walzer's Extensions
• MarkusPfundstein's extensions
• DualFace extensions, actually in development

Code Examples

• Clawoo examples
• Simple Game 1
• Simple Game 1 - part 2
• Simple Game 1 - part 3
• BreakOut
• Pong
• Cute a pult
• TileBased game
• Asteroids
• Bada.com
• Ballon Ride
• Demo and links collection
• supersuraccoon-cocos2d demos (Not all C++)
• supersuraccoon-cocos2d links collection
• Another code example: Tiny Wings Remake on Android using Cocos2d-X

TIPS

• Audio format Supported

• If you use Linux, please, don't use cocos2d-android or cocos2d-android-1, is decreated. Try to use cocos2d-x

• If you use Linux, and don't know how to use native code, Take a look in development

• CCLOG("String"); Don't work on Eclipse log cat, but CCLog do it!

• Max textures size/resolution Here

• Iphone use RETINA to draw textures in HD, but don't are used on Android. My solution is use RETINA on iphone, and setscale compiling only in Android. Multi-resolution Wiki. In Example:

    #if (CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_ANDROID)
    this->setObjectScale(1);
    #endif  // CC_PLATFORM_IOS

• Your first example must be the official on the WIKI

** OFFICIAL PAGE COCOS2D-X **

What will need this question?

• XML Tutorial, i have nothing in this area. Actually, i'm working in some code. I will do a Tutorial. The library can be use is libxml2
• Creating menus example
• Slider menu example
• Gestures class don´t implemented yet

If you have problems, use tag Cocos2d-x in Stackoverflow, and I will try to help you.

I have already read the FAQ but 90 % of questions cocos2d/android related present the same problem, using obsolete libraries. I just want help people to start using cocos2d-x. All additional info will be Welcome.

Solution 1

Here you got complementaries discussions about the topic, it can be interesting.

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Solution 2

Another code example: Tiny Wings Remake on Android using Cocos2d-X

Solution 3

Good list. The Angry Ninjas Starter Kit will have a Cocos2d-X update soon.

Solution 4

Cocos2d-x within uikit tutorial http://jpsarda.tumblr.com/post/24983791554/mixing-cocos2d-x-uikit

Solution 5

https://github.com/dualface/cocos2d-x-extensions/blob/master/TODO.tasks , he is developing nice features on cocos2d-x

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