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This document provides an overview of iOS game development using the cocos2d game engine. It introduces cocos2d and explains why it is a good option for iOS games. It covers various game design concepts and the core elements that make up cocos2d, such as directors, scenes, layers, and nodes. It also discusses other game engines for iOS and tools provided by Apple, such as Game Kit, OpenGL ES, and external display support. The document concludes by providing references for further reading.
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- 1. iOS Game Development When Cocoa Met Cocos... Joseph Ku (Chieh-Fang Ku) chiehfang.ku@gmail.com
- 2. Outline Where to start?... Why cocos2d? Let Apple help you! Game design concepts Piece of cake? Elements of cocos2d Game engines for Last but not least... iOS? References What’s cocos2d? v1.0.2 Build 201105100800
- 3. Who am I? JosephKu (Chieh-Fang Ku)(@josephku) I started to learn programming since 1990, because I wanted to be a game programmer. A video gamer since 1985 A Linux user since 1996 Ruby lover and Guitar Hero rocker
- 4. Who am I? Gamedevelopment history 1989: My first board game - 喰 (not published) 1991: My first RPG game - The Legend of Love (not for public) All written in x86 Assembly language 1992: Audio card driver of Rich 2 (...Time flies......) To be continue...
- 5. Who am I? Gamedevelopment history 2003: Former contributor of Crystal Space (3D game engine) 2004: Experimental 3D game engine - JBOX (...Time flies again......) 2010: My second board game - 5 Elements (Ready to sell) Nobody bird me...... Orz
- 6. Before we start... Don’ttake any notes. This slide will be published with CC BY-NC-ND. You could interrupt me anytime.
- 7. Before we start... Layersof iOS Cocoa Touch Media Core Services Core OS
- 8. Before we start... iOSSDK XCode Tools XCode Interface Builder Instruments iOS Simulator iOS Developer Library
- 9. Before we start... 480x320 iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 960x640 (Retina Display) iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G 1024x768 iPad, iPad2
- 10. Let Apple helpyou! Game Kit
- 11. Let Apple helpyou! OpenGL ES 2.0 UIKit Core Animation AV Foundation Framework Accelerometer HTTP
- 12. Let Apple helpyou! In-App Purchase iAds Airplay
- 13. Piece of cake? It’sis not as easy as you thought! Better than developing games on PS2 PS2: CPU 294.912MHz, RAM 32MB iPhone: 800 MHz, RAM 512MB Multiple function device
- 14. Babe, you arenot alone Backgrounded Phone call Home button pressed SMS message etc.
- 15. Endless tuning One secondis a long time Load the assets you need interactively with the player Optimize loading times Playing again and again and again
- 16. Game Engines foriOS iTorque 2D Full source. No royalties. One price. $99 Corona Free as a trial $199/year
- 17. Game Engines foriOS Unity Professional 3D game engine $400 SIO2 Engine 3D game engine $499.99. Including source code.
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- 19. What’s cocos2d? Accurate name:cocos2d for iPhone Based on Cocos2d which was written in Python Written in Objective-C App Store approved More than 2500 games use it
- 20. Why cocos2d? Free. Open source game engine MIT license Integrated with Box2D and Chipmunk Supports Retina Display Integrated Pause/Resume
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- 22. Game design concepts RenderFrame -> Game Sim -> User Input Render Frame -> User Input -> Game Sim CADisplayLink -> Render Frame -> User Input -> Game Sim
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- 24. Elements of cocos2d CCDirector Draw& Update Scene & Layer CCNode CCSprite CCAction
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- 26. Last but notleast... External display support New UIScreen “View Programming Guide for iOS” Windows -> Displaying Content on an External Display Added on 2011-03-08
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- 29. Last but notleast... Keep watching on AirPlay APIs How about writing a game for Mac App Store? Be a real game developer Game Programming Gems series Game Developer Magazine
- 30. References iTorque2D http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque-2d/iphone Corona http://www.anscamobile.com/corona/ Unity http://unity3d.com/
- 31. References Shadow Era http://www.shadowera.com/ SIO2 Engine http://sio2interactive.com/ Cocoa2D for iPhone http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/
- 32. References Game Kit ProgrammingGuide http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/ NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/GameKit_Guide/ View Programming Guide for iOS http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/ WindowsViews/Conceptual/ViewPG_iPhoneOS/
- 33. References Game Programming Gems http://www.gameprogramminggems.com/ Game Developer Magazine http://www.gdmag.com/
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