Building Android Games with Cocos2d-x
Learn to create engaging and spectacular games for Android using Cocos2d-x
| Price | $24.99 - $32.50
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| Author | Raydelto Hernandez |
| Publisher | Packt Publishing |
| Published | 2015 |
| Pages | 160 |
| Language | English |
| Format | Paper book / ebook (PDF) |
| ISBN-10 | 1785283839 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781785283833 |
Cocos2d-x is a multi-platform C++ gaming framework in active development maintained by Chukong technologies. It wraps all the essential elements needed for creating a game, making the task of game building very developer-friendly.
Starting with a vital primer to get you up and running with your development environment, you will quickly dive in to exploring the latest version of this framework. You will understand major framework improvements to render objects at lightning speed, extend and maintain code easily, and improve the label API to add great functionality such as glow, shadows, and outlines to labels.
Through the creation of a real game, you will explore the core components of development including Physics, enabling you to create realistic sprite movements, and particle systems to dynamically simulate explosions, fire, rain, and smoke, as well as exploring the sound engine to make your game more robust. Finish by integrating Cocos2d-x C++ code with native Android code to launch games with the classic Java Android application.
- Raydelto Hernandez
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