News: Cocos2D-X Updated – Lua Script Support Added
I’ve mentioned Cocos2D-X previously – the C++ version of the popular Cocos2D game engine that allows for cross platform development on iOS, Android, and Windows complete with templates written for Xcode and Visual Studio.
Not too long ago I saw that Lua scripting was added into the build on Github along with a demo project showing a simple game scene. This has now been added to the official release.
Tutorial: Developing 2D Games With Unity 3D
It has been a while since I mentioned any Unity 3D tutorials on this site, as I only wanted to mention those that I felt were particularly relevant for iOS developers.
Rocket 5 Studios has created an excellent series of guides on developing 2D games with Unity 3D that together make for an excellent tutorial. There are many ways to create 2D games with a 3D game engine such as Unity, and these tutorials explain how to do so using 2D sprites and also explain how to use 3D models as the background within your 2D games.
Tutorial: Creating A Tiny Wings Style Game With Cocos2D
Just a couple of days ago I mentioned an evolving open source project on creating a tiny wings style Cocos2D game from Victor Tikhonov, and before that mentioned a great tutorial from Ray Wenderlich, the creator of the Space Game Starter Kit and co-author of the Learning Cocos2D book, on creating dynamic textures like those in Tiny Wings.
Ray has just created another set of tutorials on creating a Tiny Wings game based on Victor’s open source project explaining the process of creating a Tiny Wings Style game.
Tool: Open Source Visual Editor For Cocos2D
Some time ago I mentioned the free CocosBuilder scene builder for Cocos2D and the excellent premium tool LevelHelper.
I received a comment about another great tool known as CocoShop. What sets CocoShop apart is that it is fully open source so you can see how the tool was developed, and maybe even use it as a basis for your own tool (be sure to understand the license).
Tool: SVG Level Builder For Corona With Full Physics Support
I recently mentioned the excellent LevelHelper, and in the past I have mentioned quite a few level building, and editing tools. I haven’t talked about too many Corona SDK tools on this site.. as they have become a dime a dozen, and many are somewhat overpriced. This one however is somewhat different from those.