Posts Tagged ‘Cocos2D’

The excellent and free Cocos2D engine has been updated with support for the iPad along with several other improvements.

Specifically the updates include:

• Support for multiple resolutions (so that you can target the 1024×768 iPad resolution)
• Support for newer versions of Chipmunk and Box2D
• A new easier to use camera
• Improved speed
• Much more.. check the changelog

You can check it out here: Cocos2D v0.99.0-rc iPad Compatible

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The terrific open source Cocos2D for iPhone game engine has been updated, the new release contains Chipmunk 5.0 (physics engine) integration, better spritesheet handling and more.

You can read more about the update on the Cocos2D blog here along with how to upgrade your game for use with this release:
Cocos2D for iPhone 0.9.0 Beta Update Released

The update can be downloaded here:
http://cocos2d-iphone.googlecode.com/files/cocos2d-iphone-0.9.0-beta.tar.gz

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I’ve mentioned the excellent Cocos2D open source 2d iphone game engine many times.  The engine itself comes with many examples of the different features available, but something that comes up frequently is that people want some example games to look at it.  Here are 5 terrific examples.

1) Gorillas – I’ve mentioned this game before, it’s a great example of a "Worms" type game, and has been around on many different platforms.

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I’m often asked about which iPhone game engine to use, and I know most people are looking for a free game engine so here is a comparison of the different open source iPhone game engines that actually have apps out there.

There are several open source game engines to choose from, and many cropping up all the time.  On this page I have only listed those that I know have been used in games already available on the iPhone or iPad.  I have chosen not to list those for which there are no apps available in the app store.

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The excellent and free Cocos2D iPhone game engine has been updated with a plethora of new features.

The highlights include:

• a new sound engine
• touch dispatcher
• faster actions
• an improved particle system

If you haven’t tried Cocos and are looking to develop a 2d game on the iPhone quickly without having to purchase a commercial engine you should check out Cocos2D here.
 

[via cocos2d for iPhone]

 

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