cocos2d for iPhone

cocos2d for iPhone is a framework for building 2D games, demos, and other graphical/interactive applications for iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and Mac OS X. It is based on the cocos2d design, but instead of using Python it uses Objective-C.

cocos2d for iPhone is:

• Fast
• Free
• Easy to use
• Community Supported

Templates Installation

1. Download the code from Github

2. Run the install script by executing ./install.sh in Terminal
   (for more help and usage execute ./install.sh -h)

   Example:    
   $ cd cocos2d-iphone # change directory to cocos2d-iphone
   $ ./install.sh 	# execute the template installer script

3. And then open Xcode → New → New Project → cocos2d v3.x

Features

• Scene management (workflow)
• Transitions between scenes
• Sprites and Sprite Sheets
• Effects: Lens, Ripple, Waves, Liquid, etc.
• Actions (behaviours):
  • Trasformation Actions: Move, Rotate, Scale, Fade, Tint, etc.
  • Composable actions: Sequence, Spawn, Repeat, Reverse
  • Ease Actions: Exp, Sin, Cubic, Elastic, etc.
  • Misc actions: CallFunc, OrbitCamera, Follow, Tween
• Basic menus and buttons
• Integrated with Chipmunk physics engine
• Particle system
• Fonts:
  • Fast font rendering using Fixed and Variable width fonts
  • Support for .ttf fonts
• Tile Map support: Orthogonal, Isometric and Hexagonal
• Parallax scrolling
• Motion Streak
• Render To Texture
• Touch/Accelerometer on iOS
• Touch/Mouse/Keyboard on Mac
• Sound Engine support (CocosDenshion library) based on OpenAL
• Integrated Slow motion/Fast forward
• Fast textures: PVR compressed and uncompressed textures
• Point based: RetinaDisplay mode compatible
• Language: Objective-C
• Open Source Commercial Friendly: Compatible with open and closed source projects
• OpenGL ES 2.0 (iOS) / OpenGL 2.1 (Mac) based

Build Requirements

Mac OS X 10.6 (or newer), Xcode 4.2 (or newer)

Runtime Requirements

• iOS 5.0 or newer for iOS games
• Snow Leopard (v10.6) or newer for Mac games

Running Tests

1. Select the test you want from Xcode Scheme chooser

2. Then click on Xcode → Product → Run

Contributing to the Project

Did you find a bug? Do you have feature request? Do you want to merge a feature?

• contributing to cocos2d

Forum

• cocos2d for iphone forum

Download from Github

$ git clone git://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-iphone.git
$ cd cocos2d-iphone
$ git checkout develop-v3
$ git submodule update --init