Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide Review
Book Summary
The book, Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner's Guide by Pablo Ruiz, is an introduction to game development using the cocos2d for iPhone framework (http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/). cocos2d for iPhone is an open source game development framework for Objective-C based on the cocos2d framework originally written in Python. As the 2d in the title suggests, it is really geared towards 2D games, although there can be 3D effects. The framework is free to use even in commercial products and is actively maintained with a large community. The framework has even branched out towards iPad and Mac OS X development.
Cocos2d Book
I've been reading Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner's Guide by Pablo Ruiz in preparation for an upcoming game I am writing. I'll post a review soon.
cocos2d Part1
Just started development of a new iPhone game and decided to use cocos2d for the game engine (versus the one built for Kascade). Since there are upcoming API changes, I started with the latest 0.9 alpha/beta (latest tips from subversion) since it will likely be released before the game will be completed.
This entry is part 1 of a series that provides a starting point for anyone using cocos2d. This post kicks things off with useful links and setting up your project.
