Author Archives: keith

Bezier Curve functions for cocos2d

Posted on May 20, 2009 by keith

I needed to draw a curve tonight in cocos2d. The Primitives file has a few basic OpenGL based drawing methods, but no curves. So I created these two methods: [c] #import #import #import #import void drawQuadBezier(CGPoint origin, CGPoint control, CGPoint … Continue reading →

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Fix for cocos2d color banding

Posted on May 18, 2009 by keith

In my first tutorial, I brought up an issue with color banding in gradient pngs used in Sprites in cocos2d. I mentioned a hack that I was using that involved changing a line in the Textures2D class. But I just … Continue reading →

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Cocos2d – Part 4: Menus and Transitions

Posted on May 18, 2009 by keith

Menus OK, let’s talk menus. Because some people might have a preconceived idea of what a menu is, let’s define it in this context as a collection of visual items that can be tapped on to make a choice. This … Continue reading →

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cocos2d Tutorials – TOC

Posted on May 17, 2009 by keith

Might as well gather these all together in one spot. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 More to come.

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Cocos2d – Part 3

Posted on May 17, 2009 by keith

Let’s make things move. If you’ve read my books or seen me speak, you’ll know I love balls. By which, I mean that I love to make circular objects for the purpose of demonstrating basic motion concepts. So I made … Continue reading →

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Cocos2D – Part 2

Posted on May 17, 2009 by keith

I wanted to go a bit more into the base classes of the framework. So far we’ve seen a bit of scenes and sprites. Let’s look at one of the most important base classes, CocosNode. CocosNode is “the main element. … Continue reading →

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Cocos2d – 2D OpenGL for the iPhone made Easy. Part 1.

Posted on May 17, 2009 by keith

[NOTE: I checked the cocos2d source out through svn, which I discovered gives you version 0.8. If you download the source, it looks like the latest version available is 0.7.2. I’m not sure how many differences you’ll run into, but … Continue reading →

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Creating Lite Versions of iPhone Games / Apps

Posted on May 16, 2009 by keith

Another one of those, “I’m going to post it so I know where to find it next time” posts. 🙂 This was largely taken from a post at the iPhoneDevSDK forums, but I’ve clarified a few things, handled a few … Continue reading →

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Say goodbye to Flex Builder

Posted on May 16, 2009 by keith

Say hello to “Flash Builder”! Word has been leaking out here and there via Adobe evangelists that the next version of Flex Builder will be rebranded as “Flash Builder”. I’ve actually known about this as a tentative change for a … Continue reading →

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New Wicked Pissah iPhone Game: Vector Blocks

Posted on May 15, 2009 by keith

Something I’ve been working on secretly over the last couple of weeks. Finally got it submitted to the iPhone store tonight. It’s called Vector Blocks, and it’s sort of a distant cousin to Gravity Pods. Get a ball from point … Continue reading →

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