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How to take first step for making 2d games in Xcode [on hold]

I have 2 years experience in Xcode in business and socials Apps. Now I am going into 2d game development so I want to know that how to take first step for making 2d games in Xcode either using ...
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Display CCSprites with a delay

I am a beginner in cocos2d and I wanted to display coin CCSprites as soon as it moves off the screen with a 5 second delay. So this is what I wrote in my main gameplay layer to add 7 coins in a row: ...
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iOS cocos2d - sprite gets stuck in collision detection

I'm developing a top down game in cocos2d and I have collision code that checks collisions between enemies and the player so that they don't go through each other. The code seems to work but the ...
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GameSalad | Draw lines and arcs

I'm new to GameSalad. Can lines and arcs be drawn in GameSalad, respond to touch at a point, and be shrunk along their path?
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2D Physics in a networked game (iOS)?

I am researching the possibilities for a new iOS game. It's going to be a run-n-gun type platformer, and I'm looking into the possibility of co-op multiplayer. The game itself wouldn't be very ...
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What are my tool options to prototype a 2D online multiplayer game? [closed]

I'm looking for the best tool to allow me to quickly put together a 2D game that relies largely on networking. It's extremely likely that this game will require a server side program to constantly ...
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OpenGL ES 2.0 Camera advices and general thoughts for a 2D engine

I'm working on my first 2D OpenGL engine for iOs 5+ using GLKit (that's to say: OpenGL ES 2.0). While I am on a good path and a lot of things are implemented and nicely working, I'd like to share with ...
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Making smooth walk/jump/fly etc animations

i am soon gonna start with developing my own game for the iOS, i have the plan and idea of the game ready. BUT i have 1 question. How do people make such a smooth animation? Lets take for example: ...
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What 2D engine can I use to port my flash game to iOS and Android? [closed]

I would like to port my 2D flash game to Android and iOS. Is there any cross platform engine you could recommend? Corona is the only promising one I have found so far.
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Multiple spawned objects on collision - Corona SDK

Please help! I'm trying to spawn 5 balls one by one from the sky and have them disappear as soon as they hit the ground or when they hit another user-controlled object that's on the ground. The good ...
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Should I learn 2d game development before 3d?

I'm an iPhone app developer. I want to get into iOS gaming. The question is-should I start with learning 2D like Cocos 2D or Corona SDK before learning 3D gaming like Unity? I'm more interested in 3D ...
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Bodies are colliding but refusing to rotate in Box2D

I'm running box2d in C++ and hooking it up to C# via p/invoke. All physics stuff occurs in C++. My problem is that bodes know when they are colliding and do so with great precision. However if I have ...
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Xcode on Hackintosh (under VM)

Should I be pessimistic about the iOS game development under VM? A virtualized environment will run on AMD (4-core 2.8 ghz Phenom II)/ATI/Linux/VMware host. Not talking about any 3D engines, may ...