cocos2d is a free open-source framework for building 2D games, demos, and other graphical/interactive applications.

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Problem when building tutorial of Cocos2D

I'm new in gamedev and I'm learning cocos2d-js. I'm following the tutorial and I tried to make a build to install it on my phone and test it. I can run on web and I can also compile for debug with: ...
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Kinematic bodies in Cocos

I am trying to make a platformer game using Cocos. I want to create bricks which can be bumped from below by the player (which causes the brick to quickly move upwards and settle back down at its ...
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How to make a viewport in Cocos

I have been using SFML for all the games I developed so far. I recently switched to cocos, and I am facing difficulties, since the learning tutorials provided on the website are way too shallow. Most ...
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Cocosdenshion and Android not working

I'm trying to play sounds and music with cocos2d. When I run on iPhone and .caf files the audio is perfect, but on Android it is not playing the background music and is only playing 2 sounds of 10 ...
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Cocos2dx launcher - how do I set a newer engine version?

Why doesn't Cocos(V3.10) detect my newer engine version (3.14) which I downloaded and placed into the engine folder? ( I mean the launcher, the all-in-one version where you can create your project ...
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Socket.io emit textfield

Hello everyone I learned how to emit from socket.io website guides but I was wondering how does the chat example receive its input? For example in my cocos2dx app how do I pass a text field over to ...
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Page transition a cocos2d scene to a UiViewController

My project is a cocos2d game project, but I added a UIViewController for the initial log in. The first scene is the splash logo, followed by the menu screen, but I need to pass to my UIViewController ...
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Minimum hardware requirements for developing for iOS and Android with Unity, Cocos2d-x and GameSalad on a Mac

I intend to create iOS and Android games. My main priority is to create 2D games. The software that I’m planing to use are Unity, Cocos2d-x and GameSalad. I am a bit interest in the Mac Mini, ...
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Adjust Object Velocity depending on Rotation

I am building a vehicle handling line in hyperPad, with no luck. I have a "gas pedal", and the vehicle. I can use add, subtract, multiply, divide, mod, get Rotation, get Velocity and set Velocity. ...
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Cocos2dx - Create the friction of the ground

I'm writing a game, it a pool game. I've read about cocos2dx + physics library, however the document is really poor to understand. Material has 3 attributes (http://www.cocos2d-x.org/wiki/Physics#) : ...
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Batch z-ordering problem in Cocos2d (Python)

I have a weird problem with my hexmap drawing code. My code uses "squished" hexagons to achieve a pseudo-isometric view. Because of that, the order of drawing them on screen matters a lot. ...
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Cocos2D-JS how to get which edge has collided with an object?

I'm creating a Breakout clone using Cocos2D-JS, and apparently one of the easiest way of getting the bouncing right without physics is to simply negate either the X or the Y value of the moving ball, ...
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Cocos2d JS - Getting vector reflection

I'm working on a small Breakout clone using Cocos2D-JS, without the use of a physics engine. One of the things that baffles me was how the ball bounces. My friend came up with this: inputVector - ...
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How to detect collision during a cocos2d::Action

I spent a day trying to hack my own Action class, but given the hurdles I've hit trying to do so, I'm hoping there's some way to work around my problem while still using the built-in (and admittedly ...
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How to set building in sequence like COC game using tiles map in cocos2d-x V3.9?

i am developing game in cocos2d-x V3.9. i want to create base like COC game. set all buildings in sequence and it can't be overlap with each others. i want also make boundary for develop city view. ...
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Travian Map with tiled staggered isometric in xamarin cocossharp

I want to create a static staggered isometric like Travian map in Xamarin (Nothing moves on it , just like travian) Is Tiled with CocosSharp the way to create it ? (Please gimme a link to a guide if ...
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Black border all around simulation / viewport in iOS using Xamarin + CocosSharp

I'm just getting started with Xamarin and CocosSharp so it's possible I've missed something basic here.. but whatever it is I can't seem to figure it out. I'm trying to get my app/game to be ...
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android - How Do I Replace A Scene in Cocos2D

I am using Cocos2D for Android: I have two scenes MainScene and LogoScene. I want to show a Splash screen on LogoScene then, I want to go to MainScene. I am wondering how I can go from LogoScene to ...
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Cocos2d How do I transition to a scene

So I have mainScene and I have LogoScene, I am wondering If i can make logoscene show a logo, then transition to mainscene. here is what i have import org.cocos2d.layers.CCLayer; import org....
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Instantiate persistent game object?

I wanna making game that is based scenario like Lifeline game. I made everything excluding one thing. I cant save progress in game. My game's logic is instantiate. Player clicks button and texts ...
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Save scene (as prefab)

I wanna save use progress in game. Is to save game possible in cocos2d-js? var wholeScene = cc.director.getScene() // save(wholeScene) Note: I am using Cocos Creator.
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Opengles 2.0, Replace the black region in the image to make it transparent

I have two textures, Source image A and Overlay B, B is drawed on top of A, I want to replace the black color in B, then make the region of A visible, what should I do? This is my shader language: ...
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Cocos2dx Windows Phone 8.1: Seperate Characters in RTL Label

I use below code to show a text : auto label = Label::createWithSystemFont("سلام و خداحافظ", "BTitrBold", 24); ( RTL text like Persian, Arabic and Hebrew) This code works fine in both **Android** ...
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`setVelocity` allows body to pass through bodies

In my game, I'm using cocos2d-x and I wanted to have an object that changes direction immediately, so I used setVelocity() on the physics body to do that. However, when I do that it can run through ...
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Java - Adjusting the speed of an object during movement

I am trying to get an object to move (on java canvas) in the same angle but at different speed within the X and Y axis. Below you can see how i have implemented the movement of the object. xPosition +...
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Unity equivalent to cocos2D (and Sprite Kit) Actions?

Does Unity have an equivalent to the Actions feature/functionality of cocos2D and Sprite Kit; if so, what is it? cocos2D Actions: http://python.cocos2d.org/doc/programming_guide/actions.html http://...
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How do mobile games create simple UI components?

How are simple UI inputs typically handled in 2D mobile games? For example, text input boxes and keyboards. It seems that many game engines do always have simple UI components. There are obvious ...
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Opengles 2.0 multi Textures fade out one by one

I have multi textures, A was drawed on top of B, B was on top of C ...., ( like Picture 1) .I want to fade out A first, then B will appear and fade out either... But when A fade out, background color ...
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Rotate sprite direction Cocos2d

I want that my sprite go always forward, and you can only control his direction moving right and left (on 360 degrees). I don't know why, but the movement it's senseless. The constants to move and ...
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Error OpenGL null Cocos-2D/Visual Studio [closed]

When I try to execute a game code fully functional on Visual Studio 2013, using Cocos-2D (3.8.1) library this error jumps on screen. (I'm working on a laptop) OpenGL 1.5 or higher is required (your ...
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Turn Based Game Match Data in iOS

Hi I’m working on turn based game development using turn based API from Apple’s GameKit framework. My game is 2 player strategy game. Currently I’m facing the issue match data update on game play ...
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Cocos framework gives large Android builds than cocos2d-x

This question is regarding Project Architecture and workflow. I have an installation of cocos2d-x and Cocos Studio with Cocos Framework ( version 3.6). I carried out different build tests with hello ...
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Best way to transition between multiple Cocostudio defined scenes

I'm designing a game that has to switch between multiple game scenes. Each scene has been created in cocostudio and is imported into the code as a json file as: var obj = ccs.load(res.Symbols_json); ...
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Transition from UIView to CCScene in Cocos2D

I've surfed the internet for quite some time but haven't come to find an answer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am trying to perform a transition from a UIView to a CCScene So i have a class ...
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How to move sprite mimicking mouse/touch position on some part of the screen?

I am having a difficulty and I am been doing it wrong, I think. I want to move sprite relatively to touch. Just like when you are playing space shooter like 1943. I just learning some math and try to ...
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cocos2d-android collision map

How collision map? I have call: // Get TMX Map and associated layers/groups _map = CCTMXTiledMap.tiledMap("mapdemo.tmx"); _background = _map.layerNamed("Background"); _objects = _map.objectGroupNamed(...
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How to use Cocos2dJS to connect to a Socket.IO server?

How can I connect to a nodejs socket.io server from a cocos2djs game? I've google all the way to no avail. I tried this but it does not work: socket = io.connect('http://192.168.254.102:7714'); if ( ...
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Cocos2d v3.4 Templates

How to create cocos2d v3.4 without using Cocos2D-SpriteBuilder? I installed Cocos2D-SpriteBuilder as they recommended in cocos2d blog: http://cocos2d.spritebuilder.com/get-started But I need to ...
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Change sprite position

I have Sprite and i want change my Sprite position when score == 2 score = 0; auto bird = Sprite::create("bird.png"); bird->setPosition(Point(-visibleSize.width, -visibleSize.height));...
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How do I calculate the path of something in orbit around one or more bodies?

I need to figure out how to calculate the orbit of an object around one or more bodies for a game that I am making (built on Cocos2D-Swift). The game is in two dimensions, so it's a two-dimensional ...
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How Use loop's in cocos2d-x

I've for loop which work well on Windows double speed = 35; for(int i=0; i<60 ;i++){ speed += 0.3; Sleep (1000); // sleep 1000 mili seonds } But it responds an error ...
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Right-To-Left Text Direction in Cocos2dx

I want to use Persian/Arabic text beside English in whether Label or ui::Text. Persian is a Right-to-Left and English is a Left-to-Right language and so I have problem to combine them in one string. ...
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differences betwen game resolution in a different display resolution

my game is not supported on the other devices with a different resolutions. for example may character is 140w X 55h pixels which is ok on a 4 inch display but it goes wide when i tested my game on a ...
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Cocos2d v3 - addChild method make performance problems

i have currently a performance problem with the addChild method in cocos2d version 3.3. My scenario is currently that i have about ten CCNode which holds a bundle of other CCNode (about 500), i called ...
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cocos2d-js displays only one type of tile from a tmx file

I am using Tiled to produce a tmx which I use in my code using cocos2d-js. The problem is that when I run it on the browser, a wrong tile gets displayed, the first one of the image (0,0) and repeats ...
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Cocos Code IDE unable to find python

I am trying to create a new JavaScript project on Cocos Code IDE but every time it immediately give me the error message: Unable to find python. Please, click the setting button to set the python ...
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How to prevent fish eye effect when using CCOrbitCamera in Cocos2D?

Note: I'm using CocosSharp, a Xamarin C# version but the question is valid for all Cocos2D versions I presume. I'm also fine with answers in any Cocos2D dialect (there is no tag yet for CocosSharp ...
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How can I run two CCActions in parallel and another one afterwards with Cocos2D?

With Cocos2D I can run two actions in parallel by simply using runAction and I can use a CCSequence two run several actions after each other. However what I could not find is: Run two actions ...
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Cocos2dx - Physics - Abort() When Changing Dynamic PhysicBody to Static?

I just learned cocos2dx v3.3 integrated chipmunk physics engine. Here ,as you see, I create a simple circle with physic as: auto sprite = Sprite::create("circle.png"); auto body = PhysicsBody::...
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cocos2dx: RunningScene != Scene You just Replace

I have this code for cocos2d-x 3.x: void MainMenu::StartGame(cocos2d::Ref* pSender) { auto director = Director::getInstance(); auto newScene = Scene::create(); director->replaceScene(...