iPhone and iPad development

Cocos2D is a popular open source framework for building iPhone games. Its quite powerful and can be used to develop a wide range of 2D games. Here is a list of some of the apps on the appstore developed using Cocos2D.

Here’s a list of what’s in the project so far as listed on the Github pag and available for iOS devices:

• CCMenuAdvanced – CCMenu subclass with additional features: relativeAnchor, more align options, priority property, scrolling with swipe/trackpad/mousewheel
• CCMenuItemSpriteIndependent CCMenuItemSprite Subclass, that doesnt add normal/selected/disabled images (sprites) as children. It retains them and delegates rect & convertToNodeSpace: methods to normalImage_. So it’s possible to use CCSpriteBatchNode & add position sprites of menuItem anyway you want.
• CCVideoPlayer – Simple Video Player for Cocos2D apps.CCBigImage – Dynamic Tiled Node for holding Large Images.
• CCSlider – Little Slider Control to allow the user to set the music/sfx/etc level in the range of 0.0f to 1.0f.
• CCSendMessages – CCActionInstant subclass, that is more flexible than other CCActions that run functions. Can be used in many cases as blocks replacement.
• CCScrollLayer – CCLayer subclass that lets you pass-in an array of layers and it will then create a smooth scroller. Complete with the “snapping” effect.
• FilesDownloader – Downloader for a group of files with shared source path.

✔ Sources: https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-iphone-extensions

This example is from Birkenmose, a member of the Cocos2D forum. They have posted a “RippleSprite” class which works very much like a CCSPrite and with just a few lines of code you can add this ripple effect to an image.

Birkenmose has also done an excellent job of explaining everything that is going on in the code with his comments which is of great help.

✔ Demo http://thebackfiregames-dk.temp14.domaindirect.dk/Media/rippleDemo.zip