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copied!<p>I'm developing a game using Cocos2d-x to Android and iPhone. At the beggining, I had a lot of problems to start using this library, so, in this question, I want to collect all basic, medium and expert tutorials because there are a lot of info questions doing the same mistakes. When I <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9979795/where-can-i-find-a-good-tutorial-to-start-programming-using-cocos2d-x">Started</a>, I had to look a lot in many sites using my friend Google. Hope this helps people start now. <strong>All in c++</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Beginners</strong></p> <ul> <li>Official wiki <a href="http://www.cocos2d-x.org/projects/cocos2d-x/wiki" rel="nofollow noreferrer">links</a></li> <li>How to start in multi-platform <a href="http://www.raywenderlich.com/11283/cocos2d-x-for-ios-and-android-getting-started" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HERE</a> The best one. Amazing, XCODE (MAC) and ECLIPSE (LINUX) tutorial.</li> <li>A simple guide to <a href="http://developer.bada.com/library/BalloonRide" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Start</a></li> <li>Another multi-platform <a href="http://gameit.ro/2012/01/creating-an-iphone-and-android-cocos2d-x-hybrid-project-updated/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Guide</a></li> <li>Awesome guide to start programming on <a href="http://blog.plicatibu.com/developing-with-cocos2d-x-for-android-on-linux/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Eclipse + Android</a> and <a href="http://blog.plicatibu.com/how-to-debug-cocos2d-x-and-java-code-using-eclipse/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DEBUG</a>, thanks to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/88211/marcio-andrey-oliveira">Marcio Andrey</a></li> <li>Another <a href="http://jpsarda.tumblr.com/post/26000816688/integrate-cocos2d-x-c-into-an-android-application" rel="nofollow noreferrer">way</a> to integrate cocos2d-x on Android</li> <li>Social Example, Facebook + email + Twitter on iOS and Android <a href="http://www.cocos2d-x.org/boards/6/topics/12492" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HERE</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Medium</strong></p> <ul> <li>Scrolling scenes. Using CCParallaxNode. <a href="http://www.raywenderlich.com/11338/cocos2d-x-for-ios-and-android-space-game" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Space game example</a></li> <li>InfiniteParadax Class <a href="https://github.com/jasonmarziani/CCParallaxScrollNode" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here</a>, to repeat same backgrounds all time.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cocos2d-x.org/boards/6/topics/9803" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Slider code</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQOnk4RgmM" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HERE</a> the video.</li> <li>Split screen using 2 layers <a href="http://blog.bigbunkerstudio.com/?p=154" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here</a></li> <li>Sharped Label TTF, <a href="https://rombosblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/prevent-blurry-fonts-when-using-cclabelttf/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Better labels</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>ADVANCED</strong></p> <ul> <li>Integrating OpenFeint with cocos2d-x. I only found <a href="http://blog.molioapp.com/2011/11/openfeint-and-admob-integrated-with.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This example</a>, <a href="http://www.cocos2d-x.org/boards/10/topics/9191" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here</a> more details.</li> <li>Archievement on GameCenter. <a href="http://www.cocos2d-x.org/boards/6/topics/6891" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Extensions</strong></p> <ul> <li>I have not tested all, but work fine <a href="https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x-extensions" rel="nofollow noreferrer">walzer's Extensions</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/MarkusPfundstein/Cocos2DX-Extensions" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MarkusPfundstein</a>'s extensions </li> <li>DualFace <a href="https://github.com/dualface/cocos2d-x-extensions" rel="nofollow noreferrer">extensions</a>, actually in development</li> </ul> <p><strong>Code Examples</strong></p> <ul> <li><em>Clawoo examples</em></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/clawoo/SimpleGameCocos2D-x" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Simple Game 1</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/clawoo/SimpleGamePart2Cocos2D-x" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Simple Game 1 - part 2</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/clawoo/SimpleGamePart3Cocos2D-x" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Simple Game 1 - part 3</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/clawoo/BreakoutCocos2D-x" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BreakOut</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/clawoo/PongCocos2D-x" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Pong</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/clawoo/CuteAPultCocos2D-x" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cute a pult</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/clawoo/TileBasedGameCocos2D-x" rel="nofollow noreferrer">TileBased game</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/clawoo/AsteroidsCocos2D-x" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Asteroids</a></li> <li><em>Bada.com</em></li> <li><a href="http://developer.bada.com/library/BalloonRide" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ballon Ride</a></li> <li><em>Demo and links collection</em></li> <li><a href="http://www.supersuraccoon-cocos2d.com/2011/09/17/sticky-demo-resource-list-keep-updating/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">supersuraccoon-cocos2d demos (Not all C++)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.supersuraccoon-cocos2d.com/2012/02/11/sticky-ios-cocos2d-develop-recommended-blog-list-keep-updating/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">supersuraccoon-cocos2d links collection</a></li> <li>Another code example: <a href="https://github.com/diwu/Tiny-Wings-Remake-on-Android" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tiny Wings Remake on Android using Cocos2d-X</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>TIPS</strong></p> <ul> <li>Audio format <a href="http://www.cocos2d-x.org/projects/cocos2d-x/wiki/Audio_formats_supported_by_CocosDenshion_on_different_platforms" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Supported</a></li> <li><p>If you use Linux, please, don't use cocos2d-android or cocos2d-android-1, <strong>is decreated</strong>. Try to use cocos2d-x</p></li> <li><p>If you use Linux, and don't know how to use native code, <a href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Take a look in development</a></p></li> <li><p>CCLOG("String"); Don't work on Eclipse log cat, but CCLog do it!</p></li> <li><p>Max textures size/resolution <a href="http://www.cocos2d-x.org/projects/cocos2d-x/wiki/Max_size_of_textures_in_cocos2d-x_depends_on_each_platform" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here</a></p></li> <li><p>Iphone use RETINA to draw textures in HD, but don't are used on Android. My solution is use RETINA on iphone, and setscale compiling only in Android. <a href="http://www.cocos2d-x.org/projects/cocos2d-x/wiki/How_does_cocos2d-x_support_multi-resolution" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Multi-resolution Wiki</a>. In Example:</p></li> </ul> <pre> #if (CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_ANDROID) this->setObjectScale(1); #endif // CC_PLATFORM_IOS </pre> <ul> <li>Your first example must be the official on the <a href="http://www.cocos2d-x.org/projects/cocos2d-x/wiki" rel="nofollow noreferrer">WIKI</a></li> </ul> <p>** <a href="http://www.cocos2d-x.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">OFFICIAL PAGE COCOS2D-X</a> ** </p> <p>What will need this question?</p> <ul> <li>XML Tutorial, i have nothing in this area. Actually, i'm working in some code. I will do a Tutorial. The library can be use is <a href="http://www.xmlsoft.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">libxml2</a> </li> <li>Creating menus example</li> <li>Slider menu example</li> <li>Gestures class don´t implemented yet</li> </ul> <p>If you have problems, use tag Cocos2d-x in Stackoverflow, and I will try to help you.</p> <p>I have already read the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/faq">FAQ</a> but 90 % of questions cocos2d/android related present the same problem, using obsolete libraries. I just want help people to start using cocos2d-x. All additional info will be Welcome.</p>

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