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Mastering Cocos2d Cross-Platform Game Development

Chapter 2. Failing Faster with Prototypes

This chapter is all about getting a wireframe of the project going so that you can fill in the "meat" of the game later. You'll be getting baseline graphics, menus, and the game's flow structure outlined for testing faster than you can blink. Test sooner, fail faster—this is your new motto as a game developer. Even though it may seem very simple to code, that's our intent: to create the minimum viable product—something tangible and working—as soon as possible in order to get a feel of the overall project. We're going to cover the following in this chapter:

  • Why prototype?
  • Getting a scene up and running
  • Creating text (labels)
  • Beginning using sprite sheets with TexturePacker
  • Creating buttons
  • Creating menus, scenes, and scene transitions
  • Creating nodes and units (sprites)

Throughout this book, a complete game will be created from beginning to end, starting with this chapter. Creating an ongoing project...

File suffixes versus directories

When Cocos2d and SpriteBuilder became integrated in Cocos2d 3.0, they changed the way textures are read in by Cocos2d. In previous versions, if you wanted to make a game for the iPhone and the iPad, you had to add various suffixes to your file. For example, if your image was named btnPlay.png, you had to create variously sized files in your project, which were named as follows:

  • btnPlay.png
  • btnPlay-hd.png
  • btnPlay-ipad.png
  • btnPlay-ipadhd.png

This methodology of getting your files saved is typically referred to as using file suffixes.

In the newer iteration of Cocos2d with SpriteBuilder, one of the ways you can manage your textures is by dragging a file of the largest possible size (for example, Retina iPad) into SpriteBuilder. When you click on Publish, SpriteBuilder will take care of the file size variations for you. This way of handling files is referred to as using directories.

Note

Here is a warning: if you decide to manually add files to the Published-iOS folder...

Why prototype?

Besides the obvious reason of asking your friends "is it fun?!" before it's fully complete, prototyping your game, especially quickly and early on in development, can be very useful for a few different reasons:

  • You can ask about the originality/innovation of your game from the perspective of an end user instead of just your own views
  • You can generate ideas on how to improve the game way before it's too late to make changes
  • You can get a feel of how the game actually flows from one stage to the next, and conceive a tangible product instead of just an idea
  • If shown to the public, it could be a great way to begin the marketing of your game and beginning the snowball of exposure needed to succeed on iOS

Plus, this is the best way to start a project, especially a project that includes new concepts or ideas that might be hard to get fully coded and work as intended. You might have heard of the term proof of concept; this chapter is exactly what that is. It's...

Getting a scene up and running

Before we even start adding anything to the screen, we need to make sure we have a game that can be viewed on our device or a simulator. Once you've created the project in SpriteBuilder (or gotten the blank project that was listed earlier) and opened the project in Xcode, go to the next step.

Creating the initial code for the scene to open

You should see a file called MainScene.h and another file called MainScene.m. Open the header file (which has the .h extension).

In the header file, add a few lines of code between the @interface line and the @end line. The header should look like this:

@interface MainScene : CCNode
{
  CGSize winSize;
}
+(CCScene*)scene;
@end

Then, in the main file (which has the .m extension), some lines of code should be added between the @implementation and @end lines. It should look as follows:

#import "MainScene.h"

@implementation MainScene

+(CCScene *)scene
{
  return [[self alloc] init];
}

-(id)init
{
  if ((self=[super...

Creating buttons and text (labels)

If you want to place a line of text on the screen, you need to create a label. There are two types of labels in Cocos2d: CCLabelBMFont and CCLabelTTF. Bitmap Font labels are the fancy labels created with Glyph Designer, mentioned earlier in this book. TrueType Font labels are regular, unformatted text labels that use either a font file that's already on the phone or a file you've added to your project.

Tip

Note that if you have a label that often needs updating, for example, a score counter or a health value, it's more efficient to use BMFonts in those cases, even if the font is a plain white font and looks exactly the same in TTF format.

Let's get some text displayed – CCLabelTTF

As mentioned earlier, TTF labels are simple, unformatted labels. How are these useful? The answer is, you can quickly get the prototype of your game going, and so you can better understand the flow of the game. Then, once it's ready, you can switch...

Begin using sprite sheets with TexturePacker

Sprite sheets are used to improve the performance of your game, not only reducing the time it takes for the game to load but also improving the performance while the game is running.

Tip

Unfortunately, TexturePacker works with Cocos2d at the time of writing this book, but its use is not supported by SpriteBuilder directly. However, TexturePacker is a great solution when it comes to building sprite sheets effectively. If you wish to use TexturePacker but are currently using the directory method (the default for SpriteBuilder at the time of writing this book), go back and change your style to file extensions.

As mentioned in Chapter 1, Refreshing Our Cocos2d Knowledge, we will be using TexturePacker as the go-to for our sprite sheet creator. TexturePacker is nice for a few reasons:

  • It allows exporting to Cocos2d with one click
  • It has auto-scaling (up or down) that supports all resolution types
  • It makes updating your images later easier to import the...

Creating buttons via CCButton and CCLayout

Cocos2d 3.0 changed the way buttons are displayed. If you've used previous versions of Cocos2d, you're probably familiar with CCMenu. That is no longer the way to create and display tappable buttons in Cocos2d. Instead, we're going to use CCButton and place them in a node of the CCLayout type. If you skipped the sprite sheet section, I strongly recommend that you go back and read it. It will save you from many frustrating moments as the project progresses.

For the book's project, we'll be adding the menu button in the bottom-left corner. Like I said, it's extremely easy to add the buttons once you have the images included in the project.

Open the MainScene.m file, and add these lines of code below the code for the labels in the init method:

CCButton *btnMenu = [CCButton buttonWithTitle:@""
  spriteFrame:[CCSpriteFrame frameWithImageNamed:@"btnMenu.png"]];
btnMenu.position = ccp(winSize.width * 0.125...

Why prototype?

Besides the obvious reason of asking your friends "is it fun?!" before it's fully complete, prototyping your game, especially quickly and early on in development, can be very useful for a few different reasons:

  • You can ask about the originality/innovation of your game from the perspective of an end user instead of just your own views

  • You can generate ideas on how to improve the game way before it's too late to make changes

  • You can get a feel of how the game actually flows from one stage to the next, and conceive a tangible product instead of just an idea

  • If shown to the public, it could be a great way to begin the marketing of your game and beginning the snowball of exposure needed to succeed on iOS

Plus, this is the best way to start a project, especially a project that includes new concepts or ideas that might be hard to get fully coded and work as intended. You might have heard of the term proof of concept; this chapter is exactly what that is. It's a very quick overview of...

Getting a scene up and running

Before we even start adding anything to the screen, we need to make sure we have a game that can be viewed on our device or a simulator. Once you've created the project in SpriteBuilder (or gotten the blank project that was listed earlier) and opened the project in Xcode, go to the next step.

Creating the initial code for the scene to open

You should see a file called MainScene.h and another file called MainScene.m. Open the header file (which has the .h extension).

In the header file, add a few lines of code between the @interface line and the @end line. The header should look like this:

@interface MainScene : CCNode
{
  CGSize winSize;
}
+(CCScene*)scene;
@end

Then, in the main file (which has the .m extension), some lines of code should be added between the @implementation and @end lines. It should look as follows:

#import "MainScene.h"

@implementation MainScene

+(CCScene *)scene
{
  return [[self alloc] init];
}

-(id)init
{
  if ((self=[super init]))
  {
...

Creating buttons and text (labels)

If you want to place a line of text on the screen, you need to create a label. There are two types of labels in Cocos2d: CCLabelBMFont and CCLabelTTF. Bitmap Font labels are the fancy labels created with Glyph Designer, mentioned earlier in this book. TrueType Font labels are regular, unformatted text labels that use either a font file that's already on the phone or a file you've added to your project.

Tip

Note that if you have a label that often needs updating, for example, a score counter or a health value, it's more efficient to use BMFonts in those cases, even if the font is a plain white font and looks exactly the same in TTF format.

Let's get some text displayed – CCLabelTTF

As mentioned earlier, TTF labels are simple, unformatted labels. How are these useful? The answer is, you can quickly get the prototype of your game going, and so you can better understand the flow of the game. Then, once it's ready, you can switch over to using BMFonts to make it...

Begin using sprite sheets with TexturePacker

Sprite sheets are used to improve the performance of your game, not only reducing the time it takes for the game to load but also improving the performance while the game is running.

Tip

Unfortunately, TexturePacker works with Cocos2d at the time of writing this book, but its use is not supported by SpriteBuilder directly. However, TexturePacker is a great solution when it comes to building sprite sheets effectively. If you wish to use TexturePacker but are currently using the directory method (the default for SpriteBuilder at the time of writing this book), go back and change your style to file extensions.

As mentioned in Chapter 1, Refreshing Our Cocos2d Knowledge, we will be using TexturePacker as the go-to for our sprite sheet creator. TexturePacker is nice for a few reasons:

  • It allows exporting to Cocos2d with one click

  • It has auto-scaling (up or down) that supports all resolution types

  • It makes updating your images later easier to import the images...

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Creating buttons and text (labels)
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This book is one of those gems that all developers should have. It gives a very nice and clean chapters for all cocos2d lovers. Indeed I especially like the physics chapter, it is very accurate and swift. I do like also the UI chapter, I am always facing problems with UI in cocos2d and his chapter helped me a lot!!!
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I'm impressed by the historical information the book gives you about other tools that are used to support a cocos2d pipeline. The first few chapters do a great job of giving the reader all the info they need to quickly and efficiently get a game framework up and running and out into testers hands for prototyping. The code examples are all for the most part clear and understandable for anyone familiar with objective-c/c++, but someone new to the language should also be able to learn how to write code using the same examples as long as they are not completely new to programming. Each line of code is not always discussed so if you are unfamiliar with objective-c, it may be best to review the basics in another book/resource first. There are plenty of visual diagrams and references that help the reader understand what is being discussed - this is a great benefit. The author also take special consideration that not everyone will be using the same workflow, so alternatives are given in these situations - which is a welcome benefit of this book.I recommend this book for devs that want to get an app into the market fast, but the draw back is that the app being designed is not a 3D game or even a 2D side-scroller. Though the book does show examples of 3D games (Crossy Road, etc.) and does talk about elements of a 2D side-scroller, it really only covers 2D static playing fields (board game style) and does a good job of it. I must, however, add that the book adds polishing effects such as parallax scrolling for dept perception. This is all very cool and extremely helpful for creating a board game style app that helps the user feel like it's a bit 3-dimensional. All the setup and framework is still incredibly helpful even for 2D side-scrollers, but it's really teaching you a board game type of playing field.In conclusion, If you need to learn how to create a board game style app for iOS, then I highly recommend it. If you are creating a side-scroller or 3D game, then this may be a good reference for setting up the basic framework and other tools that help create 2D graphics. But you will not finish this book with a working knowledge of how to create other style games.
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Alex Ogorek
Alex Ogorek is a 4-year veteran of iOS development, who has developed everything from traditional apps to games, with over 12 apps published on Apple's App Store under the name of KeitGames (http://www.keitgames.com/). All of his apps and games are self-developed and published, including graphics. He has been coding since he was 16, and has loved games since he was young. Before attending USC for computer science (games) and entrepreneurship, he worked at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation as an iOS developer, working on medical iPad apps that help further research with concussions in students and athletes.
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