cocos2d-x for C++

cocos2d-x

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cocos2d-x is a multi-platform framework for building 2d games, interactive books, demos and other graphical applications. It is based on cocos2d-iphone, but instead of using Objective-C, it uses C++. It works on iOS, Android, OS X, Windows, Linux and Web platforms.

Cocos2d-x Framework Architecture:

[](docs/framework_architecture.jpg "")

cocos2d-x is:

• Fast
• Free
• Easy to use
• Community supported

Git user attention

1. Clone the repo from GitHub.

    $ git clone https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x.git
   

2. After cloning the repo, please execute download-deps.py to download and install dependencies.

    $ cd cocos2d-x
    cocos2d-x $ python download-deps.py
   

3. After running download-deps.py.

    cocos2d-x $ git submodule update --init
   

Download stable versions

• Cocos2d-x stable versions

How to start a new game

1. Download the code from cocos2d download site or clone this repo (instructions above)
2. Run setup.py
3. Run the cocos script

Example:

$ cd cocos2d-x
$ ./setup.py
$ source FILE_TO_SAVE_SYSTEM_VARIABLE
$ cocos new MyGame -p com.your_company.mygame -l cpp -d NEW_PROJECTS_DIR
$ cd NEW_PROJECTS_DIR/MyGame

You can also create a JS project or Lua project with -l js or -l lua.

Build and run a new project for Android

Cocos2d-x supports Android Studio. Simple open the proj.android directory from within the Android Studio environment. More information can be found in our documentation.

Build and run a new project for iOS

$ cocos run -p ios

Build and run a new project for OSX

$ cocos run -p mac

Build and run a new project for Linux

If you never run cocos2d-x on Linux, you need to install all dependencies by the script in cocos2d/build/install-deps-linux.sh

$ cd cocos2d-x/build
$ ./install-deps-linux.sh

Then

$ cd NEW_PROJECTS_DIR/MyGame
$ cocos run -p linux

Run

$ bin/MyGame

Build and run new project for win32

$ cocos run -p win32

Build and run new project for web

Only JS project can be published to web platforms, so you will need to create a JS project first:

$ cocos new -l js WebGame

Then you can run your game in a web browser:

$ cocos run -p web

Or you can publish your game to publish/html5/ folder:

$ cocos run -p web -m release [--advanced]

Using CMake

Cocos2d-x supports CMake, a cross-platform build system. Example usage:

$ cd cocos2d-x
$ mkdir cmake-build && cd cmake-build
$ cmake ..

• [Detail CMake Guide](cmake/README.md)

Documentations and samples

• All Docs in a single place!
• Online API Reference Note that Cocos2d-x, Cocos2d-JS and Cocos Creator have different API set
• Programmers Guide
• Latest Release Note
• Changelog

Main features

• Scene management (workflow)
• Transitions between scenes
• Sprites and Sprite Sheets
• Effects: Lens, Ripple, Waves, Liquid, etc.
• Actions (behaviours):
  • Transformation Actions: Move, Rotate, Scale, Fade, Tint, etc.
  • Composable actions: Sequence, Spawn, Repeat, Reverse
  • Ease Actions: Exp, Sin, Cubic, Elastic, etc.
  • Misc actions: CallFunc, OrbitCamera, Follow, Tween
• Basic menus and buttons
• Integrated with physics engines: Box2d and Chipmunk
• Particle system
• Skeleton Animations: Spine and Armature support
• Fonts:
  • Fast font rendering using Fixed and Variable width fonts
  • Support for .ttf fonts
• Tile Map support: Orthogonal, Isometric and Hexagonal
• Parallax scrolling
• Motion Streak
• Render To Texture
• Touch/Accelerometer on mobile devices
• Touch/Mouse/Keyboard on desktop
• Sound Engine support (CocosDenshion library) based on OpenAL
• Integrated Slow motion/Fast forward
• Fast and compressed textures: PVR compressed and uncompressed textures, ETC1 compressed textures, and more
• Resolution Independent
• Language: C++, with Lua and JavaScript bindings
• Open Source Commercial Friendly(MIT): Compatible with open and closed source projects
• OpenGL ES 2.0 (mobile) / OpenGL 2.1 (desktop) based

Build Requirements

• Mac OS X 10.7+, Xcode 8+
• or Ubuntu 14.04+, CMake 3.1+
• or Windows 7+, VS 2015
• Python 2.7.5+ (NOT Python 3)
• NDK r16+ is required to build Android games
• Android Studio 3.0.0+ to build Android games(tested with 3.0.0)
• JRE or JDK 1.6+ is required for web publishing

Runtime Requirements

• iOS 8.0+ for iPhone / iPad games
• Android 3.0.0+ for Android
• OS X v10.9+ for Mac games
• Windows 7+ for Win games
• Modern browsers and IE 9+ for web games

Running Tests

Select the test you want from Xcode Scheme chooser.

• Cocos Console

// Enter cpp test folder
cd tests/cpp-tests
// Or enter js test folder
cd tests/js-tests
// Or enter lua test folder
cd tests/lua-tests

// Compile or run test case
cocos compile -p ios|mac|android|win32|win8_1|metro|web -m debug|release
cocos run -p ios|mac|android|win32|win8_1|metro|web -m debug|release

• For OS X / iOS

$ cd cocos2d-x/build
$ open cocos2d_tests.xcodeproj

• For Linux

$ cd cocos2d-x/build
$ ./install-deps-linux.sh
$ mkdir linux-build
$ cd linux-build
$ cmake ../..

Run Samples

$ bin/Debug/cpp-empty-test/cpp-empty-test
or
$ bin/Debug/lua-empty-test/lua-empty-test

You may meet building errors when building libGLFW.so. It is because libGL.so directs to an error target, you should make it to direct to a correct one. install-deps-linux.sh only has to be run once.

• For Windows

Open the cocos2d-x/build/cocos2d-win32.sln

• For Android

$ cd cocos2d-x/build
$ python ./android-build.py cpp-empty-test -p 14
$ adb install ../tests/cpp-empty-test/proj.android/bin/CppEmptyTest-debug.apk

Then click item on Android device to run tests. Available value of -p is the API level, cocos2d-x supports from level 14.

Or you can import the project located at tests/cpp-empty-test/proj.android using Android Studio 3.0.0+.

Learning Resources

• Programmers Guide
• Android Fundamentals
• Make School Tutorials
• Games From Scratch
• Cocos2d sample games

Spreading the word!

You can help us spread the word about cocos2d-x! We would surely appreciate it!

• Talk about us on Facebook! Our Facebook Page
• Tweet, Tweet! Our Twitter
• Read our Blog and promote it on your social media.

Where to get help

• English Forums
• 中文社区
• Bug Tracker
• API Reference.
• Latest Release Note
• Changelog
• IRC. We are in Freenode in the #cocos2d channel
• cpp-tests project. This project is our basis for testing. Use this project to learn how we implement the functionality of the engine. This project is located in cocos2d-x_root/build.

Contributing to the Project

Cocos2d-x is licensed under the MIT License. We welcome participation!

Did you find a bug? Do you have feature request? Do you want to merge a feature?

• contributing to cocos2d-x

Contact us

• Forum: http://discuss.cocos2d-x.org
• Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cocos2dx
• Weibo: http://t.sina.com.cn/cocos2dx