Cocos Creator BETA
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| I checked it out after receiving an email stating it was in Public Beta. http://cocos2d-x.org/download It's pretty cool. The editor is sleek and efficient to use. It is definitely being added to my arsenal of free opensource game makers. Check it out guys. As much as I like it, Cocos Creator cannot replace BRL products. My entire mind is filled with the joys and fun I have had over the decades using BRL products and learning to program games/applications etc. Cocos Creator would have to literally contain a: Function MakeGame( type:int) If type = 1 MakeMultimillionPoundGame EndIf If type <> 1 MakeMultimillionPoundGameAnyway EndIf Return MillionsInCash End Function |
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| Looks like a 2D version of Unity... Do you know if the exporting of projects create "proper" native games or are they just web based on wrapped in an exe (etc)? |
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| Cocos2d-x was always c++ native. In the old(ish) days I made a game in Cocos2d-iPhone (which now became Cocos2d-ObjC). It has quite robust scene-graph based framework, and it is good to see how far it's developed since those days. Too bad I couldn't find MakeMultimillionPoundGame in the API. |
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| You don't actually need that function. Amon left a disturbing amount of unnecessary code in the If blocks, and only the last line seems really needed. |
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| Cocos2d-x was always c++ native Yep, Cocos2d-x (C2D-x) is C++... but what I am confused about is with Cocos Creator (CC). CC's game engine is based on C2D-x but the scripts are Javascript and it talks about their Web platform. Cocos Creator Cocos Creator is a complete package of game development tools and workflow, including a game engine (based on Cocos2d-x), resource management, scene editing, game preview, debug and publish one project to multiple platforms. For the first time we introduced entity-component structure and data-driven workflow to the Cocos2d-x family. With JavaScript, you can scripting your component in no time. The editor and engine extension is also made with JavaScript so you can make games and refine your tool in a single programming language. Cocos Creator provides an innovative, easy to use toolset such as the UI system and Animation editor. The toolset will be expanding continuously and quickly, thanks to the open editor extension system. In the publishing section of CC's doco it has the following: * Publish -> Web * Cocos Framework * Publish -> native http://cocos2d-x.org/docs/editors_and_tools/creator-chapters/publish/index.html With the Web publish it creates a JavaScript web game, with the Cocos Framework it uses JSB technology to create "cross-platform release of original applications and Cocos Play smartphone web-based games"... and I'm hoping the native publishing creates a proper native (C++) game. When (if) I can time I'll have to have a look... |
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| Cocos2D-JS creates native iOS and Android Apps. On iOS SpiderMonkey is used to wrap the JS-Calls to native C++-Calls. The Renderer is also very fast and also uses auto-spritebatching and auto-culling. Its fast as hell but the problem is that SpiderMonkey libs are over 20MB :( So you either have to stick with pure C++ or you get a bloated game client ;) |
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| >bloated game client >20MB What's the OTA limit now like 100MB for iOS and Android? 80MB budget is not so bad... and if you go over that you will have probably needed to go over 100MB anyway. |
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