Index

A

• anchorPoint property
  • about / The building blocks, nodes
• Android
  • Cocos2d app, building for / Installation for Android
• animations
  • creating / Animation in code
  • move / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • scale / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • rotate / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • actions, chaining together / Chaining actions together
  • actions, running simultaneously / Running actions simultaneously
  • actions, repeating / Repeating actions
  • code, executing on completion of actions / Running code on completion of an animation
• Apple Developer
  • URL / Installing Cocos2d
• Apportable
  • about / An introduction to Cocos2d
  • URL, for downloading / Installation for Android
  • installing / Installation for Android
• assets
  • reference link / Adding sprites to SpriteBuilder
• assets, water bucket game
  • URL, for downloading / Putting it into practice

B

• buttons
  • adding, to scene / Adding buttons to your scene
  • states / Adding buttons to your scene

C

• Catapult app
  • creating / Introducing physics engines
  • sprite joint, adding / Adding a sprite joint
  • object, dragging against spring joint / Dragging an object against a spring joint
  • objects, firing / Firing objects from the catapult
  • motor, creating / Creating a motor
• CCActions
  • CCActionMoveTo / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • CCActionMoveBy / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • CCActionJumpTo / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • CCActionJumpBy / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • CCActionScaleTo / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • CCActionRotateBy / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • CCActionShow / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • CCActionHide / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • CCActionBlink / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • CCActionToggleVisibility / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • CCActionFadeIn / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • CCActionFadeOut / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • CCActionTintBy / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • CCActionTintTo / Moving, scaling, and rotating
• CCButton class
  • about / The building blocks, nodes
• CCLabelTTF class
  • about / The building blocks, nodes
• CCLayoutBox class
  • about / The building blocks, nodes
• CCNode class
  • about / The building blocks, nodes
• CCNodeColor class
  • about / The building blocks, nodes
• CCScene
  • creating / Creating a CCScene
• CCSprite class
  • about / The building blocks, nodes
• CCTableView
  • about / Presenting data in a table with CCTableView
  • used, for presenting data in table / Presenting data in a table with CCTableView
  • data source, creating / Creating a CCTableView data source
  • adding, to scene / Adding a CCTableView node to the scene
• children nodes
  • about / Children nodes
  • adding / Adding children
  • removing / Removing children
  • ordering / Drawing order of the children nodes
  • multiple coordinate systems, working with / Working with multiple coordinate systems
• Chipmunk
  • about / Introducing physics engines
• Cocos2d
  • about / An introduction to Cocos2d
  • installing / Installing Cocos2d
  • installing, with installer / Installing Cocos2d with the installer
  • Hello World project, creating / Creating a Hello World project
• Cocos2d app
  • building, for Android / Installation for Android
  • IntroScene.m file / IntroScene.m
  • HelloWorldScene.m class / The HelloWorldScene.m class
• contentSize property
  • about / The building blocks, nodes
• content size types, nodes
  • Points / The building blocks, nodes
  • UI Points / The building blocks, nodes
  • Normalized / The building blocks, nodes
  • Inset points / The building blocks, nodes
  • Inset UI points / The building blocks, nodes

D

• data source
  • creating, for CCTableView / Creating a CCTableView data source
• didLoadFromCCB method
  • about / Scene life cycle

E

• ease actions
  • Linear / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • EaseIn / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • EaseOut / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • EaseInOut / Moving, scaling, and rotating
  • reference link / Moving, scaling, and rotating

F

• Flappy Bird
  • sprites, adding / Adding sprites to SpriteBuilder
  • rotating bird, creating / Final polish to Flappy Bird
• Flappy Square
  • about / Creating Flappy Square
  • creating / Creating Flappy Square
  • scene/layer, creating / Creating a new scene/layer
  • SpriteBuilder scene, linking in code / Linking to a SpriteBuilder scene in code
  • physics, enabling in SpriteBuilder / Enabling physics in SpriteBuilder
  • SpriteBuilder objects, connecting to Xcode properties / Connecting SpriteBuilder objects to Xcode properties
  • reusable components, creating / Creating reusable components
  • obstacles, moving across screen / Moving obstacles across the screen
  • collisions, detecting / Detecting collisions
  • additional features, implementing / The next step
• form elements
  • used, for accepting user input / Accepting user input with form elements

G

• Gravity mode
  • about / Particle systems
• Gravity mode, properties
  • Gravity / Particle systems
  • Speed / Particle systems
  • Tangential Acceleration / Particle systems
  • Radial Acceleration / Particle systems

H

• Hello World project
  • creating / Creating a Hello World project
• HelloWorldScene.m class
  • about / The HelloWorldScene.m class

I

• init method
  • about / Scene life cycle
• installation, Apportable
  • about / Installation for Android
• installation, Cocos2d
  • about / Installing Cocos2d
  • with installer / Installing Cocos2d with the installer
• installer
  • used, for installing Cocos2d / Installing Cocos2d with the installer
  • URL, for downloading / Installing Cocos2d with the installer
• IntroScene.m file
  • about / IntroScene.m

J

• joints
  • about / Introducing physics engines
  • adding / Adding joints
  • Physics Pivot Joint / Adding joints
  • Physics Distance Joint / Adding joints
  • Physics Spring Joint / Adding joints

K

• keyframe animation
  • creating / Keyframe animation in SpriteBuilder

M

• main editor window, SpriteBuilder
  • about / The Main editor window
• MenuScene class
  • adding / Putting it into practice
• motor
  • creating / Creating a motor
• move animations
  • creating / Moving, scaling, and rotating
• multiple coordinate systems
  • working with / Working with multiple coordinate systems

N

• nodes
  • about / The building blocks, nodes
  • position types / The building blocks, nodes
  • content size types / The building blocks, nodes
  • children nodes / Children nodes

O

• Objective-C
  • about / An introduction to Cocos2d
• onEnter method
  • about / Scene life cycle
• onEnterTransitionDidFinish method
  • about / Scene life cycle
• onExit method
  • about / Scene life cycle
• onExitTransitionDidStart method
  • about / Scene life cycle
• options pane, SpriteBuilder
  • about / The Options pane

P

• particle systems
  • about / The next step, Particle systems
  • designing / Designing a particle system for our character
  • coding / Adding a SpriteBuilder particle system in code
• particle systems, modes
  • Gravity / Particle systems
  • Radial / Particle systems
• particle systems, properties
  • Mode / Particle systems
  • Position Variance / Particle systems
  • Emit Rate / Particle systems
  • Duration / Particle systems
  • Total Particles / Particle systems
  • Life / Particle systems
  • Start Size / Particle systems
  • End Size / Particle systems
  • Start Spin / Particle systems
  • End Spin / Particle systems
  • Angle / Particle systems
  • Start Color / Particle systems
  • End Color / Particle systems
• Physics Distance Joint
  • about / Adding joints
• physics engines
  • about / Introducing physics engines
  • Catapult app, creating / Introducing physics engines
• Physics Pivot Joint
  • about / Adding joints
• Physics Spring Joint
  • about / Adding joints
• popScene method
  • about / Transitioning to another scene
• popToRootScene method
  • about / Transitioning to another scene
• position property
  • about / The building blocks, nodes
• position types, nodes
  • Points / The building blocks, nodes
  • UI Points / The building blocks, nodes
  • Normalized / The building blocks, nodes
• pushScene method
  • about / Transitioning to another scene

R

• Radial mode
  • about / Particle systems
• Radial mode, properties
  • Start Radius / Particle systems
  • End Radius / Particle systems
  • Rotate / Particle systems
• replaceScene method
  • about / Transitioning to another scene
• resource pane, SpriteBuilder
  • about / The Resource pane
• rotate animations
  • creating / Moving, scaling, and rotating

S

• scale animations
  • creating / Moving, scaling, and rotating
• scene
  • CCScene, creating / Creating a CCScene
  • menu scene, adding / Putting it into practice
  • buttons, adding / Adding buttons to your scene
  • CCTableView, adding / Adding a CCTableView node to the scene
• scene graph
  • about / Scene life cycle
• scenes
  • about / Scenes
  • life cycle / Scene life cycle
  • transitioning, to another scene / Transitioning to another scene
• SpriteBuilder
  • about / An introduction to Cocos2d
  • main editor window / The Main editor window
  • resource pane / The Resource pane
  • options pane / The Options pane
  • timeline pane / The Timeline pane
  • sprites, adding to Flappy Bird / Adding sprites to SpriteBuilder
  • keyframe animation / Keyframe animation in SpriteBuilder
• SpriteBuilder project
  • creating / Creating a new project
• sprite frame animations
  • creating / Creating sprite frame animations
  • obstacle image, switching out / Switching out the obstacle image
• sprite joint
  • adding / Adding a sprite joint
  • object, dragging against / Dragging an object against a spring joint
• sprites
  • about / The HelloWorldScene.m class, Sprites
  • adding, to Flappy Bird / Adding sprites to SpriteBuilder
• sprite sheets
  • about / Adding sprites to SpriteBuilder

T

• timeline pane, SpriteBuilder
  • about / The Timeline pane
• touches
  • detecting / Detecting touches
  • location, detecting / Getting the touch location
  • node, dragging / Dragging a node
• Touch methods
  • adding / Detecting touches and responding

U

• UIKit
  • about / The HelloWorldScene.m class, The building blocks, nodes
• UIKit components
  • including / Accepting user input with form elements
• update methods
  • using / The Cocos2d update loop
  • update*(CCTime)delta / The Cocos2d update loop
  • fixedUpdate*(CCTime)delta / The Cocos2d update loop
• user input
  • accepting, with form elements / Accepting user input with form elements

V

• visible property
  • about / The building blocks, nodes

W

• water bucket game
  • creating / Putting it into practice
  • nodes, adding to scene / Adding nodes to the scene
  • Touch methods, adding / Detecting touches and responding
  • possible extensions / The next step
  • update methods, using / The Cocos2d update loop
  • MenuScene class, adding / Putting it into practice

X

• Xcode
  • about / An introduction to Cocos2d

Z

• zOrder property
  • about / Drawing order of the children nodes