About this course
Have an idea for a game that everyone will want to play? Do dream of becoming a game development professional? Or, perhaps, you just want to learn about the challenging game development field?
If you answered "yes", and you know the basics of iOS development, then this course is for you!
This course will start you at the very beginning. You'll work with development expert Connor Denman as he shows you how to set up your environment with the Cocos2D game engine. He'll then take you on a through tour of the fundamentals of game programming-- animation, sound, character controls and even basic game physics.
You'll wrap up the course by creating a game that integrates all the elements you have learned.
If you have been thinking about learning game development-- this is where you start!
What are the requirements?
- Requires current Mac Operating System, and XCode (free)
What am I going to get from this course?
- Over 32 lectures and 2 hours of content!
- Set up your game development environment
- Integrate the Cocos2d game engine
- Use Scenes and layers
- Understand spritesheets and sprites
- Position objects and set sprite properties
- Understand Cocos2d Scheduling
- Understand Cocos2d Actions
- Create basic animations
- Using the director to control game scenes
- Creating game pauses and resumes
- Work with sound effects
- Play in-game background music
- Control music programatically
- Game control with touch
- Game control with the accelerometer
- Understand and apply collision detection
- Create a comprehensive game
What is the target audience?
- Mobile Developers
- Anyone who wants to learn game programming
- Teachers and students
- New iOS Developers
- Hobbiests
- Freelance developers
