Contents

Contents at a Glance

About the Authors

About the Technical Reviewer

Acknowledgments

Preface

imagesChapter 1: Introduction

What’s New in the Second Edition?

Why Use cocos2d for iOS?

It’s Free

It’s Open Source

It’s Objective, See?

It’s 2D

It’s Got Physics

It’s Less Technical

It’s Still Programming

It’s Got a Great Community

The Future of the cocos2d-iphone Project

Other cocos2d Game Engines

This Book Is for You

Prerequisites

Programming Experience

Objective-C

What You Will Learn

What Beginning iOS Game Developers Will Learn

What iOS App Developers Will Learn

What Cocos2d Developers Will Learn

What’s in This Book

Chapter 2, “Getting Started” ...

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