作 者 简 介

Steffen Itterheim从20世纪90年代开始就一直热衷于游戏开发。他在Doom和Duke Nukem 3D社区表现活跃，并因此获得了他的第一份自由职业，成为3D Realms的一名beta测试人员。作为职业游戏开发者，Steffen拥有10多年的丰富经验，其中大部分时间担任Electronic Arts Phenomic的游戏和工具程序员。2009年Steffen第一次接触cocos2d，那时他与其他人共同创办了一家iOS游戏公司——Fun Armada。他乐于将自己的宝贵经验传授给其他游戏开发者，以帮助他们更上一层楼。有机会你可能会在白天看到他在住所附近茂密的葡萄园周围散步，也可能在晚上看到他在Nevada沙漠收集瓶盖。

Andreas Löw在10岁的时候有了一台Commodore C16，从那时起他就对计算机产生了狂热的兴趣。他自学了编写游戏的技术，并在1994年发布了自己的第一款游戏Gamma Zone，这是一款针对Commodore Amiga平台的游戏，用纯汇编语言编写完成。在获得电子工程学的学位后，他进入Harman International公司，负责为汽车行业开发具有语音识别功能的导航和娱乐系统。他开发了自己的编程语言和开发工具，现在世界上采用语音识别技术的每辆汽车都在使用他的编程语言和开发工具。

iPhone出现后，他有了回归本行的打算，开始开发一款叫做TurtleTrigger的游戏。他意识到cocos2d社区存在对好的开发工具的强烈需求。于是，利用自己在游戏和工具开发方面的知识，他开发出了TexturePacker和PhysicsEditor，它们迅速成为cocos2d用户进行开发时必不可少的工具。

Create compelling 2D games with Learn cocos2d Game Development with iOS 5. This book shows you how to use the powerful cocos2d game engine to develop games for iPhone and iPad with tilemaps, virtual joypads, Game Center, and more. It teaches you: * The process and best practices of mobile game development, including sprite batching, texture atlases, parallax scrolling, touch and accelerometer input. * How to enhance your games using the Box2D and Chipmunk physics engines and other cocos2d-related tools and libraries. * How to add UIKit views to cocos2d and how to add cocos2d to UIKit apps. * The ins and outs of the Kobold2D development environment for cocos2d and its preconfigured libraries, including cocos3d and Lua. Best of all, Learn cocos2d Game Development with iOS 5 will have you making games right from the very start. It guides you step-by-step through the creation of sample games. These fun examples are modeled after popular App Store games and teach you key concepts of the cocos2d game engine and relevant tools like TexturePacker (texture atlas), PhysicsEditor (physics collision shapes), Particle Designer (particle effects), Glyph Designer (bitmap fonts), and others. This book offers a rock-solid introduction to creating games made entirely with cocos2d and little or no iOS 5 SDK and OpenGL code. It also details alternative implementations, identifies the best free and commercial tools for cocos2d game development, features coverage of the author's improved cocos2d game engine (Kobold2D), and even helps you enhance your game's marketability on the App Store. What you'll learn * The process and best practices of mobile game development, including sprite batching, texture atlases, parallax scrolling, touch and accelerometer input. * How to enhance your games using the Box2D and Chipmunk physics engines and other cocos2d-related tools and libraries. * How to add UIKit views to cocos2d and how to add cocos2d to UIKit apps. * The ins and outs of the Kobold2D development environment for cocos2d and its preconfigured libraries, including cocos3d and Lua. Who this book is for The book is aimed at beginning game developers looking for an easier and even more powerful way to create compelling 2D graphics using OpenGL and Objective-C. It is assumed that the reader will have some knowledge of object-oriented programming and the Apple and iPhone/iPad developer environment. Table of Contents * Introduction * Getting Started * Essentials * Your First Game * Game Building Blocks * Sprites In-Depth * Scrolling with Joy * Shoot 'em Up * Particle Effects * Working with Tilemaps * Isometric Tilemaps * Physics Engines * Pinball Game * Game Center * Best Tools for cocos2D Development * Kobold2D Fundamentals * Out of the Ordinary