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Even though I’m trying to master 3D game development, I’m also interested in developing 2D games.  I’ve been looking at various iPhone game engines and am currently exploring Cocos2D.  The thing I like most about it is the price – you can download it for free.  See the project page for licensing info.

I’m still exploring the SDK, so don’t have a lot of code to show myself.  So to get you started, here are a few links:

• http://code.google.com/p/cocos2d-iphone/ – the project source with info and pointers to other resources.
• http://www.cocos2d.org/doc/programming_guide/
• http://morethanmachine.com/macdev/?tag=game-demo-tutorial-series – some tutorials to get you started.
• http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org
• http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/wiki/doku.php/prog_guide:index
• http://monoclestudios.com/cocos2d_whitepaper.html – a great first tutorial.
• http://lukehatcher.com/2009/04/coloring-sprites-with-cocos2d-iphone/ – an article on getting multiple sprites for free.
• http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2233 – an article on understanding how memory management is used.
• http://www.clintharris.net/2009/iphone-app-shared-libraries/ – a general article on iPhone shared libraries.
• http://iphonedev.net – tutorials.
• http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/forum/topic/737 – “Things you wish you knew when you started with cocos2d?” – some useful tips from the forum participants.
• http://maniacdev.com/2009/07/a-look-at-8-different-iphone-game-engines-2d-and-3d/ – a nice summary of the most popular game engines for the iPhone.
• http://blog.sapusmedia.com/2008/12/how-to-use-tilemap-editor-for-cocos2d.html – how to use the tilemap editor.
• http://kwigbo.com/wp/2009/03/15/cocos2d-alternative-map-editor/ – alternative tilemap editor
• cocos2d-iphone-discuss about tile map editors.

Tags: Cocos2D