Learning Cocos2d-JS Game Development -- Table of Contents -- Learning Cocos2d-JS Game Development -- Credits -- Foreword -- Foreword -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more -- Why subscribe? -- Free access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Downloading the color images of this book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Hello World - A Cross-platform Game -- Why should I make cross-platform games? -- What Cocos2d-JS is and how it works -- Requirements to run Cocos2d-JS -- The structure of your Cocos2d-JS project -- Hello Cross-World -- Preloading and adding images -- Removing images and changing the background color -- Summary -- 2. Adding Interactivity - The Making of a Concentration Game -- Creating multiple instances of game assets -- Adding a gradient background -- Extending the Sprite class beyond its capabilities -- Making assets react to clicks and touches -- Picking a tile as an initial attempt -- Changing sprite images on the fly -- Showing the tile picture -- Shuffling the tiles and adding the score -- Summary -- 3. Moving Sprites Around the Screen - An Endless Runner -- Loading and placing graphic resources -- Adding an endless scrolling background -- Adding the spaceship -- Controlling the spaceship -- Adding asteroids -- Asteroid versus spaceship collision -- Invulnerability -- Preventing the spaceship from flying off the screen -- Adding particles -- Summary -- 4. Learn about Swipes through the making of Sokoban -- Loading graphic assets -- Building a level -- Detecting swipes -- Completing the game -- Summary -- 5. Become a Musical Maestro -- Choosing sounds -- Preloading sounds.

Creating a sound menu -- Managing music and sound effects -- Summary -- 6. Controlling the Game with Virtual Pads -- Overview of virtual pads -- First things first - the game -- Controlling the cart with ghost buttons -- Controlling the cart with a virtual pad -- Controlling the cart just with your finger -- Summary -- 7. Adding Physics to Your Games Using the Box2D Engine -- Before you start -- Adding the Box2D engine to your project -- Configuring the physics world -- Adding bodies to the world -- Updating sprite position as the world changes -- Selecting and destroying world bodies -- Checking for collisions among bodies -- Summary -- 8. Adding Physics to Your Games Using the Chipmunk2D Engine -- Adding the Chipmunk2D engine to your project -- A physics game, without physics -- Configuring the physics space -- Adding bodies to the space -- Updating Chipmunk2D space and using debug draw -- Selecting and destroying space bodies -- Checking for collisions among bodies -- Using your own graphic assets -- Summary -- 9. Creating Your Own Blockbuster Game - A Complete Match 3 Game -- Setting up the game -- Creating the board -- Selecting and deselecting the first globe -- Making globez chains -- Backtracking -- Removing globez -- Making the globez fall down -- Creating new globez -- Bonus - using the drawing API for a visual feedback -- Where to go now -- Protect your code -- Port your game on mobile devices as a native app -- Publishing your game -- Licensing your game -- Staying up-to-date -- Summary -- Index.