Cocos Creator 2D Game Development Fundamentals

Here we look at how to create a new project and the overall user interface of the game engine.

We look at how to modify properties of a node using gizmos and the node properties section.

In this section I teach on how to layout a game scene for a simple 2D game

We look at how to create a new typescript file for our development

I show how to work with scripts to modify the node properties

In this section we look at how to integrate mouse input from players in PC games

In this section we look at how to integrate touch input for touch screen games, mostly for mobile games.

We conclude this section by looking at how to include keyboard for input in our games

In this section I show how to move between different scenes based on player input

In this section I talk about the game object and how it can be used to pause and resume scenes based on player input.

In this section I show how to add music to the game using the Cocos creator AudioSource component

In this section, we look at how to add audio using scripts, the audioEngine.play() method is discussed.

We then look at adding music and background effects in this lecture

I show how to create 2D spriteFrame animations using the Cocos Creator timeline.

Writing call back functions that are called when an animation reaches a certain frame is shown here.

How to make certain functions run after a period of time elapses instead of just running them immediately the scene loads.

How to run functions that occur indefinitely. Useful for repetitive tasks.

How to cancel the running schedules of the scene.

Introduction to simple collision detection using the Collision Manager.

How to enable the Collision Manager and how to work with the Collision Group Collide Map.

How to view the bounding box of the collision shape and the Collision Manager Callback function

We look at the different types of collision callbacks

How to work with the Box2d Physics body and some of its options

Introduction to the Polygon Collider and some of its options

How to call the different rigidbody options in source code to view the values or to change the values.

How to call the different Polygon collider options in your script, view their values or change them.