Re: cocos2d on different platforms
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Winston Wolff
Dec 16, 2012, 12:17:15 AM12/16/12
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Hi Matthew-
On Dec 15, 2012, at 6:25 AM, Matthew wrote:
> hey guys im quite new to programming and was thinking of trying my hand at iphone development. my question is while cocos2d for python is different to cocos2d-iphone on obj-c, i wanted to ask: rather than going of to learn obj-c, would learning cocos2d on python help when i finally decide to tackle cocos2d-iphone. Are they similar?
I've used cocos2d-python and cocos2d-iPhone and they are very similar. The concepts of scenes, sprites, transitions, and actions are shared by both. Most methods are also named the same. They were written by separate people but the cocos2d-python API is very nice so I think the iPhone person was wise to copy it. So yes they are similar, and once you learn one, it will be easy to transition to the other. I'm writing my current prototypes in Python with the intention of rewriting in objc later.
> Also i know cocos2d for python runs ontop of Pyglet. is it worth learning pyglet also?
Pyglet is lower level. I'd say start with cocos2d for a while.
> and more importantly, Pyglet is not available on obj-c, how does cocos2d-iphone compensate for this??
I suppose cocos2d-iphone uses either opengl or Apple graphics calls instead. But I'm guessing on this one.
> Sorry for all the newbie questions, im just not to clear on everything and want to make sure my efforts will count before diving in.
Winston Wolff
Stratolab - Games for Learning
tel: (917) 543 8852
web: www.stratolab.com
On Dec 15, 2012, at 6:25 AM, Matthew wrote:
> hey guys im quite new to programming and was thinking of trying my hand at iphone development. my question is while cocos2d for python is different to cocos2d-iphone on obj-c, i wanted to ask: rather than going of to learn obj-c, would learning cocos2d on python help when i finally decide to tackle cocos2d-iphone. Are they similar?
I've used cocos2d-python and cocos2d-iPhone and they are very similar. The concepts of scenes, sprites, transitions, and actions are shared by both. Most methods are also named the same. They were written by separate people but the cocos2d-python API is very nice so I think the iPhone person was wise to copy it. So yes they are similar, and once you learn one, it will be easy to transition to the other. I'm writing my current prototypes in Python with the intention of rewriting in objc later.
> Also i know cocos2d for python runs ontop of Pyglet. is it worth learning pyglet also?
Pyglet is lower level. I'd say start with cocos2d for a while.
> and more importantly, Pyglet is not available on obj-c, how does cocos2d-iphone compensate for this??
I suppose cocos2d-iphone uses either opengl or Apple graphics calls instead. But I'm guessing on this one.
> Sorry for all the newbie questions, im just not to clear on everything and want to make sure my efforts will count before diving in.
Winston Wolff
Stratolab - Games for Learning
tel: (917) 543 8852
web: www.stratolab.com
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