Merge pull request #3382 from ricardoquesada/improved_readme

Improved README.md
This commit is contained in:
minggo 2013-08-06 19:00:56 -07:00
commit 04ed8557d5
3 changed files with 155 additions and 74 deletions

145
README.md Normal file
View File

@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
<img src="http://www.cocos2d-x.org/attachments/801/cocos2dx_portrait.png" width=200>
cocos2d-x
=========
[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/cocos2d/cocos2d-x.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/cocos2d/cocos2d-x)
[cocos2d-x][1] is a multi-platform framework for building 2d games, interactive books, demos and other graphical applications.
It is based on [cocos2d-iphone][2], but instead of using Objective-C, it uses C++.
It works on iOS, Android, OS X, Windows, Linux, Emscripten, Google Native Client, BlackBerry and Tizen.
cocos2d-x is:
* Fast
* Free
* Easy to use
* Community Supported
How to start a new game
-----------------------
1. Download the code from [Github][3] or from [cocos2d download site][4]
2. Run the `create-multi-platform-projects.py` script
Example:
$ cd cocos2d-x
$ ./create-multi-platform-projects.py -p mygame -k com.your_company.mygame -l cpp
$ cd projects/mygame
Main features
-------------
* Scene management (workflow)
* Transitions between scenes
* Sprites and Sprite Sheets
* Effects: Lens, Ripple, Waves, Liquid, etc.
* Actions (behaviours):
* Trasformation Actions: Move, Rotate, Scale, Fade, Tint, etc.
* Composable actions: Sequence, Spawn, Repeat, Reverse
* Ease Actions: Exp, Sin, Cubic, Elastic, etc.
* Misc actions: CallFunc, OrbitCamera, Follow, Tween
* Basic menus and buttons
* Integrated with physics engines: [Box2d][5] and [Chipmunk][6]
* Particle system
* Skeleton Animations: [Spine][7] and Armature support
* Fonts:
* Fast font rendering using Fixed and Variable width fonts
* Support for .ttf fonts
* Tile Map support: Orthogonal, Isometric and Hexagonal
* Parallax scrolling
* Motion Streak
* Render To Texture
* Touch/Accelerometer on mobile devices
* Touch/Mouse/Keyboard on desktop
* Sound Engine support (CocosDenshion library) based on OpenAL
* Integrated Slow motion/Fast forward
* Fast and compressed textures: PVR compressed and uncompressed textures, ETC1 compressed textures, and more
* Resolution Independence
* Language: C++, with Lua and JavaScript bindings
* Open Source Commercial Friendly: Compatible with open and closed source projects
* OpenGL ES 2.0 (mobile) / OpenGL 2.1 (desktop) based
Build Requirements
------------------
* Mac OS X 10.7+, Xcode 4.6+
* or Ubuntu 13.04+
* or Windows 7+, VS 2012+
Runtime Requirements
--------------------
* iOS 5.0+ for iPhone / iPad games
* Android 2.3+ for Android games
* OS X v10.6+ for Mac games
* Windows 7+ for Win games
* BlackBerry 10+
* Tizen 2.2+
* Emscripten
* Google Native Client
Running Tests
--------------------
Select the test you want from Xcode Scheme chooser.
* For OS X / iOS
```
$ cd cocos2d-x/samples
$ open samples.xcodeproj
```
* For Linux
```
$ cd cocos2d-x
$ ./make-all-linux-projects.sh
```
or open the `cocos2d-x/cocos2dx-qt5.pro` file using QT Creator 5.
* For Windows
TODO
* For Android
TODO
Contributing to the Project
--------------------------------
Did you find a bug? Do you have feature request? Do you want to merge a feature?
* [contributing to cocos2d-x][8]
Contact us
----------
* Forum: [http://forum.cocos2d-x.org][9]
* Twitter: [http://www.twitter.com/cocos2dx][10]
* Weibo: [http://t.sina.com.cn/cocos2dx][11]
* IRC: [https://webchat.freenode.net/][12] (#cocos2d and #cocos2d-x channels)
[1]: http://www.cocos2d-x.org "cocos2d-x"
[2]: http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org "cocos2d for iPhone"
[3]: http://www.cocos2d-x.org/projects/cocos2d-x/wiki/Download
[4]: https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/tree/develop
[5]: http://www.box2d.org "Box2D"
[6]: http://www.chipmunk-physics.net "Chipmunk2D"
[7]: http://esotericsoftware.com/ "http://esotericsoftware.com/"
[8]: http://www.cocos2d-x.org/projects/cocos2d-x/wiki/Contribution
[9]: http://forum.cocos2d-x.org "http://forum.cocos2d-x.org"
[10]: http://www.twitter.com/cocos2dx "http://www.twitter.com/cocos2dx"
[11]: http://t.sina.com.cn/cocos2dx "http://t.sina.com.cn/cocos2dx"
[12]: https://webchat.freenode.net/ "https://webchat.freenode.net/"

View File

@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
cocos2d-x
=========
[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/cocos2d/cocos2d-x.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/cocos2d/cocos2d-x)
[cocos2d-x][1] is a multi-platform 2D game framework in C++, branched on
[cocos2d-iphone][2] and licensed under MIT. The master branch on github uses
OpenGL ES 2.0 rendering, while the old gles11 branch uses OpenGL ES 1.1
rendering. Currently we focus on gles20 developmenet.
Supported Platforms
-------------------
* iOS: stable, well tested on iOS 5.x ~ 6.x SDK.
* Android: stable, well tested on 2.0~4.x, ndk r5 ~ r8. If you use gles20
branch or cocos2d-x v2.0 above, only android 2.3 and higher are supported
* Windows Phone 8 and Win8 Metro: stable, it's in another repo
http://github.com/cocos2d-x/cocos2dx-win8.
* Bada: cocos2d-x v1.x supports Bada SDK 1.0 & 2.0. Bada support was
deprecated since cocos2d-x v2.0.
* BlackBerry: stable, contributed by staffs in RIM, supports Playbook & BB10.
* Marmalade: stable since cocos2d-x v0.11.0, contributed by Marmalade's staff.
* Native Client (NaCl): contributed by the Native Client authors.
* Windows: stable, well tested on WinXP/Vista/Win7. Please upgrde the drive
of your video card if you meet problems on OpenGL functions
* Linux: support but not very stable.
* Emscripten: Alpha-level. Most features implemented. Needs testing.
Contributed by Zynga staff.
* Tizen: Experimental. Essential features implemented. Needs more implementing.
Contributed by Lee, Jae-Hong.
You can visit our continuous integration system http://ci.cocos2d-x.org to
check the stability on edge version.
Supported Programming Languages
-------------------------------
* C++ is the major programming language of cocos2d-x. Tons of top-chart
cocos2d-x games were written in C++.
* Lua binding is also widely used. Glu mobile, Zynga, UCWEB, 4399, Renren
Games are using lua on cocos2d-x.
* Javascript binding is our recommendation since 2012 H2. Cocos2d community
are cooperating on the same Javasciprt API on cocos2d-iphone/-x/-html5.
Documentations
--------------
* Wiki: [wiki.cocos2d-x.org][3]
* [Online API References][4]
Contact us
----------
* Forum: [http://forum.cocos2d-x.org][5]
* Twitter: [http://www.twitter.com/cocos2dx][6]
* Weibo: [http://t.sina.com.cn/cocos2dx][7]
[1]: http://www.cocos2d-x.org "cocos2d-x"
[2]: http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org "cocos2d for iPhone"
[3]: http://wiki.cocos2d-x.org "wiki.cocos2d-x.org"
[4]: http://www.cocos2d-x.org/projects/cocos2d-x/wiki/Reference "API References"
[5]: http://forum.cocos2d-x.org "http://forum.cocos2d-x.org"
[6]: http://www.twitter.com/cocos2dx "http://www.twitter.com/cocos2dx"
[7]: http://t.sina.com.cn/cocos2dx "http://t.sina.com.cn/cocos2dx"