diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 512d1e916b..2e92c43ba0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@ project (Cocos2dxSamples)
 set(Cocos2dxSamples_VERSION_MAJOR 3)
 set(Cocos2dxSamples_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 
-add_definitions(-DLINUX)
+include(build/BuildHelpers.CMakeLists.txt)
 
-# debug
-message( "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" )
-if ( "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "DEBUG" )
-    add_definitions(-D_DEBUG)
-endif()
+set(CMAKE_BUILE_TYPE DEBUG)
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -Wall -DCOCOS2D_DEBUG=1")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG})
+
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} "-std=c99")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} "-std=c++11")
+
+add_definitions(-DLINUX)
 
 # architecture
 if ( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 )
@@ -20,9 +23,6 @@ else()
 set(ARCH_DIR "32-bit")
 endif()
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} "-std=c++11")
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} "-std=c99")
-
 include_directories(
   cocos/2d
   cocos/2d/platform
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ add_subdirectory(cocos/math/kazmath)
 
 # chipmunk library
 set(BUILD_STATIC 1)
-
-# chipmunk library
 add_subdirectory(external/chipmunk/src)
 
 # unzip library
@@ -86,12 +84,9 @@ add_subdirectory(external/tinyxml2)
 # cocos base library
 add_subdirectory(cocos/base)
 
-# cocos physics sources
-#add_subdirectory(cocos/physics)
-
 # cocos 2d library
 add_subdirectory(cocos/2d)
 
-# sample HelloCpp
-add_subdirectory(samples/Cpp/HelloCpp)
+# build samples
+add_subdirectory(samples)
 
diff --git a/build/BuildHelpers.CMakeLists.txt b/build/BuildHelpers.CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c60446bd30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/BuildHelpers.CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+
+# Copies files for the given game into the target res directory
+#   GAME_NAME name of the game
+#   REL_DIR to which directory these files are relative
+#   SRC_FILES which files from the REL_DIR to copy (GLOB)
+macro(COPY_RES_FILES GAME_NAME GAME_RES_TARGET REL_DIR SRC_FILES DST)
+    file( GLOB_RECURSE RES_FILES RELATIVE ${REL_DIR} ${SRC_FILES} )
+    
+    set(ALL_FILES)
+    foreach(SRC_FILE ${RES_FILES})
+        add_custom_command(
+            OUTPUT "${DST}/${SRC_FILE}"
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+                "${REL_DIR}/${SRC_FILE}"
+                "${DST}/${SRC_FILE}"
+            COMMENT "Copy ${SRC_FILE}"
+            )
+        list(APPEND ALL_FILES "${DST}/${SRC_FILE}" )
+    endforeach()
+    # create target for copying these files
+    add_custom_target( ${GAME_RES_TARGET} DEPENDS ${ALL_FILES} )
+endmacro()
+
+# convenience to call above with current directory and everything in "res"
+macro(COPY_RES GAME_NAME CRG_PATTERN DST)
+    # a target for all addition asserts (will be done in default compile, but if you target the executable
+    # it won't be done -- good for testing)
+    add_custom_target( ${GAME_NAME}_ASSETS ALL )
+    
+    COPY_RES_FILES( ${GAME_NAME} ${GAME_NAME}_CORE_RES 
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} 
+        "${CRG_PATTERN}"
+        ${DST}
+        )
+    add_dependencies( ${GAME_NAME}_ASSETS ${GAME_NAME}_CORE_RES )
+endmacro()
+
diff --git a/cocos/2d/platform/linux/CCFileUtilsLinux.cpp b/cocos/2d/platform/linux/CCFileUtilsLinux.cpp
index 227c59b0ba..dc3fb5b513 100644
--- a/cocos/2d/platform/linux/CCFileUtilsLinux.cpp
+++ b/cocos/2d/platform/linux/CCFileUtilsLinux.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ bool FileUtilsLinux::init()
     fullpath[length] = '\0';
     std::string appPath = fullpath;
     _defaultResRootPath = appPath.substr(0, appPath.find_last_of("/"));
-    _defaultResRootPath += "/../../../Resources/";
+    _defaultResRootPath += "/Resources/";
 
     // Set writable path to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME or ~/.config/<app name>/ if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME not exists.
     const char* xdg_config_path = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8f27098e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+add_subdirectory(Cpp/HelloCpp)
+add_subdirectory(Cpp/TestCpp)
+
diff --git a/samples/Cpp/HelloCpp/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/Cpp/HelloCpp/CMakeLists.txt
index f22b681d8f..6ac2ed3548 100644
--- a/samples/Cpp/HelloCpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/Cpp/HelloCpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,13 @@ add_executable(${SAMPLE_NAME}
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(${SAMPLE_NAME} ${COCOS_LIBRARIES})
+
+set(SAMPLE_BIN_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
+
+SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${SAMPLE_NAME} PROPERTIES
+     RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY  "${SAMPLE_BIN_DIR}/HelloCpp")
+
+message(STATUS "Hello.........." ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+
+COPY_RES( ${SAMPLE_NAME} "Resources/*" "${SAMPLE_BIN_DIR}/HelloCpp")
+