cocos2d-x Getting started with cocos2d-x Installation or Setup(Mac OS X)
Example
OVERVIEW
cocos2d-x is an open source, cross-platform game engine. It allows developers to code in C++, Lua and Javascript deployment into iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Mac OS X, Windows Desktop and Linux.
PREREQUISITES
Build Requirements
- Mac OS X 10.7+, Xcode 4.6+
- Windows 7+, VS 2012+
- Ubuntu 12.10+, CMake 2.6+
- Python 2.7.5
- NDK, JDK, ANT (Android development)
Runtime Requirements
- iOS 5.0+ for iPhone / iPad games
- Android 2.3+ for Android games
- Windows Phone 8+ for Windows Phone games
- OS X v10.6+ for Mac games
- Windows 7+ for Windows games
Installation
Download everything below:
After downloading everything above,
- unzip Cocos2d-x
- install the JDK.
- unzip the Android SDK and NDK to the same root location. (maybe: ~/AndroidDev)
- verify that Python 2.7 is installed and is accessible.
- install Apache Ant and verify that it works.
Inside your Cocos2d-x directory run:
python setup.py
caution: You must not use the ~ sign. Use the full path to your home directory. Otherwise, the scripts will fail due to error path value.
- Now it will ask for NDK_ROOT path. Here, enter the extracted NDK directory path:
~/android-ndk-r10e
- SDK_ROOT. Here, enter the Android SDK path:
~/android-sdk-macosx
- ANT_ROOT. Here, enter the Apache ANT bin path:
~/apache-ant-1.9.6/bin
After setting the above environment variables,run:
source ~/.bash_profile
Vola, the cocos2d-x has been successfully setup on your system.
