Animation - Brick Wall

[ama269]

So...I seem to search on the web, for books, etc but keep coming up empty handed.

I'm looking for some good resources to be able to break into 2D animation an learn (don't want to replicate/steal...but a good example of a game and the type of programming would be Doodle Jump)

Are there any beginner resources out there with code examples that I could use to break into this? I'm looking for end to end...similar to "Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK" that would help me with (1) the resources/tools (2) theory/explanation (3) code examples

thanks in advance for any help...tips!

[dany_dev]

cocos2d: a great framework for developing game in 2d
cocos2d-iphone - Project Hosting on Google Code

you can buy sapus tongue source code (a game developed by the leader dev of cocos2d)
Sapus Tongue Source Code | Sapus Media

or you can follow the examples on cocos2d

[ama269]

Originally Posted by dany88

you can buy sapus tongue source code (a game developed by the leader dev of cocos2d)
Sapus Tongue Source Code | Sapus Media

or you can follow the examples on cocos2d

Thanks...I have downloaded and completed hello world and am walking through the guide on the wiki.

A few questions if you don't mind:
Is spending that kind of $$$ worth it ($199) min? Meanining - having source code is great but if I buy it, does it come with explanation, etc? Or just code?

Also - any feedback on iTorque 2D for iPhone? How does this all work?

I'm struggling to understand how to take what is built in the graphic builder (or whatever it's called) and bridge that with xCode.

[N e o]

I would reccomend you check out Sparrow for creating games. It's simple and removes the need to type any OpenGL (or OpenAL) code to create a game. It's based of Flash, so if you have any knowledge of ActionScript (although not required), you'll find it very easy to pick up.

Sparrow-Framework.org

[ama269]

Thanks! will give it a look.

If anyone can help answer my questions about cocos2d, and torque, that would also be great!