Cocos Creator v1.8.1 released! v1.8.2 coming soon...

Cocos Creator v1.8.1 has been released here. We would like to thank our community for the patience of this version’s long test cycle and the positive feedback on the beta versions. We continue to improve performance, efficiency and user experience in this version update.

Download it today!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone! We hope that 2018 is a prosperous year for all game developers!

Our engineering team will be on holiday, celebrating with family and friends from February 14 - 21, 2018.

If you need something you can reach out to @slackmoehrle on our forums.

Why isn't Cocos Creator supported on Linux?

We know that some of our users prefer using Linux. We have heard your requests for a Linux version of Cocos Creator. There are a number of factors that contribute to why we don't offer it. Suffice it to say, adding a Linux build would increase HR needs, build times, QA time and platform specific bugs; just to name a few. We do periodically re-evaluate our stance. Please reach out with feedback, if you wish.

Learn more about the Cocos family of products by visiting the website. Join our developer community by signing up for our forums. Stay bleeding edge by visiting our GitHub repository.

SDKBox has partnered with Tapcore!

Tapcore allows you to detect and analyze all pirated installs of your apps, and most importantly, generate revenue from them. When your app is pirated, the Tapcore SDK activates and begins displaying ads to the pirated user. It also provides you with critical analytics on all pirated/illegal installations of your apps worldwide.

The Tapcore SDK has zero impact on legitimate installs, and will only display ads to pirated users -- meaning there's no impact to your existing monetization strategy. The goal of Tapcore is to help you regain your lost revenue due to the piracy of your apps.

Tapcore's unique obfuscation mechanism is so advanced that it is almost impossible to remove. There's a 98% probability rate that the Tapcore code will remain intact when your app is pirated.

Piracy is a problem that affects both Free and Premium apps across all categories, if you ever found cracked versions of your game or it being re-distributed on alternative app stores without your knowledge, piracy is most likely the reason why. Why fight the piracy, when you can earn from it.

Tapcore video

SDKBox Documentation

Game Spotlight

Dig Dog

Dig Dog is an action roguelike platformer. Dig to discover treasure, adventure and bones! Jump, dash, stomp and dig your way through a strange world inhabited by stranger creatures. Dig Dog combines classic platforming action with endless, generated levels to explore...and dig! Includes two modes of play: Bone Hunt, the roguelike treasure hunt. Dig for bones across four worlds of increasing difficulty. Die a lot. Free Dig, an endless digging experience. Dig through an infinite set of levels with minor challenge and no game overs.

Download for: iOS, Steam and Xbox One.

Community

Creature is the Cutting-edge 2D Animation Software

Creature is the Cutting-edge 2D Animation Software designed to add stunningly fluid animation to your digital content. Take advantage of Creature's Directable Automated Animation Engine and powerful workflow to produce amazingly complex animation in an incredibly easy and time-efficient manner. Creature is the ideal animation Tool for game developers, digital artists and web designers wanting to add that special animated magic to make your content come alive.

Creature supports most major game engines including Cocos2d-x as well as built in FBX export.

Check out the Creature Website, watch the video trailer, download the Cocos2d-x Runtimes or view the Documentation.

Cocos Creator Game Engine/Editor Tutorial

Made by our friends at Game From Scratch. Watch it here

TexturePacker!

Make high-quality, optimized sprite sheets in seconds!

New version 4.6.1 has been released! Features include:

▪	Save memory & increase performance with polygon sprites & optimized packing

▪	Test your animations with the new previewer

▪	Use the visual editor to adjust your pivot points

▪	Use generated header files to easily create your sprites & animations

Cocos2d-x books by Packt Publishing

Packt Publishing puts out a number of Cocos2d-x books to help our community.

Cocos2d-X by Example Beginner's Guide

Cocos2d-x Cookbook

Cocos2d-x Game Development Blueprints

Cocos2d-x by Example: Beginner's Guide - Second Edition

Cocos2d-x Game Development Essentials

Building Android Games with Cocos2d-x

Check out everything Packt Publishing has to offer.

Spread the word about Cocos products!

From the very beginning, Cocos2d-Python, Cocos2d-iPhone and Cocos2d-x have all started as open-source, community driven projects. The roots of each are deeply engrained in what it means to be a tight knit project. We have only succeeded because of the support from our community. We need help spreading the word! Want to become a regional coordinator?