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Ask any developer of fast-paced iPhone games what language they use and none will say Objective-C. I am not referring to card games, or simple games like SpaceBubble. I am talking about processor intensive, special effects, things flying at you from all angles, kind of games. Of course every iPhone game has to use SOME Objective-C to get the app up and running and for certain API calls, but those kinds of things should not take up more than a few hundred lines of code at most in a large game.
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Fun with C99 Syntax

Found this interesting link today.

“The C99 language added some pretty neat features to the ANSI C we know and love (now known as C89). I used a construct called compound literals in my iPad Dev Camp presentation, and it seemed new to a lot of people. Here’s a summary of some lesser know features about C99 that are worth knowing. And, since Objective-C is a strict superset of C, all this applies to Objective-C, as well. Best of all, as of recent Xcode (3.0? 3.1?), C99 is the default C dialect for new projects, so you don’t need to do anything to start taking advantage of these…”

Click here for the full article.

Here is some example code based off my tutorial on how to implement orbital / radial gravity, but in reverse. This example pushes objects away instead of pulling inward. It makes for a nice explosion effect. Much work would need to be done to make it realistic, but you get the general idea of how to blow things up. You need to have Cocos2D and Box2D installed. Box2D comes packaged with the latest version if Cocos2D.




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Bomb Demo Box2d & Cocos2d Example Source Code – 799k

The other day I wrote a tutorial on how to implement orbital / radial gravity with the use of Box2D and Cocos2D. I have decided to post the source code for this. You need to have Cocos2D and Box2D installed. Box2D comes packaged with the latest version if Cocos2D.



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Radial Gravity Box2d & Cocos2d Example Source Code – 692k

Radial gravity, orbital gravity, orbital mechanics, whatever you want to call it there is no denying it can be useful for many kinds of games. Unfortunately, neither Box2D nor Chipmunk Physics Engines for the iPhone had support for it. I had a hell of a time trying to figure this out but in the end it was so simple. Here is how to do it.

First, create a new Cocos2D / Box2D Hello World project from the supplied Cocos2D templates. Add the following code to HellowWorldScene.mm and HelloWorldScene.h:

HelloWorldScene.mm

-(id) init {
//... Add at end of init after body->CreateFixture(&fixtureDef);
	// Create our static "Planet"
	b2CircleShape shape;
	shape.m_radius = 1.0f;
	shape.m_p.Set(8.0f, 8.0f);
	b2FixtureDef fd;
	fd.shape = &shape;
	planet = groundBody->CreateFixture(&fd);
}
 
-(void) tick: (ccTime) dt
{
	int32 velocityIterations = 8;
	int32 positionIterations = 1;
 
	world->Step(dt, velocityIterations, positionIterations);
 
	for (b2Body* b = world->GetBodyList(); b; b = b->GetNext())
	{
		b2Body* ground = planet->GetBody();
		b2CircleShape* circle = (b2CircleShape*)planet->GetShape();
		// Get position of our "Planet"
		b2Vec2 center = ground->GetWorldPoint(circle->m_p);
		// Get position of our current body in the iteration
		b2Vec2 position = b->GetPosition();
		// Get the distance between the two objects.
		b2Vec2 d = center - position;
		// The further away the objects are, the weaker the gravitational force is
		float force = 250.0f / d.LengthSquared(); // 150 can be changed to adjust the amount of force
		d.Normalize();
		b2Vec2 F = force * d;
		// Finally apply a force on the body in the direction of the "Planet"
		b->ApplyForce(F, position);
 
		if (b->GetUserData() != NULL) {
			CCSprite *myActor = (CCSprite*)b->GetUserData();
			myActor.position = CGPointMake( b->GetPosition().x * PTM_RATIO, b->GetPosition().y * PTM_RATIO);
			myActor.rotation = -1 * CC_RADIANS_TO_DEGREES(b->GetAngle());
		}	
	}
}

HelloWorldScene.h

@interface HelloWorld : CCLayer
{
	b2World* world;
	GLESDebugDraw *m_debugDraw;
	b2Fixture* planet; // This will be a static body
}

And here is the result!

Enjoy!

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Radial Gravity Box2d & Cocos2d Example Source Code – 692k

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