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NatWeiss / RapidGame

A commandline tool for Windows, Mac and Linux that prebuilds cocos2d-x static libraries. Also a cross-platform game templating system.
https://github.com/NatWeiss/RapidGame
MIT License
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cocos2d-js ? #20

Closed jonnyijapan closed 9 years ago

jonnyijapan commented 9 years ago

Might be something I overlooked but:

When I run rapidgame create cocos2dx "HeckYeah" org.myorg.heckyeah

it looks like it's downloading cocos2d-js-v3.6.zip ... Does this mean I can only use JavaScript for developing?

My intention is to use C++, not JavaScript, so I was expecting it to download cocos2d-x for C++, not JS.

jonnyijapan commented 9 years ago

Found your answer which is:

Good question. It might seem odd at first, but hopefully you'll see the advantages.

cocos2d-js includes the javascript bindings. Without them your cocos2d-x game cannot run any javascript. JS can be great for scripting levels and other stuff.

With cocos2d-js both JS and C++ games can be created. If one has cocos2d-js, they can create an HTML5 game, a purely Javascript-based native game, a mixture of both JS and C++ game, and/or a purely C++ game. With cocos2d-x only purely C++ games can be created."

I'm thinking you could add this to a FAQ or something. Because I'm not very familiar with the cocos2d-x line yet.

samoersnaes commented 9 years ago

Hey there!

While most people won't encounter the problem you will, I'm still adding a note to the README so others can see. Check under the "Creating a game" session.

Keep in mind if you are completely new to the cocos2d family that creating a cocos2d-x project (rapidgame create cocos2dx) means your project code will be in C++, while building a cocos2d-js project (rapidgame create cocos2djs) allows you to develop your game in Javascript as well as C++ if you wish.

Also, glad you figured it out on your own and good luck!