<s>
Cocos2d	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
game	O
development	O
framework	O
for	O
creating	O
2D	O
games	O
and	O
other	O
graphical	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
HarmonyOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
OpenHarmony	B-Device
and	O
web	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
provides	O
bindings	O
for	O
various	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	O
offers	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
physics	O
,	O
particle	O
systems	O
,	O
skeletal	O
animations	O
,	O
tile	B-Application
maps	I-Application
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cocos2d	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
contains	O
many	O
branches	O
with	O
the	O
best	O
known	O
being	O
Cocos2d-ObjC	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Cocos2d-iPhone	O
)	O
,	O
Cocos2d-x	O
,	O
Cocos2d-JS	O
and	O
Cocos2d-XNA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
many	O
third-party	O
tools	O
,	O
editors	O
and	O
libraries	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
Cocos2d	B-Application
community	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
particle	O
editors	O
,	O
spritesheet	O
editors	O
,	O
font	O
editors	O
,	O
and	O
level	O
editors	O
,	O
like	O
SpriteBuilder	O
and	O
CocoStudio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
Cocos2d	B-Application
work	O
using	O
the	O
basic	O
primitive	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
sprite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Cocos2D	B-Application
,	O
sprites	O
are	O
arranged	O
together	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
scene	O
,	O
like	O
a	O
game	O
level	O
or	O
a	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cocos2D	B-Application
provides	O
basic	O
animation	O
primitives	O
that	O
can	O
work	O
on	O
sprites	O
using	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
actions	O
and	O
timers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Cocos2D	B-Application
implementations	O
let	O
you	O
manipulate	O
the	O
size	O
,	O
scale	O
,	O
position	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
effects	O
of	O
the	O
sprite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
versions	O
of	O
Cocos2D	B-Application
let	O
you	O
also	O
animate	O
particle	O
effects	O
,	O
image	O
filtering	O
effects	O
via	O
shaders	O
(	O
warp	O
,	O
ripple	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cocos2D	B-Application
provides	O
primitives	O
to	O
representing	O
common	O
GUI	B-Application
elements	O
in	O
game	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Cocos2D	B-Application
implementations	O
come	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
common	O
2D	O
physics	O
engines	O
like	O
Box2D	B-Application
and	O
Chipmunk	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
versions	O
of	O
Cocos2D	B-Application
have	O
audio	O
libraries	O
that	O
wrap	O
OpenAL	B-Application
or	O
other	O
libraries	O
to	O
provide	O
full	O
audio	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
are	O
dependent	O
on	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
Cocos2D	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
binding	O
to	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
and	O
other	O
engines	O
exist	O
for	O
Cocos2D	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Cocos2d	B-Application
JavaScript	B-Language
Binding	O
(	O
JSB	O
)	O
for	O
C/C	O
++	O
/Objective	O
-C	O
is	O
the	O
wrapper	O
code	O
that	O
sits	O
between	O
native	O
code	O
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
code	O
using	O
Mozilla	B-Language
's	I-Language
SpiderMonkey	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
JSB	O
,	O
you	O
can	O
accelerate	O
your	O
development	O
process	O
by	O
writing	O
your	O
game	O
using	O
easy	O
and	O
flexible	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpriteBuilder	O
:	O
Previously	O
known	O
as	O
CocosBuilder	O
,	O
SpriteBuilder	O
is	O
an	O
IDE	O
for	O
Cocos2D-SpriteBuilder	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpriteBuilder	O
is	O
free	B-Application
and	O
its	O
development	O
was	O
sponsored	O
by	O
Apportable	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
sponsored	O
the	O
free	B-Application
Cocos2D-SpriteBuilder	O
,	O
Cocos3D	O
,	O
and	O
Chipmunk	B-Application
physics	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
free	B-Application
app	O
in	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
latest	O
unofficial	O
version	O
is	O
1.5	O
which	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
cocos2d-objC	O
3.4.9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
Objective-C	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
CocoStudio	O
:	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
toolkit	O
based	O
on	O
Cocos2d-x	O
,	O
containing	O
UI	O
Editor	O
,	O
Animation	O
Editor	O
,	O
Scene	O
Editor	O
and	O
Data	O
Editor	O
,	O
together	O
forming	O
a	O
complete	O
system	O
;	O
the	O
former	O
two	O
are	O
tools	O
mainly	O
for	O
artists	O
while	O
the	O
latter	O
are	O
two	O
mainly	O
for	O
designers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
project	O
developed	O
by	O
Chukong	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
latest	O
version	O
is	O
3.10	O
which	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
cocos2d-X	O
3.10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cocos	O
Creator	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
unified	O
game	B-Application
development	I-Application
tool	I-Application
for	O
Cocos2d-X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
supports	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
TypeScript	B-Language
only	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
C++	B-Language
nor	O
Lua	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
free	B-Application
Fireball-X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
Lua	B-Language
support	O
for	O
creator	O
is	O
under	O
alpha-stage	O
development	O
since	O
April	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpriteBuilderX	O
,	O
a	O
free	B-Application
scene	O
editor	O
for	O
Cocos2d-X	O
with	O
C++	B-Language
support	O
and	O
runs	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-Studio	O
,	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
scene	O
editor	O
for	O
Cocos2d-X	O
with	O
Lua	B-Language
support	O
and	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CCProjectGenerator	O
:	O
a	O
project	O
generator	O
for	O
Cocos2d-ObjC	O
3.5	O
that	O
generates	O
Swift	O
or	O
Objective-C	B-Language
projects	O
for	O
Xcode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
2008	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
village	O
of	O
Los	O
Cocos	O
,	O
near	O
Córdoba	O
,	O
Argentina	O
,	O
Ricardo	O
Quesada	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
developer	O
,	O
and	O
Lucio	O
Torre	O
created	O
a	O
2D	O
game	O
engine	O
for	O
Python	B-Language
with	O
several	O
of	O
their	O
developer	O
friends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
month	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
group	O
released	O
the	O
version	O
0.1	O
and	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
"	O
Cocos2d	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Attracted	O
by	O
the	O
potential	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
Quesada	O
rewrote	O
Cocos2d	B-Application
in	O
Objective-C	B-Language
and	O
in	O
June	O
2008	O
released	O
"	O
Cocos2d	B-Application
for	O
iPhone	B-Device
"	O
v0.1	O
,	O
the	O
predecessor	O
of	O
the	O
later	O
Cocos2d	B-Application
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cocos2D-ObjC	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Cocos2D-iPhone	O
and	O
Cocos2D-SpriteBuilder	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
maintained	O
by	O
Lars	O
Birkemose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
the	O
English	O
designer	O
Michael	O
Heald	O
designed	O
a	O
new	O
logo	O
for	O
Cocos2d	B-Application
(	O
the	O
Cocos2d	B-Application
logo	O
was	O
previously	O
a	O
running	O
coconut	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
developer	O
from	O
China	O
named	O
Zhe	O
Wang	O
branched	O
Cocos2d-x	O
based	O
on	O
Cocos2d	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cocos2d-x	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
free	B-Application
engine	O
under	O
MIT	B-License
License	I-License
,	O
and	O
it	O
allows	O
for	O
compiling	O
and	O
running	O
on	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
with	O
one	O
code	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Quesada	O
left	O
cocos2d-iPhone	O
and	O
joined	O
in	O
cocos2d-x	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
4	O
cocos2d	B-Application
branches	O
being	O
actively	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cocos2d-x	O
&	O
Cocos2d-html5	O
is	O
maintained	O
and	O
sponsored	O
by	O
developers	O
at	O
Chukong	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chukong	O
is	O
also	O
developing	O
CocoStudio	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
Cocos2d-x	O
and	O
Cocos2D-html5	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
free	B-Application
Cocos3d-x	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Cocos3D	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cocos2d	B-Application
has	O
been	O
ported	O
into	O
various	O
programming	O
languages	O
and	O
to	O
all	O
kinds	O
of	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cocos2d-XNA	O
was	O
born	O
in	O
cocos2d-x	O
community	O
for	O
supporting	O
Windows	B-Application
Phone	O
7	O
,	O
but	O
now	O
it	O
's	O
branched	O
to	O
an	O
independent	O
project	O
using	O
C#	B-Application
and	O
mono	B-Application
to	O
run	O
on	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cocos3d	O
works	O
as	O
an	O
extension	O
on	O
cocos2d-iPhone	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
Objective-C	B-Language
.	O
Bill	O
Hollings	O
at	O
Brenwill	O
Workshop	O
Ltd	O
is	O
leading	O
this	O
branch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plague	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
