Using CCParallaxNode

Parallaxing is a staple of 2D side-scrolling video games. A competent developer would be remiss if he didn't include a nice parallaxed background in a 2D side-scroller. Cocos2d makes parallaxing easy with CCParallaxNode.

Using CCParallaxNode

Getting ready

Please refer to the project RecipeCollection01 for full working code of this recipe.

How to do it...

Execute the following code:

@implementation Ch1_UsingCCParallaxNode -(CCLayer*) runRecipe { //Create four parallax sprites, one for each layer CCSprite* parallaxLayer01 = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:@"parallax_layer_01.png"]; CCSprite* parallaxLayer02 = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:@"parallax_layer_02.png"]; ...

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