Learning Cocos2D: A Hands-On Guide to Building iOS Games with Cocos2D, Box2D, and Chipmunk

Cocos2D (www.cocos2d-iphone.org) is an open source Objective-C framework for making 2D games for the iOS and Mac OS X, which includes developing for the iPhone, iPod touch, the iPad, and the Mac.

develop your game without getting bogged down trying to learn OpenGL ES or OpenAL.

font rendering, sprite sheets, a robust sound system, and many more.

Actions allow you to move, scale, and manipulate sprites and other objects with ease.

Each scene in Cocos2D consists of one or more layers, which are composited on top of each other.

TextureCache, which automatically caches your graphics,