A quick question, when do we use HTML5/C*+ version?
As long as mobile phone support html5, html5 should be able to run in any platform although the performance is not as good as C*+ theoretically.
C++ version does not support wp7 while it works in wp8.
HTML5 version focus on desktop browsers now, and c*+ version focus on mobile devices.
We will release c*+ with javascript binding sooner.
In other words, for mobile devices, javascript code should run on cocos2d-x + jsbinding, in a native way. The performance would be better than run html5 in mobile browsers.
Does this mean Javascript bindings for all of the currently supported platforms or just Android/iOS (the main platforms at the moment).
only for ios, android and Windows
Is the C++ Javascript bindings the same project as cocos2d-html5 (i.e. use cocos2d-html5 now, wait for c++ bindings for ios/android support)?
Not the same, js binding is a part of cocos2d-x and cocos2d-iPhone, Take a look at the repo https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/tree/gles20/js
Cocos2d-html5 alpha version is not ready for commercial games, we will change the API a lot at Beta version.
The final goal is that cocos2d-html5 supports running game code in web browsers and “Cocos2d Javascript binding engine” without or little modification.
Game can be run in mobile browsers with Cocos2d-html5, however, hybrid app has better performance.
What’s the difference between current lua support in cocos2d-x and js binding? Any basic ideas to choose which to use in different situation?
Or can I say that js-binding can replace lua?
Zhe Wang wrote:
HTML5 version focus on desktop browsers now, and c*+ version focus on mobile devices.
We will release c*+ with javascript binding sooner.
In other words, for mobile devices, javascript code should run on cocos2d-x + jsbinding, in a native way. The performance would be better than run html5 in mobile browsers.
Hi Zhe, we have to make a mobile game for mobile browsers. Do you think cocos2d-html5 gives enough performance for that, or it is designed for jsbindings and you don’t recommend it? Thanks!
Jesus Bosch wrote:
Hi Zhe, we have to make a mobile game for mobile browsers. Do you think cocos2d-html5 gives enough performance for that, or it is designed for jsbindings and you don’t recommend it? Thanks!
Well, the answer is one year ago. Currently Shun Lin is working on run cocos2d-html5 in web browsers, and have some achievements. So far we still can’t create too complex games like RPG, ARPG, but for light weight games such as matching-3, parkour games work OK.