Create A New Project

• Download and extract Cocos2dx.
• Open command prompt and navigate to Cocos2dx extracted folder.

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cd cocos2d-x
$ ./setup.py
$ source ~/.bash_profile # may be ~/.bash_login or ~/.profile, depends on your environemnt
$ cocos new MyGame -p com.MyCompany.MyGame -l cpp -d ~/MyCompany
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MyGame: name of your project
-p com.MyCompany.MyGame: package name for android
-l cpp: programming language used for the project, valid value is cpp and lua
-d ~/MyCompany: directory to hold your project
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Build And Run New Project

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$ cocos run -s ~/MyCompany/MyGame –pro-dir ~/MyCompany/MyGame/proj.android-studio -p android
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-s: directory of the new project. This could be an absolute path or a relative path.
-p: which platform to run on. Options are ios,android,win32,mac and linux.
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