Labels quicksheet

A few thoughts on making labels in your game from Matt...

• In HelloWorldScene.h create a new layer for score:
• CCLayer* scoreLayer;
• In HelloWorldScene.h import “CCLabelTTF.h” and add:
• int numScore
• CCLabelTTF* scoreLabel;
• In HelloWorldScene.m
• Initialize scoreLayer and add it to the scene
• scoreLayer = [[CCLayer alloc] init];
• [self addChild:scoreLayer z:2];
• Initialize the amount of numScore (numScore = 0;)
• Initialize what scoreLabel is going to hold
• scoreLabel = [CCLabelTTF labelWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Score: %d", numScore] fontName:@"Arial" fontSize:28];
(note: available fonts - http://daringfireball.net/misc/2007/07/iphone-osx-fonts)
• scoreLabel.position = ccp(size.width - 100,size.height - 11);
• scoreLabel.color = ccc3(255, 255, 255);
• [scoreLayer addChild:scoreLabel];
• In the update function:
• When we check to see if a bullet has hit an enemy, in the part of code that says “YES HIT IT!” increase the score of numScore by however much (default of 100?)
• Then update the scoreLabel to the new number
• [scoreLabel setString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Score: %d",numScore]];
• release the label in dealloc.