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August 24, 2017: cocos2d 0.6.5 available.
This is a maintenance release with a few bugfixes and support for the upcomming pyglet 1.3; tested againt pyglet 1.3.0rc1.Older cocos will not work with pyglet 1.3+
See the changelog here.
See deprecations and compatibility notes if you have code using cocos2d.
June 12, 2016: cocos2d 0.6.4 available.
New in this version- MapColliders classes changed API to be more useful and clear: collision between actors and tiles and between actors and TmxObject are easier to handle.
- Supports the variants 'csv', 'xml', 'base64(uncompressed)' for Tiled Editor layer data.
- Simpler Scene and Layer code for automatic window events registration.
- Particle systems now accepts per-instance texture.
- Better IDEs autocompletion: by being more specific in cocos code imports, IDEs can work faster and be more selective with the autocompletion offerings.
- Support for pyglet from their repo at the release date, and 1.2.4
See deprecations and compatibility notes if you have code using cocos2d.
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about
cocos2d is a framework for building 2D games, demos, and other graphical/interactive applications.
main features
- Flow control: Manage the flow control between different scenes in an easy way
- Sprites: Fast and easy sprites
- Actions: Just tell sprites what you want them to do. Composable actions like move, rotate, scale and much more
- Effects: Effects like waves, twirl, lens and much more
- Tiled Maps: Support for rectangular and hexagonal tiled maps
- Transitions: Move from scene to scene with style
- Menus: Built in classes to create menus
- Text Rendering: Label and HTMLLabel with action support
- Documentation: Programming Guide + API Reference + Video Tutorials + Lots of simple tests showing how to use it
- Built-in Python Interpreter: For debugging purposes
- BSD License: Just use it
- Pyglet Based: No external dependencies
- OpenGL Based: Hardware Acceleration

This video shows some effects that are executed in the running scene.
Source code: demo_grid_effects.py
cocos2d for iphone
If you are looking for the iphone version, please visit this page: cocos2d for iPhone