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• Pack normal maps into sprite sheets
• Create sprite and normal map textures with identical layout

• Basic knowledge about sprite sheets
• Basic knowledge about normal maps

• Creating a lighted scene in SpriteBuilder
• Using CCLightNode and CCEffectLight
• Setting parameters for directional and point lights
• Complete code is on GitHub

• Basic skills in SpriteBuilder and cocos2d
• Basic skills in Objective-C or Swift

Learn how to use Sprite Sheets with ShiVa:

• What are sprite sheets? Why should you use them?
• Creating sprite sheets with TexturePacker
• Installing and using JPSprite
• Playing animations

This blog post contains full source code available on GitHub.

Learn how to use SpriteSheets with SpriteKit:

• Creating sprite sheets with TexturePacker
• Loading sprite sheets
• Using header files to enable compile time checks
• Play animations with a single line of code

This blog post contains full source code available on GitHub.

Learn how to use SpriteSheets with Phaser:

• Creating sprite sheets with TexturePacker
• Loading sprite sheets in Phaser
• Optimizing start up time and reducing download size
• Using static sprites in Phaser
• Playing animations from the sprite sheet

This blog post contains full source code available on GitHub.