We’re happy to start a new series of blog posts highlighting a lot of the great things that are happening in the Cocos Store. Many great 3^rd party and independent developers have added some fantastic store items that we think will help improve your work in building games.

Some of these great items are freely available, while others are reasonably priced. But what they all are, are some of the best rated among the staff and those developers already using it. Due to having two Cocos stores(Chinese and International), some apps are only available in one store. But you can still receive Chinese store items where the items are free (we only have Chinese purchasing for this area), so we’ll be only showing them and not paid items.

All purchases are only available with PayPal, so please have an account when you purchase. You can also download any purchases again at any time from the store as long as you are logged in with your Cocos ID.

NOTE: Prices may vary from the time this blog has been posted.

Extensions

Cinestation is a visual smart camera system. It has functions such as intelligent tracking, priority control, track movement, noise control, timeline animation, etc. It supports configuring any number of cameras, completing complex camera switching, and mixed effects.

Implement multilingual internationalization of Label and Sprite components (i18n). This allows you to have multiple language support for your game quickly. Build all your languages in one JSON file, and you are ready to set up various languages in your game.

If you need a quick update to your code and don't want to leave Cocos Creator, Quick Editor is exactly what you need. It can also do a bit of auto-complete, supports shader editing, and more. Probably one of the most powerful extensions we have available for programmers needing speed for development.

Have your games on one of the most popular web gaming sites globally, poki.com. Known for having some of the most amazingly great games on the site, your game could be added to the site with the help of the PokiSDK added to your game.

If you want to bring your games to your own or other people's websites and want a way to monetize your games, Applixir allows you to have your reward video ads added to your game. Installation is easy and only requires registering with Applixir to receive an ID and start making money off your web games.

Would you like to have all your payments, virtual store, and user accounts taken care of with one plugin? Xsolla Game Commerce SDK allows you to have the power to do all of that. This works for not only mobile games but web games and PC games. Learn more from Xsolla's documentation.

SmartAd is an ad packaging tool that can package playable ads with one click and access the SDK of various channels. Though in Chinese, it comes with support for Facebook, Google Ads, TikTok, Mintegral, Unity Ads, AppLovin, and ironSource. A great tool if you are already working with these companies.

Suppose you need a lot more information while testing your games. In that case, the inspector has many options, including seeing how each node is acting in the game, console actions, phone sizes, rotation, and access to Google DevTools inside the app.

Build your own behavior trees for your 3D games. Can add resting states, random states, patrolling, and more. It's a pretty intensive set of items and you don't need to worry too much about programming to get it to work. just build your actions and then start making the tree work in your favor.

Edit your audio inside Cocos Creator. This allows you to select small clips, change the volume and speed, and save them as a new audio file. Great little add-on if you want to keep your work in one area.

This extension will take all your PNG files in your game and compress them with the open-source compressor pngquant. Recommended if you haven't compressed them with TinyPNG. It is in Chinese, so be prepared to translate a bit to get the correct settings.

This extension allows you to compile your entire project into one HTML5 file. This is great for playable demos but may have issues with playable ads available to use at ad networks. The developer also shows how they built it if you want to write it yourself.

This product uses the power of Rhubarb Lip Sync by allowing you to add only the common syllables and vowels with any mp3 file to make a pretty impressive mouth animation for your character. It's not perfect for realistic games, but it's a fantastic tool for any with cartoon styles.

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Source Code

The best open-source network server framework on the market is now available for Cocos Creator. Download now and get all you need to make your game multiplayer on phones and the web.

GameDistribution is the biggest broker of HTML5 games, connecting the best game developers to the largest publishers. Many great websites with HTML5 games use GameDistribution, so it's a great way to be on many platforms.

This amazingly cool code allows you to build a parallex effect for your game. The example built is adding cameras to other areas and highlighting them in a cube. Some great ways to use this are scopes on guns or parallax puzzles, just as you saw in the game "Superliminal." A full explanation is in Chinese at https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/nMQrp0QwWPhtX5Y_saqoOw

If you want to build a game similar to the Steam hit game "Cramped Room of Death" for your own game, you can download this game template and start playing around, adding your own fun to it. We highly recommend changing all art assets as they are similar to the game. A video introduction for building with it is available on Bilibili.

If you love Archero and want to build your own version in any setting, you should try Ghost Archer. It's an extensive game that includes 3D monsters, 3D heroes, skill trees, and much more. One of the first game demos built by the Cocos team to help you make your next amazing game.

Want to build one of the hottest hypercasual game styles out there? Getting past many small minions as a giant? You can do that with this complete game with ten free levels so that you can see how to build more of your own. You can also add your art, music, new levels, and anything else you need to make this game your own.

Build your own 2D horizontal adventure game with everything you need to understand how to build your game. Includes examples of shadows, monsters, power-up systems, skill systems, and much more. If you are ready to create a 2D game but need some guidance, this is a great way to learn.

Easy NavMesh is a lightweight NavMesh base, which is based on PatrolJs. It uses A* and Simple Stupid Funnel algorithms. The code includes ways to bake NavMesh poly info with JSONs and a demo to understand how you can use collisions without the need for Bullet or Cannon.

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Art

This gives you the code you need to build deep and shallow water, water foam, reflections, soft edges, and more. Instructions on using it are in Chinese in both written and video format.