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Beginning Swift Games Development for iOS

Name: Beginning Swift Games Development for iOS
ISBN: 9781484204009

by James Goodwill, Wesley Matlock

March 2015

Beginner

276 pages

6h 1m

English

Apress

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Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents at a Glance
Contents
About the Authors
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I: Swift and Sprite Kit
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Game Scene and Adding Your First Sprites
What You Need to KnowWhat You Need to HaveSuperSpaceManCreating a Swift Sprite Kit ProjectStarting from ScratchThe GameViewController ClassThe GameScene ClassAdding a Background and Player SpriteSummary
Chapter 2: Sprite Kit Scenes and SKNode Positioning
What Is an SKScene?The SKScene Rendering LoopBuilding the Scene’s Node TreeLooking at SKSpriteNode Coordinates and Anchor PointsCoordinatesAnchor PointsSummary
Chapter 3: Adding Physics and Collision Detection to Your Game
What Is an SKPhysicsBody?Adding Physics to Your Game WorldApplying Forces to SKPhysicsBodyAdding Collision Detection to Your SKNodeAdding a Node to Collide IntoAdding Collision DetectionRemoving the Orb When You Receive a Contact MessageSummary
Chapter 4: Adding Scene Scrolling and Game Control
Reorganizing the GameSceneAdding More Orbs to the SceneScrolling the SceneControlling Player Movement with the AccelerometerSummary
Chapter 5: Adding Actions and Animations
Refactoring the Orb Node Layout One Last TimeSprite Kit ActionsUsing Actions to Move Nodes in the SceneUsing SKActions to Animate SpritesAdding Some Additional Bling to the GameSceneSummary
Chapter 6: Adding Particle Effects to Your Game with Emitter Nodes
What Are Emitters?Using Particle Emitter TemplatesCreating a Particle EmitterAdding an Exhaust Trail to the PlayerSummary
Chapter 7: Adding Points and Sound
What Are SKLabelNodes?Changing the Horizontal Alignment of the Label NodeChanging the Vertical Alignment of the Label NodeAdding Scoring to the GameAdding an Impulse Counter to the GameAdding Simple Sounds to the GameSummary
Chapter 8: Transitioning Between Scenes
Transitioning Between Scenes Using SKTransitionsPausing Scenes During a TransitionDetecting When a New Scene Is PresentedAdding a New Scene to SuperSpaceManEnding the GameSummary
Chapter 9: Sprite Kit Best Practices
Creating Your Own Nodes Through SubclassingReusing TexturesExternalizing Your Game DataKeeping Your Node Tree PrunedSummary
Part II: Swift and Scene Kit
Chapter 10: Creating Your First Scene Kit Project
Scene Kit PrimerScene Kit AnimationWhat You Need to KnowCreating the Scene Kit ProjectWiring Up and Building a SceneSuperSpaceMan3DProject ResourcesBuilding the SceneSummary
Chapter 11: Building the Scene
Scene GraphScene Kit EditorRender CycleScene Kit’s Built-in Model ClassesSCNGeometry ObjectsAdding ObstaclesUsing SCNTextStarting ScreenSummary
Chapter 12: Lighting, Camera, and Material Effects in Scene Kit
Lighting Up the SceneMaterialsAppling Materials to Your ObstaclesAdding Textures to Collada FilesScene Kit Camera UsageSummary
Chapter 13: Animating Your Models
Refactoring the ProjectStarting AnimationsPyramidNodeGlobeNodeTubeNodeBoxNodeMore AnimationsSummary
Chapter 14: Hit Testing and Collision Detection
GameView: Moving the HeroWriting the Callback Delegate FunctionMoving the CameraCoreMotion Framework IntroductionEnemy NodeCollision DetectionSummary
Chapter 15: Using Sprite Kit with a Scene Kit Scene
Sprite Kit IntegrationHooking Up the Controller to the Overlay“Game Over” ScreenBonus SectionSummary
Chapter 16: Advanced Topics and Tips
Normal MappingVectors and Various Math OperationsTipsSummary
Appendix A: The Swift Programming Language
Variables and ConstantsFlow of Controlifswitchfor Loopswhile LoopsFunctionsVariadic ParametersTuplesNested FunctionsFunctions Returning FunctionsPassing Functions As Parametersinout ParametersClosuresClassesExtending ClassesComputed PropertiesStructuresEnumerationsProtocolsExtensionsGenerics
Index

Overview

Game apps are one of the most popular categories in the Apple iTunes App Store. Well, the introduction of the new Swift programming language will make game development even more appealing and easier to existing and future iOS app developers. In response, James Goodwill and Apress introduce you to this book, Beginning Swift Games Development for iOS. In this book, you'll learn the fundamental elements of the new Swift language as applied to game development for iOS.

In part 1, you'll start with a basic 2D game idea and build the game throughout the book introducing each SpriteKit topic as we add new functionality to the game. By the end of the book, you'll have experience with all the important SpriteKit topics and have a fully functional game as a result. In part 2 of this book, you'll learn 3D game development using Apple's SceneKit framework and the Swift programming language. And, you'll follow the same pattern we used for part 1.

After reading and using this book, you'll have the skills and the code to build your first 2D and then 3D game app that you can run on any iOS enabled device and perhaps sell in the Apple iTunes App Store.

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