Apple Game Frameworks and Technologies

Squeeze Out a Little More Juice

Before wrapping up this chapter, you’re going to squeeze a little more juice out of the game. In this section, you’ll tweak the drop pattern of the gloop drops for better gameplay, add juice to the catch and miss routines, give Blob a little personality, and finally, add the banner to the game.

Fixing the Drop Pattern

You may have noticed that when the drops fall from the sky, more often than not the previous drop is too far from the next drop, which makes it nearly impossible to catch everything. While you could argue that this impossibility adds to the game’s challenge, it more than likely will lead to frustration instead. To fix this drop pattern and make it follow more of a snake-like pattern, you’ll use a ...