Chapter 2. What Makes a Game a Game?

In Chapter 1, The First Step toward SpriteKit, we set the basis of our game by adding a background and the first sprite to our project. In the following pages, I will show you the key elements that take part in every game, such as the movement of sprites in a scene, the detection of touches, and the handling of collisions. You will also learn how to add labels to a scene and play music and sound effects.

The things that you will learn in this chapter are as follows:

  • How to detect touch interaction
  • How to execute actions on sprites
  • How to handle collisions
  • Creating and updating labels
  • Playing music and sound effects

Handling touch events

Our beloved main character is supposed to run though several doors, but some of ...

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