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What you need for this book

To follow the implementation of the code provided in this book, you will need the following hardware and software:

An Intel-based Mac that runs on Mac OS X 10.10.4 or later
The latest version of Xcode (version 7.0 at the time of writing this book)
An enrollment in the iOS Developer Program if you want to test the games on a device
An iOS device to test games on it

You will not need a lot of experience developing with Swift or SpriteKit as the chapters will help you easily understand how to utilize the tools provided by the game development framework.

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