In iOS 7, Apple introduced SpriteKit, a framework for the high-performance rendering of 2D graphics. Unlike Core Graphics (which is focused on drawing graphics using a painter’s model) or Core Animation (which is focused on animating attributes of GUI elements), SpriteKit focuses on a different area entirely — video games — and it is Apple’s first foray into the graphical side of game programming in the iOS era. It was released for iOS 7 and OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) at the same time, ...
© Molly Maskrey and Wallace Wang 2018
Molly Maskrey and Wallace Wang, Pro iPhone Development with Swift 4, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3381-8_2
2. Simple Games Using SpriteKit
Molly Maskrey1 and Wallace Wang2
(1)Parker, Colorado, USA
(2)San Diego, California, USA
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