Getting started with SpriteKit develop fun and exciting games and create amazing animations for your existing apps with SpriteKit, Apple's 2D game development framework

What You Will Learn Create and configure a SpriteKit project from scratch Load and manage the basic elements of games such as sprites, labels, and geometrical primitives Handle touch events, detect collisions, and play sound audio files Create complex elements, animate sprites, and run the parallax...

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Main Author: Jordán, Jorge
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Birmingham, UK Packt Publishing 2016
Series:Community experience distilled
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505 0 |a 2-star challenge: reproducing sound effectsThe solution; Summary; Chapter 3: Taking Games One Step Further ; Extending the SKNode class; Creating a new class; Handling the behavior of custom classes; 2-star challenge: colliding puppets; Solution; The parallax effect; The update method and delta times; Creating animations in SpriteKit; 2-star challenge: animate collisions; The solution; Geometrical primitives; Summary; Chapter 4: From Basic to Professional Games ; Ending the game; 3-star challenge: restarting a game; The solution; Creating a main menu; Transitions and scenes 
505 0 |a Cover ; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The First Step toward SpriteKit ; Game engines; Creating a new SpriteKit project; Running the project for first time; How the default project looks like; The SKNode class; The SKNode class properties; The position property; The frame property; The zPosition property; The hidden property; An alpha property; The children node; name; userInteractionEnabled; Using SKNode to organize a scene; SKScene; The game loop; The SKScene properties; scaleMode; anchorPoint; size 
505 0 |a BackgroundColorYour first game -- InsideTheHat; Our first SKSpriteNode class; Adding a background; Working with screen resolutions; Summary; Chapter 2: What Makes a Game a Game? ; Handling touch events; Handling actions; Building a wall; Running through the doors; 1-star challenge: an easier way to reset position; The solution; Creating loops; Installing doors into the wall; Collision management; Understanding collisions; Handling collisions; 1-star challenge: check collisions accurately; The solution; Creating labels; Aligning labels; Playing some music; AVFoundation 
505 0 |a The SKTransition classCreating a tutorial; Updating the tutorial steps; Loading and saving data; The NSUserDefaults class; 2-star challenge: completing the tutorial; The solution; The property list files; Summary; Chapter 5: Utilizing the Hardware and Graphics Processor ; Using the accelerometer; The CMMotionManager class; Compensating for the position of the device; Adding shaders to our game; Turning on the lights; Creating lights with the editor; Programmatically creating lights; 2-star challenge: moving lights; The solution; Summary; Chapter 6: Auxiliary Techniques 
505 0 |a Creating particle systemsCreating an emitter with the editor; Creating the emitter programmatically; Combining SpriteKit and UIKit; Including UIKit in a game; Including SpriteKit in an app; Using third-party tools; Creating audio resources; Voice memos; Audacity; GarageBand; Font makers; How to find audio files; How to find images; Summary; Index 
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520 |a What You Will Learn Create and configure a SpriteKit project from scratch Load and manage the basic elements of games such as sprites, labels, and geometrical primitives Handle touch events, detect collisions, and play sound audio files Create complex elements, animate sprites, and run the parallax effect Complete your games with key components such as a main menu, transitions between scenes, a tutorial, and the ability to load and save data Increase the efficiency of your device using the accelerometer or by adding shaders, lights, and shadows Gain complementary techniques such as creating or finding audio resources, applying SpriteKit to apps, or using third-party tools In Detail SpriteKit is Apple's game engine to develop native iOS games. Strongly boosted by the Apple Inc., Cupertino, it has increased in popularity since its first release.  
520 |a This book shows you the solutions provided by SpriteKit to help you create any 2D game you can imagine and apply them to create animations that will highlight your existing apps. This book will give you the knowledge you need to apply SpriteKit to your existing apps or create your own games from scratch. Throughout the book, you will develop a complete game. The beautiful designs implemented in the game in this book will easily lead you to learn the basis of 2D game development, including creating and moving sprites, and adding them to a game scene. You will also discover how to apply advanced techniques such as collision detection, action execution, playing music, or running animations to give a more professional aspect to the game. You will finish your first game by learning how to add a main menu and a tutorial, as well as saving and loading data from and to the player's device. Finally, you will find out how to apply so ... 
520 |a Develop fun and exciting games and create amazing animations for your existing apps with SpriteKit, Apple's 2D game development framework About This Book Learn the key concepts of game development in iOS Take advantage of SpriteKit to create your own games and improve your apps Follow the step-by-step chapters to create a complete product ready to submit to the App Store Who This Book Is For Getting Started with SpriteKit is for beginner-level iOS developers who want to add an extra edge to their apps and create amazing games using SpriteKit. It doesn't matter whether you have experience in iOS development or not as this book will show you the swift tricks you can use to create games.