Introduction to iOS Game Development with SpriteKit Swift

Introduction to iOS Game Development with SpriteKit & Swift, available at $119.99, has an average rating of 4.7, with 98 lectures, 1 quizzes, based on 461 reviews, and has 2698 subscribers.

You will learn about Thoroughly understand the SpriteKit framework Learn about different Node classes Learn about SKPhysics & SKActions Learn about using the asset catalogue Create amazing worlds and levels with SKTileMapNode Learn game development techniques such as red boxing Develop your own game full of awesome features Get a lot of awesome and unique insights and tips for becoming a top game developer This course is ideal for individuals who are Game Developers or Programming Beginners or Advanced Programmers It is particularly useful for Game Developers or Programming Beginners or Advanced Programmers.

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Summary

Title: Introduction to iOS Game Development with SpriteKit & Swift

Price: $119.99

Average Rating: 4.7

Number of Lectures: 98

Number of Quizzes: 1

Number of Published Lectures: 98

Number of Published Quizzes: 1

Number of Curriculum Items: 99

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 99

Original Price: $199.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Thoroughly understand the SpriteKit framework

Learn about different Node classes

Learn about SKPhysics & SKActions

Learn about using the asset catalogue

Create amazing worlds and levels with SKTileMapNode

Learn game development techniques such as red boxing

Develop your own game full of awesome features

Get a lot of awesome and unique insights and tips for becoming a top game developer

Who Should Attend

Game Developers

Programming Beginners

Advanced Programmers

Target Audiences

Game Developers

Programming Beginners

Advanced Programmers

This course is about the Sprite Kit framework and how to use it to build your own Game clearly inspired by Nintendo’s best selling game Super Mario Run.?

We’re going to build this app from scratch meaning you don’t have to have any prior experience in game development.?

By the end of this course you will have a complete game you can then publish in the App Store.

The source code and the resources that we provide you with are already of incredible value. However the real value is actually the more than 10 hours of video content, in which we explain everything extremely detailed and if you still have any questions or need help, you can always just message us.

We start this course by giving you a thorough introduction to the SK Framework and its most important components, afterwards?we’ll jump right into building our game, without having to worry about not understanding what we’re doing.

Using SKTileMapNode and the SceneEditor we will learn how to create amazing worlds and levels visually without having to write all of the code.

The Game itself will feature things such as:

Enemies

Scores

Power Ups

collectibles and much more.

As it is the case with all of our course we will provide you with all of the resources, project files and source code used in this course.

Though it might be helpful to have a basic knowledge of Swift, it is definitely not required at all. Since you have lifetime access to this course you can take it at your own pace and rewatch any lessons as many times as you like. Therefore this course is the perfect introduction into the amazing world of game development!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Before you start: Resources & Software

Chapter 2: SpriteKit Crashcourse

Lecture 1: Introduction to the SpriteKit Framework

Lecture 2: How to create a SpriteKit Project in Xcode

Lecture 3: Introduction to SKNode & SKScene

Lecture 4: SKNode & SKScene Example

Lecture 5: Introduction to SKSpriteNode

Lecture 6: SKSpriteNode Example

Lecture 7: Introduction to SKActions

Lecture 8: SKActions Example

Lecture 9: Introduction to SKPhysics

Lecture 10: SKPhysics Example

Lecture 11: Introduction to the Asset Catalogue

Lecture 12: Asset Catalogue & Animation Example

Lecture 13: Introduction to the Update Loop

Lecture 14: Introduction to SKTileMapNode

Lecture 15: SKTileMapNode Example Part 1

Lecture 16: SKTileMapNode Example Part2

Lecture 17: Other Node Classes

Chapter 3: Super Indie Run

Lecture 1: Project Overview

Lecture 2: Project Setup

Lecture 3: TileMap Part 1

Lecture 4: SKNode + Extensions

Lecture 5: TileMap Part 2

Lecture 6: Tiles & World Sprites

Lecture 7: The Layer Class

Lecture 8: Adding the World Layer

Lecture 9: Game States Enumeration

Lecture 10: The RepeatingLayer Class

Lecture 11: Background

Lecture 12: Constants

Lecture 13: The Player Class

Lecture 14: Physics

Lecture 15: Introduction to the physical ground

Lecture 16: Physical Ground Part 1

Lecture 17: Physical Ground Part 2

Lecture 18: Physical Ground Part 3

Lecture 19: Physical Ground Part 4

Lecture 20: Player Animation Part 1

Lecture 21: The AnimationHelper Class

Lecture 22: Player Animation Part 2

Lecture 23: Jumping Mechanism Part 1

Lecture 24: Jumping Mechanism Part 2

Lecture 25: Adding Physics Categories

Lecture 26: Jumping Mechanism Part 3

Lecture 27: Jumping Mechanism Part 4

Lecture 28: Adding the Finish Line

Lecture 29: The ObjectHelper Class

Lecture 30: Obstacles & Enemies Part 1

Lecture 31: Obstacles & Enemies Part 2

Lecture 32: Obstacles & Enemies Part 3

Lecture 33: Introduction to Coins

Lecture 34: Collectibles Part 1

Lecture 35: Collectibles Part 2

Lecture 36: Collectibles Part 3

Lecture 37: Particle Effects & Animation Part 1

Lecture 38: Particle Effects & Animation Part 2

Lecture 39: Collectibles Part 4

Lecture 40: Particle Effects & Animation Part 3 (Solution)

Lecture 41: Collectibles Part 5

Lecture 42: Introduction to the HUD

Lecture 43: HUD Part 1

Lecture 44: HUD Part 2

Lecture 45: HUD Part 3

Lecture 46: Introduction to Popups

Lecture 47: Popups Part 1

Lecture 48: The SpriteKitButton Class

Lecture 49: Popups Part 2

Lecture 50: Popups Part 3

Lecture 51: Introduction to the scoring system

Lecture 52: Scoring System Part 1

Lecture 53: Scoring System Part 2

Lecture 54: Popups Part 4

Lecture 55: Popups Part 5

Lecture 56: Popups Part 6

Lecture 57: Popups Part 7

Lecture 58: The PopupButtonHandler Extensions

Lecture 59: Popups Part 8

Lecture 60: Popups Part 9

Lecture 61: The Menu Scene

Lecture 62: Introduction to the SceneManagerDelegate

Lecture 63: The SceneManagerDelegate Protocol

Lecture 64: Introduction to the Level Scene

Lecture 65: Level Scene Part 1

Lecture 66: Level Scene Part 2

Lecture 67: Level Scene Part 3

Lecture 68: Level Scene Part 4

Lecture 69: GameScene Adaptions

Lecture 70: GameScene Popups

Lecture 71: Completing the Level

Lecture 72: Powerup

Lecture 73: Adding two Finish Lines

Lecture 74: Creating a new World

Lecture 75: Menu Image & Foreground Layer

Lecture 76: Background Music & Sound Effects

Lecture 77: App Icon & Launch Image

Instructors

Timothy Meixner
Meixner & Ruof

Johannes Ruof
Meixner & Ruof

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1 stars: 7 votes

2 stars: 6 votes

3 stars: 32 votes

4 stars: 144 votes

5 stars: 272 votes

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