Build iOS Games with Sprite Kit by Penn, Jonathan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Build iOS Games with Sprite Kit For the Best Reading Experience... Table of Contents Early Praise for Build iOS Games with Sprite Kit Preface

How Do We Get There? The Road Ahead How to Get the Most out of This Book Expectations and Technical Requirements Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introduction to Sprite Kit

Setting Up a Sprite Kit Project Drawing Scenes and Sprite Nodes Following the Finger Around Making the Ship Glide

Chapter 2: Actions: Go, Sprite, Go!

Shooting at Asteroids with Simple Motion Actions Moving Nodes on a Path Playing Sound Effects in the Scene Implementing Weapon Power-Ups with Actions

Chapter 3: Explosions and Particle Effects

Generating a Parallax Field of Stars Building Thruster Fire with Xcode’s Particle Editor Loading Particle Emitter Files Spewing Particles Briefly for Explosions

Chapter 4: Menus and Cutscenes

Crafting a Basic Menu with UIKit’s Interface Builder Showing the Star Field Underneath UIKit Custom Scenes and Gesture Recognizers Building a Game-Ending Sequence

Chapter 5: Keeping Score with a Heads-Up Display

Planning the Node Layout Aligning Label Nodes Within Groups Updating the Display Pulsing Power-Up Countdowns for the Win Showing the High Score

Chapter 6: Pinball Physics 101

Follow the Bouncing Ball Moving the Plunger with a Touch Using a Fixed Joint to Stick the Ball to the Plunger Building a Scrolling Table with an Edge Body

Chapter 7: More Physics: Paddles and Collisions

Building Paddles with Bodies, Pins, and Torque Loading Targets and Bumpers from a Layout File Detecting Collisions Between Bodies Responding to Collisions Slowing Down the Ball on Rebound

Chapter 8: Polishing the Pinball Game

Chapter 9: Where to Go Next

Reviewing the Game-Development Process Other Resources Will I Hit It Big? Don’t Forget to Play!

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