Index

A

• achievement
  • about / Adding an achievement
  • adding / Adding an achievement
  • creating, in iTunes Connect / Creating a new achievement in iTunes Connect
  • updating, from code / Updating achievements from the code
• actions
  • implementing / Putting it all together
• anchorPoint property
  • about / Alignment with anchor points
• app
  • registering, with iTunes Connect / Registering an app with iTunes Connect
• artwork, adding to sprite
  • free assets, downloading / Downloading the free assets
  • exceptional art / More exceptional art
  • bee image, adding / Adding the bee image to your project
  • images, loading with SKSpriteNode / Loading images with SKSpriteNode
  • designing, for retina / Designing for retina
• assets
  • organizing / Organizing your assets
  • Images.xcassets, exploring / Exploring Images.xcassets
  • art, collecting into texture atlases / Collecting art into texture atlases
  • finalizing / Finalizing assets
  • app icons, adding / Adding app icons
  • launch screen, designing / Designing the launch screen
  • screenshots, capturing for supported device / Taking screenshots for each supported device
• Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) / Automatic memory management

B

• bats
  • adding / Another terror – bats!
  • Bat class, adding / Adding the Bat class
• bee
  • collision, creating / Bee meets bee
• Bee class
  • creating / Reinventing the bee
• bee texture atlas
  • building / Collecting art into texture atlases
  • bee node, updating / Updating our bee node to use the texture atlas
  • iterating, through texture atlas frames / Iterating through texture atlas frames
• blade
  • adding / Guarding the ground – adding the blade
  • Blade class, adding / Guarding the ground – adding the blade, Adding the Blade class

C

• camera
  • centering, on sprite / Centering the camera on a sprite
  • enhancing / Improving the camera
• cast
  • about / Introducing the cast
  • Power-up class, adding / Adding the power-up star
  • mad fly, creating / Adding a new enemy – the mad fly
  • bats, adding / Another terror – bats!
  • spooky ghost, adding / The spooky ghost
  • blade, adding / Guarding the ground – adding the blade
  • coins, adding / Adding the coins
• categories, assigning to game objects
  • player / The player
  • ground / The ground
  • star power-up / The star power-up
  • enemies / Enemies
  • coins / Coins
• categoryBitMask property
  • about / Physics category masks
• coins
  • adding / Adding the coins
  • Coin class, creating / Creating the coin classes
  • collecting / Collecting coins
• collision
  • about / Collision versus contact
• collisionBitMask property
  • about / Physics category masks
• constant velocity, for Pierre
  • setting / Pushing Pierre forward
  • player progress, tracking / Tracking the player's progress
  • endless ground loop, creating / Looping the ground
• contact event
  • about / Collision versus contact
• contact events
  • adding, to game / Adding contact events to our game
  • physics categories, setting up / Setting up the physics categories
  • categories, assigning to game objects / Assigning categories to game objects
  • GameScene, preparing for / Preparing GameScene for contact events
• contactTestBitMask property
  • about / Physics category masks
• control scheme, for penguin
  • implementing / Teaching our penguin to fly
  • touchesBegan, in GameScene / Listening for touches in GameScene
  • gravity, fine-tuning / Fine-tuning gravity
  • wings, spreading / Spreading your wings
• Core Motion
  • about / Polling for device movement with Core Motion
  • device movement, polling with / Polling for device movement with Core Motion
  • code, implementing / Implementing the Core Motion code

D

• damage animation
  • about / The damage animation
• damping
  • about / Exploring physics simulation mechanics
• density
  • about / Exploring physics simulation mechanics
• development environment
  • setting up / Setting up your development environment
  • Xcode / Introducing Xcode
• device movement
  • polling, with Core Motion / Polling for device movement with Core Motion
• dynamic physics bodies
  • about / Exploring physics simulation mechanics

E

• edge physics bodies
  • about / Exploring physics simulation mechanics
• encounters, in endless flying
  • building / Encounters in endless flying
  • first encounter, creating / Creating our first encounter
• endless encounters
  • spawning / Spawning endless encounters
  • building / Building more encounters
  • EncounterManager class, updating / Updating the EncounterManager class
  • metadata, storing in SKSpriteNode userData property / Storing metadata in SKSpriteNode userData property
  • EncounterManager, wiring up in GameScene / Wiring up EncounterManager in the GameScene class

F

• force / Impulse or force?
• friction
  • about / Exploring physics simulation mechanics

G

• game
  • enhancements / Maximizing fun
  • finish line, crossing / Crossing the finish line
  • marketing / Marketing and monetizing your game
  • monetizing / Marketing and monetizing your game
• game art
  • adding, to sprite / Adding textures and game art
• Game Center
  • about / Integrating with Game Center
  • integrating with / Integrating with Game Center
  • configuring / Configuring Game Center
  • test user, creating / Creating a test user
  • opening, in game / Opening Game Center in our game
• game code
  • structuring / Structuring your game code
• game objects
  • testing / Testing the new game objects
• game over animation
  • about / The game over animation
• GameScene
  • renovating / Renovating the GameScene class
• GameScene, preparing for contact events
  • about / Preparing GameScene for contact events
  • console output, viewing / Viewing console output
  • contact code, testing / Testing our contact code
• GameScene class
  • didMoveToView function / Examining the demo code
  • touchesBegan function / Examining the demo code
  • update function / Examining the demo code
• Ground class
  • creating / The icy tundra, Another way to add assets
  • adding / Adding the Ground class

H

• heads-up display (HUD)
  • adding / Adding a heads-up display
  • implementing / Adding a heads-up display

I

• Images.xcassets
  • exporting / Exploring Images.xcassets
• impulse / Bee meets bee, Impulse or force?
• Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
  • about / Introducing Xcode
• iTunes Connect
  • app, registering with / Registering an app with iTunes Connect
  • URL / Registering an app with iTunes Connect
• iTunes Connect information
  • finalizing / Finalizing iTunes Connect information
  • pricing, configuring / Configuring pricing
  • project, uploading from Xcode / Uploading our project from Xcode
  • review, submitting / Submitting for review in iTunes Connect

L

• leaderboard, of high scores
  • adding / Adding a leaderboard of high scores
  • creating, in iTunes Connect / Creating a new leaderboard in iTunes Connect
  • updating, from code / Updating the leaderboard from the code
• levels
  • building / Building UI/menus/levels
• levels, never-ending world
  • designing, with SpriteKit scene editor / Designing levels with the SpriteKit scene editor
  • level data, seperating from game logic / Separating level data from game logic
  • empty nodes, using as placeholders / Using empty nodes as placeholders
• limitations, Swift
  • less resources / Less resources
  • operating system compatibility / Operating system compatibility

M

• mad fly, enemy
  • adding / Adding a new enemy – the mad fly
  • enemy assets, locating / Locating the enemy assets
  • MadFly class, adding / Adding the MadFly class
• main menu
  • building / Building the main menu
  • menu scene, creating / Creating the menu scene and menu nodes
  • menu nodes, creating / Creating the menu scene and menu nodes
  • launching, when game starts / Launching the main menu when the game starts
  • Start Game button, wiring up / Wiring up the START GAME button
• mass
  • about / Exploring physics simulation mechanics
• menus
  • building / Building UI/menus/levels
• music
  • adding / Adding music and sound
  • background music, playing / Playing background music

N

• never-ending level
  • preparing / Preparing for endless flight
• never-ending world
  • levels, designing with SpriteKit scene editor / Designing levels with the SpriteKit scene editor
  • encounters, in endless flying / Encounters in endless flying
  • scenes, integrating into game / Integrating scenes into the game
  • endless encounters, spawning / Spawning endless encounters
  • star power-up, spawning / Spawning the star power-up at random
• nodes
  • moving, with physics bodies / Impulse or force?

P

• parallax background layers
  • about / Parallax background layers
  • background assets, adding / Adding the background assets
  • background class, implementing / Implementing a background class
  • backgrounds, wiring up in GameScene class / Wiring up backgrounds in the GameScene class
• particle system, SpriteKit
  • harnessing / Harnessing SpriteKit's particle system
  • circle particle asset, adding / Adding the circle particle asset
  • SpriteKit Particle File, creating / Creating a SpriteKit Particle File
  • path particle settings, configuring / Configuring the path particle settings
  • particle emitter, adding to game / Adding the particle emitter to the game
• penguin texture atlas
  • adding / A wild penguin appears!
• physics bodies
  • about / Exploring the physics system
  • dynamic physics / Exploring physics simulation mechanics
  • static physics / Exploring physics simulation mechanics
  • edge physics / Exploring physics simulation mechanics
• physics simulation mechanics
  • about / Exploring physics simulation mechanics
• physics system
  • about / Exploring the physics system
  • dropping like flies / Dropping like flies
  • ground, solidifying / Solidifying the ground
• player's Game Center account
  • authenticating / Authenticating the player's Game Center account
• Player class
  • retrofitting / Retrofitting the Player class for flight
  • Beekeeper / The Beekeeper
  • updating / Updating the Player class
  • ground, moving / Moving the ground
  • physics body, assigning to player / Assigning a physics body to the player
  • physics body shape, creating from texture / Creating a physics body shape from a texture
• player damage
  • about / Player health and damage
• player health
  • about / Player health and damage
  • implementing / Player health and damage
• player input
  • reacting to / Reacting to player input
• players control
  • camera, enhancing / Improving the camera
• positioning
  • about / The story on positioning
  • anchor points / Alignment with anchor points
• Power-up class
  • adding / Adding the power-up star
  • art assets, locating / Locating the art assets
  • Star class, adding / Adding the Star class
• power-up star logic
  • about / The power-up star logic
• project
  • preparing / Sharpening our pencils
• project navigator
  • organizing / Organizing the project navigator
• protocol
  • adopting / Following protocol

R

• restart game menu
  • about / Adding the restart game menu
  • adding / Adding the restart game menu
  • HUD, extending / Extending the HUD
  • GameScene, wiring up for game over / Wiring up GameScene for game over
  • GameScene, informing when player dies / Informing the GameScene class when the player dies
  • touch events, implementing / Implementing touch events for the restart menu
• restitution
  • about / Exploring physics simulation mechanics
• retina, designing for
  • about / Designing for retina
  • ideal asset approach / The ideal asset approach
  • texture atlases / My solution for now
  • implementing / Hands-on with retina in SpriteKit

S

• safety
  • granting, on game start / Granting safety as the game starts
• SKScene / Exploring the SpriteKit Demo
• SKSpriteNode class
  • building / Building a SKSpriteNode class
• sound
  • adding / Adding music and sound
  • assets, adding to game / Adding the sound assets to the game
  • playing, when game starts / Playing a sound when the game starts
• sound effects
  • playing / Playing sound effects
  • coin sound effect, adding to Coin class / Adding the coin sound effect to the Coin class
  • power-up and hurt sound effects, adding to Player class / Adding the power-up and hurt sound effects to the Player class
• spooky ghost
  • about / The spooky ghost
  • Ghost class, adding / Adding the Ghost class
• sprite
  • drawing / Drawing your first sprite
  • about / Drawing your first sprite
  • SKSpriteNode class, building / Building a SKSpriteNode class
  • animation, adding to toolkit / Adding animation to your Toolkit
  • multiple animations, sequencing / Sequencing multiple animations
  • recapping / Recapping your first sprite
  • centered behavior benefits / Alignment with anchor points
  • artwork, adding / Adding textures and game art
  • implementing / Putting it all together
  • camera, centering on / Centering the camera on a sprite
• SpriteKit
  • about / Embracing SpriteKit
  • particle system, harnessing / Harnessing SpriteKit's particle system
• SpriteKit collision vocabulary
  • about / Learning the SpriteKit collision vocabulary
  • collision, versus contact / Collision versus contact
  • physics category masks / Physics category masks
  • category masks, using in Swift / Using category masks in Swift
• sprite onTap events
  • wiring up / Wiring up the sprite onTap events
  • touchesBegan, implementing in GameScene / Implementing touchesBegan in the GameScene
• star power-up
  • spawning / Spawning the star power-up at random
• static physics bodies
  • about / Exploring physics simulation mechanics
• Swift
  • features / Why you will love Swift, An even playing field
  • syntax / Beautiful syntax
  • interoperability / Interoperability
  • strong typing / Strong typing
  • type inference / Smart type inference
  • automatic memory management / Automatic memory management
  • limitations / Are there any downsides to Swift?
  • prerequisites / Prerequisites
• Swift game
  • creating / Creating our first Swift game
  • project, navigating / Navigating our project
  • SpriteKit demo, exploring / Exploring the SpriteKit Demo
  • demo code, examining / Examining the demo code
  • demo code, clearing / Cleaning up

T

• texture
  • tiling / Tiling a texture
• texture atlases
  • about / The ideal asset approach
• textures
  • adding, to sprite / Adding textures and game art
• touchesBegan
  • implementing, in GameScene / Implementing touchesBegan in the GameScene, Larger than life

U

• UI
  • building / Building UI/menus/levels

W

• wire
  • running, to ground / Running wire to the ground
• world node
  • creating / Creating a new world

X

• Xcode
  • about / Introducing Xcode
  • installing / Introducing Xcode