Index

A

• analytics
  • about / Analytics and user data
• Apple iOS program
  • using / Step 1 – become a developer through Apple's iOS program
  • URL / Step 1 – become a developer through Apple's iOS program
• app review websites
  • URL / App review sites
• audio types
  • difference / Seeing the difference in audio types
  • URL / Seeing the difference in audio types

B

• BMFont
  • saving, file suffixes used / Saving your BMFont using file suffixes
  • saving, directories used / Saving your BMFont using directories
  • exporting / Exporting the BMFont and importing to Xcode
  • importing, to Xcode / Exporting the BMFont and importing to Xcode
• body
  • about / Overall structure of Chipmunk
• button press visuals
  • about / Button press visuals
  • CCButton class, modifying / Modifying the CCButton class
  • units, combining / Pulse on unit combine
• buttons
  • creating, via CCButton / Creating buttons via CCButton and CCLayout
  • creating, via CCLayout / Creating buttons via CCButton and CCLayout
  • Restart button, adding / Adding the Restart button
• buttons, game
  • creating / Creating buttons and text (labels)
• Bézier curve
  • movements, creating on / Creating movements on a Bézier curve
  • examples / Examples of using a Bézier curve
  • map route / Sample project – Bézier map route
  • curved M-shape / Curved M-shape

C

• CCButton
  • buttons, creating via / Creating buttons via CCButton and CCLayout
• CCLayout
  • buttons, creating via / Creating buttons via CCButton and CCLayout
• CCPhysicsBody
  • adding / Making the objects fall – adding CCPhysicsBody
• Chipmunk
  • defining / Learn how Chipmunk works
  • structure / Overall structure of Chipmunk
  • physics bodies, types / Types of bodies
  • static bodies / Types of bodies
  • dynamic bodies / Types of bodies
  • kinematic bodies / Types of bodies
  • used, for collision detection / Using Chipmunk for just collision detection
  • physics body, turning into sensor / Turning the physics body into a sensor
• class
  • implementing, into official CCScene subclass / Turning a class into an official CCScene subclass
• Cocos2d
  • downloading / Step 3 – download Cocos2d (via SpriteBuilder)
  • downloading, URL / Step 3 – download Cocos2d (via SpriteBuilder)
  • setting up / Setting up Cocos2d for use with physics
  • Chipmunk physics, creating / Building a world for physics to exist
• Cocos2d-Swift GitHub repository
  • URL / Git and GitHub/Bitbucket
• Cocos2d engine
  • working / Overview of how the Cocos2d engine works
• collision detection
  • Chipmunk, using for / Using Chipmunk for just collision detection
• collisions, in Chipmunk
  • handling / Handling collisions in Chipmunk
  • collision delegate, setting / Setting the collision delegate
  • collision tags, setting on game objects / Setting collision tags on game objects
  • detecting / Detecting collision

D

• D-pad adaptation
  • versus touchscreen controls / Touchscreen controls versus D-pad adaptation (and why it matters so much to know this distinction)
• data
  • tracking / Tracking and visualizing the data
  • visualizing / Tracking and visualizing the data
• default image
  • adding / Adding a default image
  • loading screen, adding / Adding the loading screen
  • LoadingScene, using from MainScene / Switching to LoadingScene from MainScene
• depth perception, via device tilting
  • about / Depth perception via device tilting
  • parallax scrolling / Isn't this parallax scrolling?
  • Depth sample project / Sample project – depth
  • parallax node, creating / Creating the parallax node and adding the objects
  • objects, adding / Creating the parallax node and adding the objects
  • depth, visualizing / Visualizing the depth
  • equilibrium, restoring / Restoring equilibrium (calibrating to the new rotation)
  • scrolling example / A quick scrolling example
• directories
  • versus file suffixes / File suffixes versus directories
  • about / File suffixes versus directories
  • used, for saving BMFont / Saving your BMFont using directories

E

• enemies
  • interacting with / Interaction with enemies and scoring

F

• file
  • creating, for scene / Creating a new file for the scene
• file suffixes
  • versus directories / File suffixes versus directories
  • about / File suffixes versus directories
  • used, for saving BMFont / Saving your BMFont using file suffixes
• Flurry
  • about / Analytics and user data
  • benefits / Analytics and user data
  • signing up for / Signing up for Flurry
  • URL / Signing up for Flurry
  • adding, to project / Adding Flurry to your project
• Flurry API
  • URL / Logging events

G

• GAF
  • about / Choosing tools and getting started, GAF
  • URL / GAF
• game
  • initial code, creating / Creating the initial code for the scene to open
  • running, on simulator / Run it on the simulator – doesn't require an iOS developer license
  • running, on device / Run it on the device – requires an iOS developer license
  • button, linking / Linking the button in the game to go to the menu
  • button, linking in menu / Creating and linking a button in the menu to go to the game
  • button, creating in menu / Creating and linking a button in the menu to go to the game
  • releasing / Releasing the game and steps after it
  • updating / After submission
  • beta testers / Beta testers and the target market
  • app review sites / App review sites
  • sources / Other sources of information
• Game Center leaderboards
  • about / Game Center leaderboards
  • App ID, creating / Creating the App ID
  • app, creating in iTunes Connect / Creating the app in iTunes Connect
  • creating / Creating the leaderboard
  • GameKit framework, adding / Adding the GameKit framework
  • GameKit helper files / GameKit helper files
  • user, authenticating / Authenticating the user
  • Game Center button, creating / Creating the Game Center button
  • score, submitting / Submitting the score
• game mindset
  • preparing / Preparing the mindset
  • physics engine, using / The physics engine
  • In-App Purchases (IAPs) / In-App Purchases
  • analytics, using / Making use of analytics
  • complex mechanics / Complex mechanics and special effects
  • special effects / Complex mechanics and special effects
  • complex mechanics / Complex mechanics and special effects
• games
  • sharing, on Facebook / Sharing on Facebook and Twitter (and more)
  • sharing, on Twitter / Sharing on Facebook and Twitter (and more)
  • built-in share feature, using / Using the built-in share feature
  • Share button, creating / Creating the Share button
  • variable, creating for current score / Creating a variable for the current score
  • UIActivityView object, creating / Creating the UIActivityView object
  • UIActivityViewController, displaying / Displaying UIActivityViewController
  • screenshot, adding to share / Adding a screenshot to the share
• ghosts
  • creating / Three ways to make unit streamers or "ghosts"
  • sample project / Sample project – ghosts
  • particle systems / Method 1 – particle systems
  • sprites / Method 2 – sprites or nodes
  • nodes / Method 2 – sprites or nodes
  • constant line / Method 3 – constant line
• Git
  • about / Choosing tools and getting started, Git and GitHub/Bitbucket
  • URL / Git and GitHub/Bitbucket
• GitHub/Bitbucket
  • about / Choosing tools and getting started, Git and GitHub/Bitbucket
• GKHelper class
  • URL / GameKit helper files
• Glyph Designer / Choosing tools and getting started
  • about / Glyph Designer
  • URL / Glyph Designer
• goals
  • setting / Setting flexible, focused goals
  • expand / Expand
  • focus / Focus
  • flexible / Flex
• gravity
  • setting, by tilting device / Setting gravity by tilting the device
  • accelerometer, setting up / Setting up the accelerometer
  • data, reading / Reading the data
  • manipulating / Manipulating gravity to your heart's content
• ground object
  • creating / Adding the ground and walls

I

• icons
  • about / Icons
  • template / Template
  • adding, to project / Adding the icons to the project
  • asset catalog, using / Asset catalog
• IDE
  • downloading / Downloading the IDE and Source Code
• In-App Purchases (IAPs)
  • about / In-App Purchases
  • references / In-App Purchases
• iOS game controls
  • examples / Bad examples of iOS game controls
• iTunes Connect
  • app, preparing on / Preparing the app on iTunes Connect
  • URL / Preparing the app on iTunes Connect

L

• labels, game
  • creating / Creating buttons and text (labels)
  • CCLabelTTF, using / Let's get some text displayed – CCLabelTTF
  • CCLabelBMFont, using / Let's get some text displayed – CCLabelBMFont
• log events
  • about / Logging events
• loop background music
  • playing / Playing sound effects and loop background music
  • setting / Getting some background music going

M

• menus
  • creating / Creating menus, scenes, and scene transitions
• movements
  • creating, on Bézier curve / Creating movements on a Bézier curve

N

• nodes
  • creating / Creating nodes and units (sprites)
• NSNotificationCenter
  • using / Talking between scenes

O

• OALSimpleAudio
  • about / Learning about OALSimpleAudio
  • effects, preloading / Preloading effects
  • files, loading asynchronously / Loading files asynchronously
  • effects, unloading / Unloading effects
• objects
  • creating / Setting up a project and creating basic objects

P

• parallax scrolling / Isn't this parallax scrolling?
• Particle Designer / Choosing tools and getting started
  • about / Particle Designer
  • URL / Particle Designer
• physics bodies
  • URL / Types of bodies
• Playgrounds
  • Swift, learning through / Learning Swift through Playgrounds
  • organizing / How Playgrounds are organized
  • results over time, viewing / Viewing the results over time
• project
  • setting up / Setting up a project and creating basic objects
• proof of concept
  • about / Why prototype?
• prototype
  • about / Why prototype?
  • playtesting / Playtesting and feedback analysis
  • feedback analysis / Playtesting and feedback analysis
  • turn-based game / Project for the book
  • turn-based game, implementing / A quick mock-up
  • Cocos2d engine, working / Overview of how the Cocos2d engine works

R

• Restart button
  • adding / Adding the Restart button

S

• scenes
  • creating / Creating menus, scenes, and scene transitions
• scene transitions
  • creating / Creating menus, scenes, and scene transitions
• slide transition
  • about / Slide transition
  • generic slide function, creating / Creating a generic slide function
  • background, extending / Extending the background
  • scene, replacing with rubber band transition / Replacing the scene with a rubber band transition
  • in MenuScene / Transition in MenuScene
  • in GameOverScene / Transition in GameOver
  • polishing / Other ideas for polishing
• sliding feature
  • adding, to units / Adding subtle sliding to the units
  • one unit, sliding / Sliding one unit
  • all units, sliding / Sliding all units
• sound effects
  • playing / Playing sound effects and loop background music
  • sounds, when button clicked on / Sounds when a button is clicked on
  • sounds, on unit movements / Sounds on unit movements
  • sounds, on unit combination / Sounds on unit combination
  • sounds, when user loses / Sounds when the user loses
  • modifying / Modifying the sound effect on the fly
  • volume / The volume (or gain), pitch, and pan
  • pitch / The volume (or gain), pitch, and pan
  • pan / The volume (or gain), pitch, and pan
  • looped sound effects, stopping / Stopping looped sound effects
  • combine sound effect, modifying / Modifying the combine sound effect
  • examples / Other great sound places
• sound files
  • playing / Prerequisites
• sounds
  • turning on / Turning sounds on and off
  • turning off / Turning sounds on and off
  • main menu, using / No options or settings? Main menu it is!
  • buttons, creating / Creating the buttons
  • keys, creating / Creating the keys
  • sound and music Boolean, grabbing from NSUserDefaults / Grabbing the sound and music Boolean from NSUserDefaults
  • values, setting / Setting and saving the values
  • values, saving / Setting and saving the values
  • background music and sound, pausing / Pausing/resuming background music and sound
  • background music and sound, resuming / Pausing/resuming background music and sound
  • MainScene sound, handling / Handling MainScene sound
  • GameOverScene, repeating / Repeating for GameOverScene (and any other scenes)
  • AppDelegate music, handling / Handling AppDelegate music
  • sound/music starts, enabling / Making sure that sound/music starts enabled
• Source Code
  • downloading / Downloading the IDE and Source Code
• SpriteBuilder
  • new project, creating via / Creating a new project via SpriteBuilder
  • URL / Creating a new project via SpriteBuilder
• SpriteBuilder projects
  • exporting, to Xcode / Exporting SpriteBuilder projects to Xcode
• sprite sheets
  • using, with TexturePacker / Begin using sprite sheets with TexturePacker
  • background, setting up / Setting up the background
• sprite sheets, with TexturePacker
  • saving, to project location / Saving to the project location
  • images, scaling / Scaling the images and publishing the sprite sheet
  • publishing / Scaling the images and publishing the sprite sheet
  • importing / Importing the sprite sheet and loading it into the memory
  • loading, into memory / Importing the sprite sheet and loading it into the memory
• Swift
  • working / How Swift works
  • learning, through Playgrounds / Learning Swift through Playgrounds
  • about / Learning more about Swift
  • game, creating / Creating a game in Swift instead of Objective-C
  • game, goal / Goal of the game
  • project, starting / Starting a new Swift project
  • font files, adding / Adding the font files
  • Bridging-Header, importing / Importing Bridging-Header and loading MainScene
  • MainScene, loading / Importing Bridging-Header and loading MainScene
  • background, creating / Creating the background, turret, and score label
  • turret, creating / Creating the background, turret, and score label
  • score label, creating / Creating the background, turret, and score label
  • turret, rotating with touchMoved / Rotating the turret with touchMoved
  • bullets, shooting / Shooting some bullets
  • enemies, spawning / Spawning enemies and sending them towards the center
  • GameOverScene class, creating / Transitioning to GameOver
  • collisions, handling / Handling collisions
  • score, counting / Counting the score
  • difficulty, increasing / Increasing the difficulty
• Swift blog
  • URL / Learning more about Swift

T

• table
  • adding, for scores / Adding a table for scores
  • CCTableView, versus UITableView / CCTableView versus UITableView
  • high scores (NSUserDefaults), saving / Saving high scores (NSUserDefaults)
  • creating / Creating the table
  • scores, displaying / Showing the scores
• template
  • URL / Template
• TexturePacker
  • about / TexturePacker
  • URL, for downloading / TexturePacker
  • using / Not using TexturePacker – A brief how-to
  • sprite sheets, using with / Begin using sprite sheets with TexturePacker
• Texture Packer / Choosing tools and getting started
• tools
  • selecting / Choosing tools and getting started
  • Texture Packer / Choosing tools and getting started, TexturePacker
  • Particle Designer / Choosing tools and getting started, Particle Designer
  • Glyph Designer / Choosing tools and getting started, Glyph Designer
  • VertexHelper Pro / Choosing tools and getting started
  • GAF / Choosing tools and getting started, GAF
  • Git / Choosing tools and getting started, Git and GitHub/Bitbucket
  • GitHub/Bitbucket / Choosing tools and getting started, Git and GitHub/Bitbucket
  • VertexHelper / VertexHelper
• touch creation
  • enabling, of object / Enabling touch creation of our object
• touchscreen controls
  • versus D-pad adaptation / Touchscreen controls versus D-pad adaptation (and why it matters so much to know this distinction)
  • examples / Great examples of touchscreen controls
• turn-based game
  • about / Project for the book
  • implementing / A quick mock-up
• tutorial, game
  • about / Tutorial
  • variable / Tutorial phase variable and the NSUserDefaults key
  • NSUserDefaults key, using / Tutorial phase variable and the NSUserDefaults key
  • text, displaying for each phase / Displaying text for each phase (and CCSprite9Slice)
  • advancing / Advancing the tutorial
  • advanceTutorial function, calling / Advancing in all the right places
  • text, removing / Removing the previous phases' text
  • finger, noticing / Fingers pointing the way
  • nontutorial movement, rejecting / Rejecting non-tutorial movement

U

• unit
  • defining / Defining and adding a unit to the screen
  • adding, to screen / Defining and adding a unit to the screen
• units
  • creating / Creating nodes and units (sprites)
  • moving around, with touch controls / Moving the units around with touch controls
• unit streamers
  • creating / Three ways to make unit streamers or "ghosts"
• user data
  • about / Analytics and user data

V

• VertexHelper
  • about / VertexHelper
  • URL / VertexHelper
• VertexHelper Pro / Choosing tools and getting started

W

• walls
  • creating / Adding the ground and walls
• world
  • about / Overall structure of Chipmunk

X

• Xcode
  • downloading / Step 2 – download and install Xcode
  • installing / Step 2 – download and install Xcode
  • device, adding / Adding a device
  • SpriteBuilder projects, exporting / Exporting SpriteBuilder projects to Xcode