Have you owned an iOS device? Or any other smartphone? If so, it means you have played at least five endless runner games. At the moment, the runners' genre is becoming a remarkable thing that distinguishes the smartphone devices from any other gaming platform out there. So learning how to make a runner game is something very important when it comes to learning about iOS game development with Unreal Engine. As the engine is well made and highly optimized, you will see how easy it will be to make a runner using Unreal Engine 4.x for iOS.
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
Implement 2D sprite animations
Learn about the basic tap controller
Use the Character Controller class
Build endless level logic
Understand the importance of collectables
Perform advanced communications between blueprints
Pool the scene objects for better performance