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iOS Game Development By Example

By : Samanyu Chopra
Book Image

iOS Game Development By Example

By: Samanyu Chopra

Overview of this book

Game development has always been an exciting subject for game enthusiasts and players and iOS game development takes a big piece of this cake in terms of perpetuating growth and creativity. With the newest version of iOS and Sprite Kit, comes a series of breathtaking features such as Metal rendering support, camera nodes, and a new and improved Scene Editor. Conceptualizing a game is a dream for both young and old. Sprite Kit is an exciting framework supported by Apple within the iOS development environment. With Sprite Kit, creating stunning games has become an easy avenue. Starting with the basics of game development and swift language, this book will guide you to create your own fully functional game. Dive in and learn how to build and deploy a game on your iOS platform using Sprite Kit game engine. Go on a detailed journey of game development on the iOS platform using the Sprite Kit game engine. Learn about various features implemented in iOS 8 that further increase the essence of game development using Sprite Kit. Build an endless runner game and implement features like physics bodies, character animations, scoring and other essential elements in a game. You will successfully conceive a 2D game along with discovering the path to reach the pinnacle of iOS game development. By the end of the book, you will not only have created an endless runner game but also have in-depth knowledge of creating larger games on the iOS platform. Style and approach An easy-to-follow, comprehensive guide that makes your learning experience more intriguing by gradually developing a Sprite Kit game. This book discusses each topic in detail making sure you attain a clear vision of the subject.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
iOS Game Development By Example
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

A scoring system in a game


Adding a scoring or points system in a game makes it more interesting and fun to play. Having a scoring system in the game makes it easier for the players to measure their performance, making the objective clear for the user.

It always makes sense to display the score somewhere on the main screen, so that the player can have a look at the score while playing the game.

Adding a scoring system in our Platformer game

In the first step of adding a scoring system in our game, we create a label node to display the score to the player. The initial variable will be zero.

Creating the Score label

Let's add the following code snippet in the beginning of the GameScene class:

let scoreText = SKLabelNode(fontNamed: "Chalkduster")
    var score = 0

In the preceding code, you are creating an SKLabelNode and assigning it to the font, Chalkduster. Along with this, you are also initializing a variable score with the value as zero.

Now, let's set the ScoreText label created above zero. Also...