Role Playing Games with Sprite Kit: Heroes

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to the RPG World

Lecture 1: Introduction and Property List Features

Lecture 2: Initial Setup

Lecture 3: Creating the Physics-Based World

Lecture 4: Creating the Physics-Based World (continued)

Chapter 2: Plists, Debug Borders, Gestures and More

Lecture 1: Using the Property List Data

Lecture 2: Adding Debug Boundaries for the Physics Objects

Lecture 3: Adding Gesture Recognizers to the Sprite Kit View

Lecture 4: Bringing in Other Characters from the Property List

Chapter 3: Follow the Leader

Lecture 1: The Update Methods and Initial Directional Movements

Lecture 2: Delayed Followers

Lecture 3: Stopping the Characters

Lecture 4: Enabling Characters on Contact with the Leader

Chapter 4: Textures

Lecture 1: Setting up the rest of the Property List

Lecture 2: SKActions for Changing the Textures of the Character

Lecture 3: Running the SKActions for Front, Back and Side view Walk Sequences

Lecture 4: Notes for iOS8.1

Lecture 5: SKActions for Attacking

Chapter 5: Particles, Health Meters, and Receiving Damage

Lecture 1: Particle Emitters

Lecture 2: Health Meters and Receiving Damage

Lecture 3: Game Over

Lecture 4: Switching Leader Order

Chapter 6: Instruction Text, Bouncing Off Walls and More

Lecture 1: Fading Instruction Text

Lecture 2: Bouncing Back From Wall Contact and Flaming to Death

Lecture 3: Collecting Coins

Lecture 4: Advancing Levels

Lecture 5: Alternate Property List Locations for the iPhone or iPad

Lecture 6: Resizing the Entire SKScene

Lecture 7: Creating an SKLabelNode for Stats

Lecture 8: Applying Physics Force and Impulses to Scatter Coins