iOS Control Systems with Swift Sprite Kit

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Tap to Move Controls using Swift and Sprite Kit

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Course Assets for Swift 3 / Swift 2

Lecture 3: How to Tap Relative to the Character to Move

Lecture 4: Smooth Movements with SKActions

Lecture 5: SKActions (continued) Moving to Point A, then to Point B

Chapter 2: Making Objects Follow a Path

Lecture 1: Make an Object Follow a Path with SKActions

Lecture 2: Make Multiple Objects Follow a Path (Centipede style)

Chapter 3: Using the Accelerometer to Control Movement

Lecture 1: Accelerometer Basics in Swift

Lecture 2: Accelerometer on Both X and Y in Swift

Chapter 4: Gestures Recognizers

Lecture 1: Animated Textures – Prequel to using Gesture Recognizers

Lecture 2: Animated Textures (continued)

Lecture 3: Taps and Rotation Gesture Recognizer Tutorial

Lecture 4: Rotating and Moving a Ship and Target

Lecture 5: Swipe Gestures and Rotating Based on Degrees

Lecture 6: Pan Gestures vs touchesMoved and convertPointFromView

Lecture 7: Pinch and Long Press Gesture Recognizers

Chapter 5: Virtual Joysticks

Lecture 1: Initial Setup of a Virtual JoyStick with Swift and SpriteKit

Lecture 2: Top Down Movements and Speed Based Controls using a Virtual Joystick

Chapter 6: Virtual Joystick in a Side Scroller Style Level

Lecture 1: Modifying the Scene for Side Scroller Play and Creating the Player Class

Lecture 2: Player Class (continued)

Lecture 3: Creating an Object Class from SKNode and Using a Dictionary to Initialize It

Lecture 4: Object Class (continued)

Lecture 5: Using the SKPhysicsContactDelegate to detect contact between Player and Object

Lecture 6: Walking, Idling and Attacking with Joystick Controls Tutorial

Lecture 7: Walking, Idling and Attacking (Continued)

Lecture 8: Jumping with Joystick Controls Introduction

Lecture 9: Jumping with Joystick Controls Tutorial

Lecture 10: Jumping Continued

Chapter 7: Aim and Release Sling Shot Style Controls

Lecture 1: Sling Shot Style Controls Tutorial

Chapter 8: Isometric Controls with a Joystick and Directional Pad

Lecture 1: Isometric Controls Tutorial

Lecture 2: Isometric Controls Tutorial with a Directional Pad

Lecture 3: Conclusion