Missile Commando with Swift and Sprite Kit

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Initial Setup and Swift / Sprite Kit Beginners

Lecture 1: Series Introduction

Lecture 2: Course Assets

Lecture 3: Blackboarding the Game

Lecture 4: How to Create a Universal-sized Intro Image with SKSpriteNode

Lecture 5: Introduction to SKLabelNodes and SKActions

Lecture 6: Declaring Variables in Swift and using SKActions to Remove a Child

Lecture 7: Using an Intro Scene in Sprite Kit to Transition to the main Game Scene

Chapter 2: The Player and Surrounding Environment

Lecture 1: Adding the Player Base and Ground

Lecture 2: Using a Rotation Gesture Recognizer to rotate and move the Turret and Target

Lecture 3: Creating Bullets and Applying Force to an SKPhysicsBody

Lecture 4: Creating Firing Particles from the Gun Turret

Lecture 5: Parallax Moving Backgrounds with Swift and Sprite Kit

Lecture 6: SKActions to Play Sound and AVFoundation for Background Sound

Chapter 3: Game Play Loops

Lecture 1: Clearing Unseen Nodes and Game Loop Outline

Lecture 2: Launching the EnemyMissile Class

Lecture 3: EnemyMissile Particles and Animation

Lecture 4: Adding Comet Trails to Missiles

Lecture 5: Send in the Drones!

Lecture 6: Creating the Base Class

Lecture 7: The Game Over Loop

Chapter 4: Collision Detection, Stats and all the rest!

Lecture 1: Creating Explosions and Adding a Hit Function to the EnemyMissile Class

Lecture 2: Contacts Between Bullets and Missiles

Lecture 3: Finishing the Contact Listener

Lecture 4: Game Over Functions and Restarting

Lecture 5: Wave Stats, Move Labels, and Leveling Up

Lecture 6: Conclusion