The Complete iOS Game Course – Build a Flappy Bird Clone

The Complete iOS Game Course – Build a Flappy Bird Clone, available at $34.99, has an average rating of 4.45, with 349 lectures, based on 85 reviews, and has 5340 subscribers.

You will learn about Build iOS Games using Sprite Kit Use the Objective-C language to build iOS games Understand game physics and mechanics This course is ideal for individuals who are Novice or advanced programmers who are interested in game development or Game programmers from other languages/frameworks It is particularly useful for Novice or advanced programmers who are interested in game development or Game programmers from other languages/frameworks.

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Summary

Title: The Complete iOS Game Course – Build a Flappy Bird Clone

Price: $34.99

Average Rating: 4.45

Number of Lectures: 349

Number of Published Lectures: 349

Number of Curriculum Items: 349

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 349

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Build iOS Games using Sprite Kit
Use the Objective-C language to build iOS games
Understand game physics and mechanics

Who Should Attend

Novice or advanced programmers who are interested in game development
Game programmers from other languages/frameworks

Target Audiences

Novice or advanced programmers who are interested in game development
Game programmers from other languages/frameworks

We built an immersive game development course that teaches you all of the fundamentals so you can build your own games on iPhones and iPads. We combine videos, notes, collaborative discussion forums, and challenging assignments to have students build real apps. Teaching online is not new to us. Our highly successful Beginner iOS Bootcamp (over 18k students and 5 star review) teaches students the basics of programming iOS apps. We use the same proven pedagogy to teach game development.

The course will include over 120 hours of content (30 hours of video plus notes and challenges), an active discussion forum where students and teachers answer questions, and multiple fully coded example projects that you can download.

Topics covered:

Introduction to Game Development , Sprite Kit , Scenes and Nodes, Coordinates, Game Loop
Sprite/Texture Creation, Sprite Theory, Atlas Files
Animation, Parallax Scrolling, Character animation
Physics Bodies, Physics Properties, Bit Fields, Collisions, Contact Response
User Input, Input Handler
Character Movement/Physics, State machines, Player Physics, Jump Curve, Double Jump, Boost, etc.
Tile Based Game World, Tile Sprites, Tiled + Kobold Kit, Creating and Loading Tiled files
Collision Detection, Axis Alined Bounding Box, Collision Bit Masks
Obstacles & Enemies, Basic Enemy AI
Collectables, Power Ups
Effects, Particle Effects
Sound, Adding Music, Adding Sound Effects
Scoring, HUD, Stats/Progress Tracking, Score Board
Game Menus, Saving/Loading Game Progression

Reviews from our iOS course

"I must say that so far, this course is awesome. Having the challenging assignments, daily discussions and feedback from the instructors, has been the missing piece that I have been looking for. I have read a handful of books, watched hours of video & typed in a bunch of tutorials, and finally, having to work through tough assignments and applying what I have been learning, it is all starting to click – Finally!" – Mark S.

“Code Coalition's discussion board is one of the best resources for a beginning iOS developer. So much help being offered” – Omar S.

“I've just completed the iOS101 course, which I thought was a great intro to the XCode environment… I feel it's been well worth the investment. ” – Herdy H.

"Wow, @CodeCoalition! Moving quickly! Week 2 is so different than week 1…and I like it 🙂 Thnx for the challenge" – Melissa B.

“Just discovered @CodeCoalition! An excellent resource for anyone who wants to make their first iPhone app.” -Novall K.

“Can't reiterate it enough how this course is helping me with my iOS dev skills. I think using protocols and delegation is finally becoming second nature. Fingers crossed :-)” -Alex P.

“I am really loving the class. I have taken classes at Code School & Treehouse and both were missing a key element. The ability to ask questions as you complete a section and get an answer. “ -Lisa A.

“Your training is the best out there so far. I wish I had the time away from regular job to follow along.” -Christian S.

“Im loving this.. I have been through at least 5 books, and many online deals. Yours is super so far. Finally, i can get from start to finish on a lesson without wondering why on "Everything" thank youCant wait to do more.. “ -Kevin R.

Why take this course and how much time does it take to complete?

iOS game development, and software development as a whole, is a booming career. The demand for new developers at all levels far outweighs the supply. Barrier to entry is not as high as one would think – though passion and hard work are necessary, a degree in computer science or any other technical field is not required.

We aim to take you from complete beginner to junior game developer in three months. The apps you create in this course can be used on your portfolio so you have something to show when you apply for jobs. Not only that, you can throw your apps on the app store and be the next Flappy Bird!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Sprite Kit Concepts

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Nodes

Lecture 3: A Closer Look At Nodes Part 1

Lecture 4: A Closer Look At Nodes Part 2

Lecture 5: Adding Images to Projects

Lecture 6: Coordinates

Lecture 7: A Closer Look at Anchor Points

Lecture 8: Game Loops

Lecture 9: Overview of Actions

Lecture 10: Diagnostics

Chapter 2: Our First Game! Build a Space Cannon Shooter

Lecture 1: Space Cannon

Lecture 2: Review: Space Cannon Setup

Lecture 3: Add shoot method

Lecture 4: Working With Angles

Lecture 5: Data Types

Lecture 6: Add physics body

Lecture 7: Shoot Method Review

Chapter 3: Review of Shooting with our Space Cannon

Lecture 1: Clean up

Lecture 2: Using Breakpoints

Lecture 3: Review of Physics Body Basics

Lecture 4: Timing

Lecture 5: Review of Game Loop

Lecture 6: Adding Edges to the scene

Chapter 4: Challenge 1: Bouncing Balls

Lecture 1: Challenge: Ball Challenge

Lecture 2: Challenge: Ball Challenge: Solution Part 1

Lecture 3: Challenge: Ball Challenge: Solution Part 2

Lecture 4: Challenge: Ball Challenge: Solution Part 3

Chapter 5: Adding Halos to our Space Cannon Game

Lecture 1: Adding randomness

Lecture 2: Adding Halos

Lecture 3: Review – Random in Range and Spawn Halo Action

Chapter 6: Detecting Collisions and Contacts

Lecture 1: BitFields

Lecture 2: Collision BitMasks

Lecture 3: Contact Test BitMask

Lecture 4: Review: Contact Delegate, Bit Masks

Chapter 7: Particle Effects and Explosions

Lecture 1: Particles

Lecture 2: Add Explosion Effect

Lecture 3: Creating SKEmitterNodes Manually

Lecture 4: Shot Limiting

Chapter 8: Challenge 2: Alternate Shot Limiting

Lecture 1: Challenge: Alternate Shot Limiting

Lecture 2: Challenge: Alternate Shot Limiting: Solution

Chapter 9: Shields and start a Lifebar

Lecture 1: Add Shields

Lecture 2: Review – Add Shields

Lecture 3: Add Life Bar

Chapter 10: Challenge 3: Explosion on Bounce

Lecture 1: Challenge: Add Explosion on Bounce

Lecture 2: Challenge: Add Explosion on Bounce Solution

Chapter 11: Game Reset and Scoring

Lecture 1: Game Over and New Game

Lecture 2: Review: Game Reset Functionality

Lecture 3: Add Scoring

Chapter 12: Adding Basic Sounds

Lecture 1: Free art resources: OpenGameArt.org

Lecture 2: Editing Sounds with Audacity

Lecture 3: Converting Sounds to CAF Format

Lecture 4: Space Cannon – Adding Sounds

Chapter 13: Adding Menus

Lecture 1: Space Cannon – Add Menu

Lecture 2: Space Cannon – Make Menu Functional

Lecture 3: Review: locationInNode

Lecture 4: Space Cannon – Fix Delay

Lecture 5: Space Cannon – Add Scores to Menu

Lecture 6: Review: Adding Scores to Menus

Chapter 14: Save with NSUserDefaults

Lecture 1: A Look at NSUserDefaults

Lecture 2: Space Cannon – Save Scores Using NSUserDefaults

Lecture 3: Space Cannon – Bug Fixes

Chapter 15: Particle Trail and Action Speeds

Lecture 1: Space Cannon – Increase Halo Spawn Speed

Lecture 2: Space Cannon – Create Particle File for Trail Effect

Lecture 3: Space Cannon – Add Trail Emitter Node To Balls

Lecture 4: Space Cannon – Adjust Ball Trails With New Ball Class

Lecture 5: Adjust Ball Trails With New Ball Class.mov

Lecture 6: Review: Action Speed and Particle Trail Effect

Chapter 16: Bounce Limit and Power Up

Lecture 1: Space Cannon – Set Bounce Limit

Lecture 2: Space Cannon – Add Point Multiplier Halo

Lecture 3: Space Cannon – Add Point Multiplier

Chapter 17: Challenge 4: Add Bomb Power Up

Lecture 1: Challenge: Add Bomb Power Up

Lecture 2: Challenge: Add Bomb Power Up Solution Part 1

Lecture 3: Challenge: Add Bomb Power Up Solution Part 2

Chapter 18: Create Shield Power Up

Lecture 1: Space Cannon – Create Pool for Shield Nodes

Lecture 2: Space Cannon – Spawn Shield Power Ups

Lecture 3: Space Cannon – Make Shield Power Ups Collectable

Chapter 19: Challenge 5: Multi Shot Power Up

Lecture 1: Challenge: Multi Shot Power Up

Lecture 2: Challenge: Multi Shot Power Up Solution Part 1

Lecture 3: Challenge: Multi Shot Power Up Solution Part 2

Lecture 4: Challenge: Multi Shot Power Up Solution Part 3

Lecture 5: Challenge: Multi Shot Power Up Solution Part 4

Instructors

Eliot Arntz
iOS Developer and Teacher
John Omar
Designer, developer, teacher at Bitfountain
Jed Hastwell
Games/Web Developer and Teacher

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 7 votes
2 stars: 3 votes
3 stars: 4 votes
4 stars: 15 votes
5 stars: 56 votes

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