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Building a space shooter with SpriteKit and Codable – Swift on Sundays March 31st 2019

Paul Hudson

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  • Presented by Paul Hudson, creator of Hacking with Swift
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Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

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Game developmentMobile developmentSwiftUnity, Unreal and GodotGame programming

Paul Hudson builds a 2D space shooter game using SpriteKit, physics, particle effects, Core Motion, and Codable in Swift.

In this episode we use SpriteKit, physics, particle effects, Core Motion, and Codable to build a fast 2D shoot 'em up set in space. You can download the finished project for this and all Swift in Sundays streams: github.com/twostraws/SwiftOnSundays

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What people say. Recommended as a great starting point for building 2D games in Swift using SpriteKit.

u/maartenein r/swift • Recommends

On “Should I make 2D platform games in Swift? Or should I use something else like Unity?”

I'd say, give it a go! Especially if you already know Swift. SpriteKit can be a lot of fun. The book suggested by /u/UnseenWorldYoutube sounds like a great starting point. And Paul Hudson has a few great tutorials using SpriteKit: [video and [video Regarding the "Apple Framework vs Game Engine" choice: You state you want to create "endless runner" type games. So, you'll have procedural generation which fits the programmatic approach the Apple frameworks take quite well. Personally, when I want to create something like a platformer - where level design is key - I find the Xcode scene editor to be lacking. In particular compared to something like Unity.
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u/djryanashin r/swift • Recommends

On “After all my time searching this sub, I finally bought an apple air. What else do I need to get started creating apps?”

Great! Welcome to the club! Create an Apple Developer account and download Xcode (from the website, not the App Store) Hacking with Swift has a load of free tutorials and also some paid content and books and stuff. The 100 Days of Swift course is fantastic. I recommend it over the 100 Days of SwiftUI course because it’s more similar to Swift as a whole. You can get into SwiftUI later on. Angela’s Yu’s Udemy course is also excellentand that’s the route I took when I got started but it is a few years old and a bit outdated now. But I consider that a good thing because it teaches one the necessary skills to find updates resources oneself. If you wanna get started right out the gate, do…
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