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Published inSep 2018
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Siddharth Shekar
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Siddharth Shekar is a game developer and teacher with over 6 years' industry experience and 12 years' experience in C++ and other programming languages. He is adept at graphics libraries such as OpenGL and Vulkan, and game engines such as Unity and Unreal. He has published games on the iOS and Android app stores. He has also authored books including Swift Game Development, Mastering Android Game Development with Unity, and Learning iOS 8 Game Development Using Swift, all published by Packt Publishing. He currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand, and is a lecturer in the games department at Media Design School. He teaches advanced computer graphics programming, PlayStation 4 native game development, and mentors final year production students.
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Stephen Haney has written two books on iOS game development. He began his programming journey at the age of 8 years on a dusty, ancient laptop using BASIC. He has been fascinated with building software and games ever since. Now well versed in multiple languages, he enjoys programming as a creative outlet the most. He believes that indie game development is an art forman amazing combination of visual, auditory, and psychological challengesrewarding to both the player and the creator. He enjoyed writing this book and sincerely hopes that it directly furthers your career or hobby.
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Guarding the ground with the Blade


The Blade class will keep Pierre from flying too low. This enemy class will be similar to the others we have created, with one exception: we will generate a physics body based on the texture. The physics body circles that we have been using are very fast computationally and are usually sufficient to describe the shapes of our enemies; the Blade class requires a more complicated physics body, given its half-circle shape and bumpy edges:

Adding the Blade class

To add the Blade class, create a new file named Blade.swift and add the following code:

import SpriteKit

class Blade: SKSpriteNode, GameSprite { 
var initialSize = CGSize(width: 185, height: 92) 
var textureAtlas: SKTextureAtlas = 
SKTextureAtlas(named: "Enemies") 
var spinAnimation = SKAction() 

init() { 
super.init(texture: nil, color: .clear, 
            size: initialSize) 
        let startTexture = textureAtlas.textureNamed("blade") 
self.physicsBody = SKPhysicsBody(texture: startTexture, 
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Siddharth Shekar

Siddharth Shekar is a game developer and teacher with over 6 years' industry experience and 12 years' experience in C++ and other programming languages. He is adept at graphics libraries such as OpenGL and Vulkan, and game engines such as Unity and Unreal. He has published games on the iOS and Android app stores. He has also authored books including Swift Game Development, Mastering Android Game Development with Unity, and Learning iOS 8 Game Development Using Swift, all published by Packt Publishing. He currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand, and is a lecturer in the games department at Media Design School. He teaches advanced computer graphics programming, PlayStation 4 native game development, and mentors final year production students.
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Stephen Haney

Stephen Haney has written two books on iOS game development. He began his programming journey at the age of 8 years on a dusty, ancient laptop using BASIC. He has been fascinated with building software and games ever since. Now well versed in multiple languages, he enjoys programming as a creative outlet the most. He believes that indie game development is an art forman amazing combination of visual, auditory, and psychological challengesrewarding to both the player and the creator. He enjoyed writing this book and sincerely hopes that it directly furthers your career or hobby.
Read more about Stephen Haney