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Swift Game Development - Third Edition

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Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788471152
Pages 434 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Siddharth Shekar 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 Stephen Haney
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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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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Swift Game Development Third Edition
Contributors
Preface
Other Books You May Enjoy
1. Designing Games with Swift 2. Sprites, Camera, Action! 3. Mix in the Physics 4. Adding Controls 5. Spawning Enemies, Coins, and Power-Ups 6. Generating a Never-Ending World 7. Implementing Collision Events 8. Polishing to a Shine – HUD, Parallax Backgrounds, Particles, and More 9. Adding Menus and Sounds 10. Standing out in the Crowd with Advanced Features 11. Introduction to SceneKit 12. Choosing a Monetization Strategy 13. Integrating with Game Center 14. Introduction to Spritekit with ARKit 15. Introduction to Scenekit with ARKit 16. Publishing the Game on the App Store 17. Multipeer Augmented Reality Index

Viewing console output

You can use the print function to write information to the console, which is very useful for debugging. If you have not yet used the console in Xcode, follow these simple steps to view it:

  1. In the upper right-hand corner of Xcode, make sure that the debug area is turned on, as shown in the following screenshot:

  2. In the bottom right-hand corner of Xcode, make sure that the console is turned on, as shown in the following screenshot:

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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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