Swift Game Programming for Absolute Beginners

✍ Scribed by Arjan Egges (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 353
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Swift Language....Pages 3-15
Game Programming Basics....Pages 17-27
Creating a Game World....Pages 29-40
Game Assets....Pages 41-53
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Reacting to Player Input....Pages 57-72
A Flying Ball....Pages 73-91
Game Object Types....Pages 93-109
Colors and Collisions....Pages 111-122
Limited Lives....Pages 123-137
Organizing Game Objects....Pages 139-153
Finishing the Painter Game....Pages 155-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Advanced Input Handling....Pages 167-181
Game Physics....Pages 183-190
Gameplay Programming....Pages 191-201
Game States....Pages 203-211
Finishing the Tut’s Tomb Game....Pages 213-222
Front Matter....Pages 223-224
Menus and Grids....Pages 225-237
Game State Management....Pages 239-246
Storing and Recalling Game Data....Pages 247-261
Interaction Between Game Objects....Pages 263-273
Front Matter....Pages 223-224
Finishing the Penguin Pairs Game....Pages 275-282
Front Matter....Pages 283-284
The Main Game Structure....Pages 285-291
Animation....Pages 293-301
Platform Game Physics....Pages 303-312
Intelligent Enemies....Pages 313-322
Adding Player Interaction....Pages 323-331
Finishing the Tick Tick Game....Pages 333-343
Back Matter....Pages 345-349

✦ Subjects

Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters