Penn J., Smith J. Build iOS Games with Sprite Kit: Unleash Your Imagination in Two Dimensions

The Pragmatic Programmers, 2014. — 211 p. — ISBN10: 1941222102, ISBN13: 978-1-94122-210-2.For beginning iOS developers who want to write games and interactive applications.Take your game ideas from paper to pixels using Sprite Kit, Apple's 2D game development engine. Build two exciting games using Sprite Kit and learn real-world, workshop-tested insights about game design, including cognitive complexity, paper prototyping, and levels of fun.You'll learn how to implement sophisticated game features such as obstacles and weapons, power-ups and variable difficulty, physics, sound, special effects, and both single- and two-finger control. In no time, you'll be building your own thrilling iOS games.