Build your first mobile game for iPhone Swift/iOS having fun

Name: Build your first mobile game for iPhone Swift/iOS having fun
Rating: 4.5 (13 reviews)

Learn Swift, iOS and SpriteKit while having fun, learn programing from the ground up every and learn while playing games

Created byIcaro Lavrador

Last updated 5/2016

English

What you'll learn

Create a fully functional game
Have a deeper understand of the problems that can happen while coding and how to solve it
Student will be able to create code easy to understand, test and scale

Course content

15 sections • 27 lectures • 4h 9m total length

Introduction2:26
Find out a little bit about me in this video
Stay hungry, Stay foolish0:28
Post here your ideas for new BONUS sections so we can vote and together decide what new features we can implement in this already amazing game
Introduction to the course1:00

Create a SpriteKit project and understand the boiled plate code9:16
When we create a new project in XCode it give us a lot of boiled plate code that most of people take for granted it is very important to understand what it does and why it is there before we start put our own code in.
In this lecture we will learn:
How to create a new SpriteKit project
Understand the Boiled Plate code that it generates
Delete the unnecessary code for our project

Creating UIColor Extensions to make developing and specially changes easier7:47
Sometimes we can change our mind, in this case we can code our game all in one color to decide to change it later on, if we color been create all over the place will be very difficult and time consume to find the right place to change, this is why Extensions are so important
In this lectures we will learn:
Why and when we should use Extensions
How to create a new Extension
How to name a Extension
How to use the Extension

Setup the target first and just call the getNewTarget function later5:33
It is very important to know when to create setup functions as it can make our code much clean and easy to read and understand.
In this lecture we will learn:
How to create a setup function that store values for future use by another function
Create new targets on demand14:06
Once we store the values we need in the setup function we need to use this values on demand as we need.
In this lecture we will learn:
How to use stored values to create new targets as we need
Refectory code to easy readability and understanding
Setup the target first and just call the getNewTarget function later5:09
Creating some space between two given targets6:56
Some times two random numbers can be two close together what does not work very well to our game, we need to find a way to create a space between the targets to make the game more enjoyable, and we never know if we will need to create one, two or ten random number to have this new position.

In this lecture we will learn

Repeat while loop, how to drawn new random values until a valid value in draw

Refactoring, creating a GameController to isolate the game logic11:55
Sometimes many ideas come to mind and we don't know were is the "correct" or more appropriate place to put the code, even because we don't know the full picture yet, this is why refactoring is so important. When refactoring we shouldn't be changing any of the functionality of the application just rearranging the current functionality to the correct place.

In this lecture we will learn:

How to properly refectory our pop the lock game

Requirements

Students must have XCode installed and working
Basic knowledge about XCode and programming

Description

Have you ever imagine yourself as a spy, breaking codes, picking locks? In this game you will have to crack the secret code to pop the lock, and more you will have to build this game from scratch if you want to play it and learn a lot about Swift, SpriteKit and iOS while doing so.

The game is fun to play and watch others playing, however it is just a fun way for me to teach you all you need to know to be a excellent Swift/iOS developer.

Trougth the course of this course we will learn about:

SpriteKit Framework and its boiled plate code
Extensions, what is and how to use
How to encapsulate our code and use private variables, getters and setter and why
How to refectory your code as you go, what is refectory and why you should always do it
Loops, different kinds of loops, with one to use for different scenarios and why
Inheritance, including initializers, convenience, required, overriden how to do it right
Properties, including property observers and computed properties, what it is and how to use
Protocols, I know you hear about it before, but do you really understand what it is and how to use?

In this course we will cover one topic at the time as we need we will discuss itm examine the options and add to our game to make it more and more awesome

Who this course is for:

Anyone looking to learn or deeper it's knowledged in Swift, iOS or SpriteKit
Anyone that want to learn while having fun making a game
Anyone open minded that want to be leading and not following

Build your first mobile game for iPhone Swift/iOS having fun

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Course content

Start Here3 lectures • 4min

Introduction to SpriteKit1 lecture • 9min

Creating Extensions1 lecture • 8min

Starting the game, initializers and new classes3 lectures • 39min

Add animation to our game1 lecture • 16min

Add helper functions1 lecture • 11min

Creating a target and make it fun4 lectures • 32min

Lets see now how easily we can change your game1 lecture • 5min

The game cycle4 lectures • 49min

Making the code more useful, more reliable and expandable1 lecture • 12min

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