Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting started with the SpriteKit game
framework
With the release of iOS 7.0, Apple has introduced its own native 2D game framework
called SpriteKit. SpriteKit is a great 2D game engine, which has support for sprite, anima-
tions, filters, masking, and most important is the physics engine to provide a real-world
simulation for the game.
Apple provides a sample game to get started with the SpriteKit called Adventure Game.
The download URL for this example project is
http://bit.ly/Rqaeda
.
This sample project provides a glimpse of the capability of this framework. However, the
project is complicated to understand and for learning you just want to make something
simple. To have a deeper understanding of SpriteKit-based games, we will be building a
bunch of mini games in this topic. To understand the basics of the SpriteKit game program-
ming, we will build a mini AntKilling game in this chapter.
