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    Now the lessons on games are absolutely useless for swift: Why no one has released a new lesson on the creation of the g

    Posted August 24, 2017 5:54pm by Shrimp Ocean
    Shrimp Ocean
    Courses Plus Student 128 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Understanding Particle Effects

    1 Answer

  • Ben Newfield
    Ben Newfield
    3,273 Points

    My last lifeBar will never go away. Whats happening?

    Posted July 7, 2016 1:11am by Ben Newfield
    Ben Newfield
    3,273 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Game Over

    1 Answer

  • Paul Je
    Paul Je
    4,435 Points

    Did exactly as Amit did, but each dog takes 2 lives instead of 1

    Posted June 16, 2016 2:35pm by Paul Je
    Paul Je
    4,435 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • HUD, Scoring and Life Tracking

    2 Answers

  • J R
    J R
    2,037 Points

    zPosition

    Posted August 4, 2015 9:56pm by J R
    J R
    2,037 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Finishing Touches

    0 Answers

  • J R
    J R
    2,037 Points

    headCat Position and hudPosition diferences? explanation.

    Posted August 3, 2015 11:34pm by J R
    J R
    2,037 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • HUD or Heads Up Display

    0 Answers

  • alex3
    alex3
    5,387 Points

    What is the name of the font used in score and on the start screen?

    Posted July 29, 2015 2:12pm by alex3
    alex3
    5,387 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Extra Credit - Rock Blaster

    0 Answers

  • Amin Ahmadi
    Amin Ahmadi
    4,601 Points

    Saving HighScores

    Posted June 29, 2015 10:11pm by Amin Ahmadi
    Amin Ahmadi
    4,601 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Scoring and Life Tracking

    0 Answers

  • Jason Meinzer
    Jason Meinzer
    3,679 Points

    Buggy game restarts?

    Posted April 14, 2015 3:48am by Jason Meinzer
    Jason Meinzer
    3,679 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Finishing Touches

    1 Answer

  • Shaun Kelly
    Shaun Kelly
    5,648 Points

    How do I get the assets from the pdf file ?

    Posted January 16, 2015 2:23pm by Shaun Kelly
    Shaun Kelly
    5,648 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Extra Credit - Rock Blaster

    0 Answers

  • Shaun Kelly
    Shaun Kelly
    5,648 Points

    What does += mean. He does not explain it?

    Posted January 15, 2015 6:08pm by Shaun Kelly
    Shaun Kelly
    5,648 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Scoring and Life Tracking

    2 Answers

  • Shaun Kelly
    Shaun Kelly
    5,648 Points

    What does TH mean in THPointsPerHit ?

    Posted January 14, 2015 3:16pm by Shaun Kelly
    Shaun Kelly
    5,648 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Scoring and Life Tracking

    3 Answers

  • Shaun Kelly
    Shaun Kelly
    5,648 Points

    My explosion effect isn't showing up ?

    Posted January 12, 2015 3:55am by Shaun Kelly
    Shaun Kelly
    5,648 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Creating an Explosion Particle Effect

    1 Answer

  • rishichalla
    rishichalla
    1,090 Points

    how is the ship controlled

    Posted January 6, 2015 9:26am by rishichalla
    rishichalla
    1,090 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Extra Credit - Rock Blaster

    0 Answers

  • Jenish Kanani
    Jenish Kanani
    1,534 Points

    can i use the images in the in the download and submit my app uses those images or its copyright images and i can't use?

    Posted December 29, 2014 8:37pm by Jenish Kanani
    Jenish Kanani
    1,534 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Extra Credit - Rock Blaster

    1 Answer

  • Chris Tapia
    Chris Tapia
    1,684 Points

    3x vs 2x images

    Posted December 7, 2014 12:41am by Chris Tapia
    Chris Tapia
    1,684 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Extra Credit - Rock Blaster

    0 Answers

  • Ryan Cocuzzo
    Ryan Cocuzzo
    1,206 Points

    Game quits unexpectedly after A projectile hits the space dog when the app is run in Sprite Kit

    Posted November 16, 2014 4:26am by Ryan Cocuzzo
    Ryan Cocuzzo
    1,206 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Creating an Explosion Particle Effect

    1 Answer

  • Jerome Garot
    Jerome Garot
    2,886 Points

    Highscores ?

    Posted November 2, 2014 2:36pm by Jerome Garot
    Jerome Garot
    2,886 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Finishing Touches

    1 Answer

  • jay shah
    jay shah
    2,293 Points

    Can i post Space Cat to the ios app store?

    Posted October 28, 2014 6:07am by jay shah
    jay shah
    2,293 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Finishing Touches

    2 Answers

  • Jerome Garot
    Jerome Garot
    2,886 Points

    Why did XCode 6 destroy my project after adding this...

    Posted October 19, 2014 10:41am by Jerome Garot
    Jerome Garot
    2,886 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Understanding Particle Effects

    0 Answers

  • Louis Scotto
    Louis Scotto
    2,931 Points

    Why is Xcode crashing after adding the Spritekit Particle file?

    Posted October 17, 2014 12:02pm by Louis Scotto
    Louis Scotto
    2,931 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Creating an Explosion Particle Effect

    1 Answer

  • rishavatreya
    rishavatreya
    4,945 Points

    How to call a method each second?

    Posted August 19, 2014 4:49am by rishavatreya
    rishavatreya
    4,945 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • HUD or Heads Up Display

    1 Answer

  • Mcgerald Lezeau
    Mcgerald Lezeau
    7,096 Points

    How do I create a menu?

    Posted August 19, 2014 3:03am by Mcgerald Lezeau
    Mcgerald Lezeau
    7,096 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Finishing Touches

    4 Answers

  • Misho Milicevic
    Misho Milicevic
    5,597 Points

    Game Stalling at Title Screen

    Posted August 17, 2014 10:32pm by Misho Milicevic
    Misho Milicevic
    5,597 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • HUD or Heads Up Display

    2 Answers

  • Kelvin Atawura
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    Kelvin Atawura
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 19,022 Points

    score and life tracking

    Posted July 20, 2014 10:41pm by Kelvin Atawura
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    Kelvin Atawura
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 19,022 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Scoring and Life Tracking

    4 Answers

  • Rodrigo Larin
    Rodrigo Larin
    1,864 Points

    Does anybody advice me how to enable just one touch instead of multitouch for shooting the projectiles on this assigment

    Posted July 20, 2014 1:34am by Rodrigo Larin
    Rodrigo Larin
    1,864 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Finishing Touches

    1 Answer

  • Rodrigo Larin
    Rodrigo Larin
    1,864 Points

    How do you animate the background, i tried with textures but it lags a lot.

    Posted July 19, 2014 6:06pm by Rodrigo Larin
    Rodrigo Larin
    1,864 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Extra Credit - Rock Blaster

    5 Answers

  • Ghaz Sabh
    Ghaz Sabh
    5,005 Points

    return UIApplicationMain(argc, argv, nil, NSStringFromClass([THAppDelegate class]));

    Posted July 15, 2014 1:05pm by Ghaz Sabh
    Ghaz Sabh
    5,005 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Creating an Explosion Particle Effect

    2 Answers

  • Bradley White
    Bradley White
    21,285 Points

    Game Over won't animate

    Posted July 6, 2014 9:36pm by Bradley White
    Bradley White
    21,285 Points
    • iOS
    • Build a Game with Sprite Kit
    • Particle Systems and Keeping Score
    • Game Over Animation

    1 Answer

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