Card and Board Games Tutorials for iOS and tvOS – Index

Card Games Tutorials for iOS and tvOS

Learn how to program Swift and Sprite Kit based card games and board games.

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Section 1

Initial Setup and Card Data

In this section we'll be setting up the project and giving the game scene some card data.


	Initial Project Setup	Login to Mark Progress
	Prototyping a Deck of Cards with the Property List	Login to Mark Progress
	Creating an Array of each Card’s Dictionary	Login to Mark Progress
	Drawing a Card and Adding to the Used Card Deck	Login to Mark Progress
	Creating the Card Class and using an SKReferenceNode to Hold the Card Data	Login to Mark Progress
	Showing the Amount and Name on the Card and Discussing Round Order and Rules	Login to Mark Progress
	Establishing a Round Order (an array of events to framework gameplay)	Login to Mark Progress
	Evaluating a Winner Based on the Values of Cards	Login to Mark Progress
	Card and Boards Games Project Files – End of Session 1	Login to Mark Progress

Section 2

Making the Game Engine

In this session, we'll really begin to connect together the Property List with an Event based system for determining what does what.


	Card and Board Games Tutorial – Introduction to Session 2	Login to Mark Progress
	Storing Event Dictionaries for the Main Turn Order and Before / After Rounds	Login to Mark Progress
	Creating an SKAction Array Sequence for Turn Events	Login to Mark Progress
	Drawing Cards from Specific Decks	Login to Mark Progress
	Dealing Hands with a Move Action	Login to Mark Progress
	Adding Events Before and After the Round	Login to Mark Progress
	Card and Boards Games Project Files – End of Session 2	Login to Mark Progress

Section 3

Continuing to Build the Card Game Engine

This session we will continue making a card game engine by adding more options / properties, and specifically functions to score based on card combinations (like if the player has 4 Aces, 3 queens, etc)


	Parsing the Property List for Rules and Settings	Login to Mark Progress
	Matching Combinations of Cards Part 1	Login to Mark Progress
	Matching Combinations of Cards Part 2	Login to Mark Progress
	Hiding and Moving Offscreen Hands of Non-Playing Players	Login to Mark Progress
	Card and Boards Games Project Files – Middle of Session 3	Login to Mark Progress
	Adding Property List Driven Images to the Card Class	Login to Mark Progress
	New Properties and Other Odds and Ends	Login to Mark Progress
	Allowing for Multiple Combos (like 3 of a Kind plus 2 of a Kind)	Login to Mark Progress
	Scoring and Showing Which Combinations Matched	Login to Mark Progress
	Card and Boards Games Project Files – End of Session 3	Login to Mark Progress

Section 4

Cameras, More Players, and More Code!

This section continues the fun, by adding up to 8 players, a camera with GUI that moves between hands, and plenty more.


	Moving a Camera Between Hands	Login to Mark Progress
	More Operational Functions to Accomadate Adding More Players	Login to Mark Progress
	Evaluating Scores for Up to 8 Players	Login to Mark Progress
	Tweaking More Code for 8 Players	Login to Mark Progress
	Fine-Tuning the Combination Code	Login to Mark Progress
	Repeating Events in the Turn Order	Login to Mark Progress
	Creating GUI to Accept or Decline Prompts to the User	Login to Mark Progress
	Coding the Accept or Decline Buttons and Transitioning in and out the GUI	Login to Mark Progress
	Card and Boards Games Project Files – End of Session 4	Login to Mark Progress

Section 5

Starting with a Home Menu, Adding Buttons and Setting up External Controllers

The title says it all! We'll spend this session switching the app to begin with a home menu, adding menu buttons (and a Button class) then working with External Controllers for iOS or tvOS.


	Switching the App to Begin with a Home Menu instead of the Game Scene	Login to Mark Progress
	Creating a Button Class to Change Number of Players and Load the Game	Login to Mark Progress
	Loading the Main Game or Another Menu	Login to Mark Progress
	Setting up a Selection Order for Buttons	Login to Mark Progress
	Swiping to Select Buttons – Also used for the External Game Controllers	Login to Mark Progress
	Adding External Game Controller Support	Login to Mark Progress
	Playing Sounds, Buttons that go to URLS, and More	Login to Mark Progress
	Card and Boards Games Project Files – End of Session 5	Login to Mark Progress

Section 6

Session 6 - Card wrap up

In this session we'll begin wrapping up the card gameplay


	Session 6 Introduction	Login to Mark Progress
	Card and Boards Games Project Files – Beginning of Session 6	Login to Mark Progress
	Differences Between the End of Session 5 and Beginning of 6	Login to Mark Progress
	Setting Label Text When a Card is Drawn or from an Event	Login to Mark Progress
	Pinch Gestures to Zoom Out and Double Tap Gestures to Reset Zoom on iOS	Login to Mark Progress
	Adding Enums for PlayMode and UseCardMode	Login to Mark Progress
	Prompting the Player to Use Cards	Login to Mark Progress
	Odds and Ends Catch Up	Login to Mark Progress
	Adding or Subtracting Player Currency when a Card is Drawn or Used	Login to Mark Progress
	Duplicating Cards in the Deck	Login to Mark Progress
	Card and Boards Games Project Files – Session 6	Login to Mark Progress

Category: Game Development - Primary Software: Xcode -
Tags: card game - card app - Xcode - iOS - tvOS - iPhone - iPad - Swift - Sprite Kit

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