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Card and Board Games Tutorials for iOS and tvOS - Subscription Access
Learn how to program Swift and Sprite Kit based card games and board games.
| Module 1 | Initial Setup and Card Data | |
| In this section we'll be setting up the project and giving the game scene some card data. | ||
| Unit 1 | Initial Project Setup | |
| Unit 2 | Prototyping a Deck of Cards with the Property List | |
| Unit 3 | Creating an Array of each Card's Dictionary | |
| Unit 4 | Drawing a Card and Adding to the Used Card Deck | |
| Unit 5 | Creating the Card Class and using an SKReferenceNode to Hold the Card Data | |
| Unit 6 | Showing the Amount and Name on the Card and Discussing Round Order and Rules | |
| Unit 7 | Establishing a Round Order (an array of events to framework gameplay) | |
| Unit 8 | Evaluating a Winner Based on the Values of Cards | |
| Unit 9 | Card and Boards Games Project Files - End of Session 1 | |
| Module 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. | ||
| Unit 1 | Card and Board Games Tutorial - Introduction to Session 2 | |
| Unit 2 | Storing Event Dictionaries for the Main Turn Order and Before / After Rounds | |
| Unit 3 | Creating an SKAction Array Sequence for Turn Events | |
| Unit 4 | Drawing Cards from Specific Decks | |
| Unit 5 | Dealing Hands with a Move Action | |
| Unit 6 | Adding Events Before and After the Round | |
| Unit 7 | Card and Boards Games Project Files - End of Session 2 | |
| Module 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) | ||
| Unit 1 | Parsing the Property List for Rules and Settings | |
| Unit 2 | Matching Combinations of Cards Part 1 | |
| Unit 3 | Matching Combinations of Cards Part 2 | |
| Unit 4 | Hiding and Moving Offscreen Hands of Non-Playing Players | |
| Unit 5 | Card and Boards Games Project Files - Middle of Session 3 | |
| Unit 6 | Adding Property List Driven Images to the Card Class | |
| Unit 7 | New Properties and Other Odds and Ends | |
| Unit 8 | Allowing for Multiple Combos (like 3 of a Kind plus 2 of a Kind) | |
| Unit 9 | Scoring and Showing Which Combinations Matched | |
| Unit 10 | Card and Boards Games Project Files - End of Session 3 | |
| Module 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. | ||
| Unit 1 | Moving a Camera Between Hands | |
| Unit 2 | More Operational Functions to Accomadate Adding More Players | |
| Unit 3 | Evaluating Scores for Up to 8 Players | |
| Unit 4 | Tweaking More Code for 8 Players | |
| Unit 5 | Fine-Tuning the Combination Code | |
| Unit 6 | Repeating Events in the Turn Order | |
| Unit 7 | Creating GUI to Accept or Decline Prompts to the User | |
| Unit 8 | Coding the Accept or Decline Buttons and Transitioning in and out the GUI | |
| Unit 9 | Card and Boards Games Project Files - End of Session 4 | |
| Module 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. | ||
| Unit 1 | Switching the App to Begin with a Home Menu instead of the Game Scene | |
| Unit 2 | Creating a Button Class to Change Number of Players and Load the Game | |
| Unit 3 | Loading the Main Game or Another Menu | |
| Unit 4 | Setting up a Selection Order for Buttons | |
| Unit 5 | Swiping to Select Buttons - Also used for the External Game Controllers | |
| Unit 6 | Adding External Game Controller Support | |
| Unit 7 | Playing Sounds, Buttons that go to URLS, and More | |
| Unit 8 | Card and Boards Games Project Files - End of Session 5 | |
| Module 6 | Session 6 - Card wrap up | |
| In this session we'll begin wrapping up the card gameplay | ||
| Unit 1 | Session 6 Introduction | |
| Unit 2 | Card and Boards Games Project Files - Beginning of Session 6 | |
| Unit 3 | Differences Between the End of Session 5 and Beginning of 6 | |
| Unit 4 | Setting Label Text When a Card is Drawn or from an Event | |
| Unit 5 | Pinch Gestures to Zoom Out and Double Tap Gestures to Reset Zoom on iOS | |
| Unit 6 | Adding Enums for PlayMode and UseCardMode | |
| Unit 7 | Prompting the Player to Use Cards | |
| Unit 8 | Odds and Ends Catch Up | |
| Unit 9 | Adding or Subtracting Player Currency when a Card is Drawn or Used | |
| Unit 10 | Duplicating Cards in the Deck | |
| Unit 11 | Card and Boards Games Project Files - Session 6 | |
