Apple Game Development: Multi-Platform 2D Game Development with SpriteKit

Project Structure

• Xcode Project File (<<Project Name>>.xcodeproj)
  • Project
    • Info: General project information.
    • Build Settings: Compiling and performance optimization settings.
    • Package Dependencies: External libraries and packages.
  • Targets
    • General: Basic setup like app icons and deployment target.
    • Signing & Capabilities: Code signing and app capabilities.
    • Resource Tags: Tags for resource optimization.
    • Info: Target-specific information.
    • Build Settings: Platform-specific build settings.
    • Build Phases: Order of operations for app build.
    • Build Rules: Custom rules for file processing.
• Shared
  • actions.sks: SpriteKit file for defining animations and actions visually.
  • game scene.sks: Scene layout in SpriteKit’s visual editor for game elements.
  • game scene.swift: Logic and interactions for the scene, correlating with game scene.sks.
  • assets.xcassets: Asset catalog for images, animations, and media resources.
• iOS
  • AppDelegate.swift: Manages application lifecycle events.
  • GameViewController.swift: Controls the game’s main view and user interactions.
  • Main.storyboard: User interface layout.
  • LaunchScreen.storyboard: App’s launch screen appearance.
• tvOS
  • Similar contents to iOS folder.
• macOS
  • Similar to iOS folder with Game1_macOS.entitlements for app capabilities.
    • Game1_macOS.entitlements: App capabilities for macOS.