1. Module Overview

Module Overview Assessment Games Design & Development MacinCloud First SpriteKit App

2. Games Development

Iterative Design Design Documents The One-Sheet The Ten Pager The Beat Chart Game Design Document

3. Games Vocabulary

Vocabulary & Definitions Definitions Of Game Game Features Central Concepts Common Concepts

4. Frameworks

Frameworks MDA Formal, Dramatic & Dynamic Elements The Elemental Tetrad Perspectives The Layered Tetrad

Swift Basics SpriteKit Quick Game New Game Scenes & Nodes Backgrounds Particles Sprites Touchscreen Obstacles Collisions Full Game Scoring A Better Ending Restarting The Game Finishing Touch Final Game ? Extensions

6. SpriteKit Overview

SpriteKit SKNode SKAction Physics Engine SKTexture Particle System Animated Sprite

7. Physics Contacts & Collisions

Contacts & Collisions

8. More Physics

More Physics Joints Assessment

Mid-Module Evaluation

Mid Module Evaluation

Module Overview

Module Outline

IOS Game Development

Module Overview
Games Design & Development
Mac Cloud
Xcode & Swift
SpriteKit - Sprites, Backgrounds, Animations, Sounds
Model-View-Controller & Event Driven Programming
Physics & Collision

Assessment

A One Page game description/promo/elevator pitch for your game [25%]
An IOS Game [75%]

Introduction

This module will provide students with the space to learn, explore and absorb the core concepts, principles and techniques of creating games for apple mobile devices. The module will guide students through the core principles of programming in apple specific languages. Starting with an introduction to the apple programming environment, the module will progress delving into the various specifics of apples games related frameworks and languages. The aim is to provide a comprehensive introduction to games programming for iOS enabled devices.

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate and effectively communicate a systematic understanding of programming for iOS devices.
Conceptualise and develop an iOS based game with due diligence to legal and ethical concerns.
Design, develop and evaluate an iOS game.
Effectively communicate the conceptual and practical working processes and underpinning theories of the project using appropriate media.

Administrivia

Lectures