https://7sharp9.github.io/tags/games/Recent content in Games on 7sharp9Hugo -- gohugo.ioen7sharp9@mail.com (Dave Thomas)7sharp9@mail.com (Dave Thomas)© 2026 Dave ThomasSun, 29 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://7sharp9.github.io/programming/2013-09-29-adding-touch-to-spritekit/Sun, 29 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +00007sharp9@mail.com (Dave Thomas)https://7sharp9.github.io/programming/2013-09-29-adding-touch-to-spritekit/<p>Only a quick post this week. Last time we looked at <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/GraphicsAnimation/Conceptual/SpriteKit_PG/Introduction/Introduction.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">SpriteKit</a> and how to add some particle emmiters to simulate a star-field and exhaust on a spaceship, this time lets look at adding some touch based input to move the spaceship around. <!-- more --></p>https://7sharp9.github.io/programming/2013-09-20-sprite-kit-particle-fun/Fri, 20 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +00007sharp9@mail.com (Dave Thomas)https://7sharp9.github.io/programming/2013-09-20-sprite-kit-particle-fun/<p>I have been meaning to write this post for quite a while now. Since the first announcement of the iOS7 beta I immediately saw the list of new API&rsquo;s and <strong>SpriteKit</strong> caught my eye straight away. I only managed to get time to briefly look over the API and saw that is wasn&rsquo;t the usual trashy API with a million method overloads, internal mutation sucker punch type thing. It seems to be very declarative and intuitive, which makes for a nice change. <!-- more --></p>