February 2014

Build Your Own Flappy Bird Clone Using iOS7’s SpriteKit

I’ve always been a big fan of simple tap tap game mechanics, so with all of the hype surrounding the rise and fall of Flappy Bird I thought I’d jump on the band wagon and show you how to build your very own Flappy Bird clone: Bouncy Brickā„¢. It’s an addictive game mechanic, it’s also Continue reading Build Your Own Flappy Bird Clone Using iOS7’s SpriteKit

Multiple Videos Playing Simultaneously The Easy Way With SpriteKit

In everyone’s rush to make the next Candy Crush one of the more interesting features of iOS7’s new SpriteKit framework has flown under the radar. The SKVideoNode suddenly makes it super easy to play multiple videos simultaneously, something that was a little too tedious with the AVFoundation framework (see my previous blog post on this), Continue reading Multiple Videos Playing Simultaneously The Easy Way With SpriteKit