Author: Craig Grummitt
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Func parameters in Swift 2.0
This post has been updated for Swift 3.0 here. This week func parameters were simplified in Swift 2.0. The hash symbol was deprecated for specifying a parameter should be explicitly named, and…
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AS3 in Swift? Whaa?
This week I thought it could be an interesting exercise to write the AS3 SDK from within Swift, using SpriteKit. So I did! Remember DisplayObjects? MovieClips? EventDispatchers? gotoAndPlay? They’re back! Some might…
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Multi line SKLabels in Swift
Updated for Swift 3! Sometimes Apple seems to have made some pretty obvious oversights – a SKLabel without multi-line capability? Strange. I’ve had a look at some third party solutions and each…
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SKTexture gradient
SpriteKit at times can seem a little rudimentary – small tasks can seem to take longer than they should! Today I ran into a limitation of SKShapeNodes – there doesn’t seem to…