krris
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8 years ago - Scene outline view - structure of a game scene now visible in a sidebar.
- GameplayKit integration - looks really promising, I have to try it.
- Tile map editor 🎉Even with animation!
- New warp tranformation - now it’s possible to squash or stretch a sprite.
- Focus Interaction on Apple TV.
- SpriteKit on Apple Watch.
- SpriteKit Best Practices:
- use sprite atlas,
- support assets of multiple size,
- SpriteKit now only renders when necessary,
- additional ways to control the frame rate:
SKViewDelegateandskView.preferredFramePerSecond
⚠️ If you are not into gamedev, don't watch it. If you want to start playing with SpriteKit I recommend watching first previous WWDC sessions about SpriteKit. Rating: 4/5
https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2016/610
SpriteKit adds new features to make it even easier to create high-performance, power-efficient 2D games. See how tile maps enable you to lay out large scenes quickly and check out new APIs for warp transformations and custom shader attributes. Learn about focus-based interactions on Apple TV, rendering on Apple Watch, and new tools built right into Xcode for measuring performance and integrating with GameplayKit.
Keywords: Graphics and Games, iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS.