GameplayKit
Architect and organize your game logic. Incorporate common gameplay behaviors such as random number generation, artificial intelligence, pathfinding, and agent behavior.
Overview
GameplayKit is an object-oriented framework that provides foundational tools and technologies for building games. GameplayKit includes tools for designing games with functional, reusable architecture, as well as technologies for building and enhancing gameplay features such as character movement and opponent behavior.
Getting Started with GameplayKit
GameplayKit covers many aspects of game design and development. For deeper discussions of the game design patterns you can leverage with GameplayKit, along with tutorials that illustrate building games with GameplayKit features, see GameplayKit Programming Guide.
Related Sample Code
To experiment with GameplayKit in action, see these sample code projects:
Topics
Entities and Components
State Machines
Spatial Partitioning
Strategists
Decision Trees
Pathfinding
Agents, Goals, and Behaviors
Obstacles
Procedural Noise
GKNoiseSourceGKNoiseGKNoiseMapGKCoherentNoiseSourceGKBillowNoiseSourceGKPerlinNoiseSourceGKRidgedNoiseSourceGKVoronoiNoiseSourceGKCylindersNoiseSourceGKSpheresNoiseSourceGKCheckerboardNoiseSourceGKConstantNoiseSource
Randomization
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