SpriteKit

Overview

SpriteKit is a general-purpose framework for drawing shapes, particles, text, images, and video in two dimensions. It leverages Metal to achieve high-performance rendering, while offering a simple programming interface to make it easy to create games and other graphics-intensive apps. Using a rich set of animations and physics behaviors, you can quickly add life to your visual elements and gracefully transition between screens.

SpriteKit is supported in iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS, and it integrates well with frameworks such as GameplayKit and SceneKit. You can use SpriteKit in a compatible iPhone or iPad app running in visionOS, but don’t use it in apps you create specifically for visionOS.

Topics

Essentials

• Drawing SpriteKit Content in a View
• SKScene
• Nodes for Scene Building

Scene Renderers

• Choosing a SpriteKit Scene Renderer
• SKView
• SKRenderer
• WKInterfaceSKScene

Textures

• Maximizing Texture Performance
• SKTexture
• SKTextureAtlas
• SKMutableTexture

Animation

• Getting Started with Actions
• SKAction

Constraints

• SKConstraint
• SKReachConstraints

Mathematical Tools

• SKKeyframeSequence
• SKRange
• SKRegion

Physics Simulation

• Getting Started with Physics
• SKPhysicsWorld
• SKPhysicsBody
• SKPhysicsContact
• SKPhysicsContactDelegate
• SKFieldNode

Physics Joints

• Working with Inverse Kinematics
• SKPhysicsJoint
• SKPhysicsJointFixed
• SKPhysicsJointLimit
• SKPhysicsJointPin
• SKPhysicsJointSliding
• SKPhysicsJointSpring

Tiling

• SKTileMapNode
• SKTileDefinition
• SKTileGroup
• SKTileGroupRule
• SKTileSet

Shaders

• SKShader
• SKAttribute
• SKAttributeValue
• SKUniform

Warping

• SKWarpGeometry
• SKWarpGeometryGrid
• SKWarpable

Reference

• SpriteKit Enumerations
• SpriteKit Data Types
• SpriteKit Constants
• SpriteKit Type Aliases
• SpriteKit Variables

Structures

• SpriteView