Let's Make Pong! (Pt. 1 : Swift 3 in Xcode : SpriteKit)

Today we make one of the first games ever made: Pong. It's a great project especially for beginners or those just getting started with SpriteKit. Enjoy!

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[AetherSummers]

You can tell that this is a great tutorial because I was able to follow along perfectly 6 years after it was first posted. Cheers!

[falsanomo]

7 years old and still a great tutorial. Everything was crystal clear. Thank-you. Instead of UIKit, I used the SwiftUI project template with SpriteView. Works well with the tutorial.

[slprescott]

Great tutorial, Jared: fast, complete (start-to-finish), with good commentary along the way. I'm sure that SpriteKit has a ton of detail, and you've helped us newbies with a simple introduction. Thanks.

[relee]

Thanks for the tutorial Jared. I like how you explain the why and how of objects that you're creating. I found it very helpful.

[vicweast]

excellent tutorial... There are several changes needed if you are using Swift 4 and Xcode 9, the least intuitive one was the fact I needed to define the border as: border.categoryBitMask = 1

Right now at the end of part 1, my ball tends to get stuck in an endless loop when it gets trapped behind a paddle (either at the very top or very bottom) -- I'll continue with part 2 before I tackle that...

This is my first experience with SpriteKit, I was writing a conventional UIKit-based app when it occurred to me that a behavior I desired for a screen object was something that SpriteKit would give me for less effort than programing it from scratch... This tutorial is an excellent hands-on introduction. Thank you!

[karlostj]

Great tutorial and intro to SpriteKit. Still works - kinda - in 2022 with Xcode 13.3. Had to make a few mods - the "self.frame" used to create the border in GameScene.swift required an inset because the ball would move off the screen before bouncing back in.

[ssprajapat]

Hi Jared, I have followed you exactly on the part #1 but my pong ball doesn’t bounce back.

As i launch simulator the ball start going on top right and it just goes in the corner and just stuck there it doesn’t bounce back, help me.

[gamerunreleased]

This is the best Xcode tutorial I've ever seen

[KnotSnappy]

if this doesnt work for you and it says build failed (around 13:14) then go to where the error is and delete " sceneNode.entities = scene.entities
sceneNode.graphs = scene.graphs"

it worked for me

[ltymedia]

Hello first time xcode user.Im having trouble finding the options for color sprite (its not in the bottom right corner) How do I find/enable it?

[JackyTran]

Nice way to start spritekit, doesn't overwhelm you with other things I would I want to do in the future

[lifewithjaedon]

hey i have a question so when i got assistant editor it says no assistant editor

[Archetapp]

Let me know what you guys would like to see in the future with this Pong series! Project files are on GitHub (link in description). :)

[steinnes]

It's been a long time since I watched your videos and I can see that you have become a lot better than just a year ago!

[Beshnak]

Great tutoria!
Just one question, the ball moves but when it hit my bar or the enemy the ball sticks to the bars. What is the problem?
Using Xcode 9

[tarikvideoeditor]

Thanks for the tutorial but I cant find color sprite. I'm using Xcode 12

[notalive]

Xcode crashes right after I try to go onto GameScene.sks. At 1:44.

I think I'll use another tutorial. :(

[NathanSchafer]

This is the type of tutorial that I love to watch! Great work Jared :)

[wzards]

how do i run the game inside of a black box like you did in the video? i can only find iPhone simulators.

[Techmo]

At 13:00 when u made a build, I did the same, but it said fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an optimal value