This is an example of delegation with SpriteKit.
SpriteKit is Apple's 2D Game Framework.
What i will show you is the how/when i use delegation.
I have 3 classes.
1- GameScene
This is the current scene of game. This is where all the object are interacting with each others.
GameScene.swift
import Foundation import SpriteKit class GameScene : SKScene { // MARK:- PROPERTIES var playerController : PlayerController = PlayerController() // MARK:- INIT override func didMove(to view: SKView) { // GameScene loaded } } Player
This is my player sprite. This object holds all player animations.(move,attack,jump etc.)
Player.swift
import SpriteKit class Player : SKSpriteNode { func attack() { // attack animation here } } PlayerController
This object is responsible for receiving user inputs and show some animations regarding of those user inputs.
PlayerController.swift
import Foundation class PlayerController { var player : Player = Player() // create player object func attackKeyPressed() { player.attack() // tell player object to run animation } } Let's say, user pressed the attack button.
This means PlayerController will call attack animation in Player object.
But now GameScene must know that an attack action happened because Player might hit something with that attack and other objects must change their values according to that action.
This is done by delegation.
To do it change PlayerController object to this:
import Foundation class PlayerController { var player : Player = Player() // create player object weak var delegate : PlayerControllerDelegate? // create delegate object (must be weak otherwise ARC won't deallocates) func attackKeyPressed() { player.attack() // tell player object to attack delegate?.playerDidAttack // GameScene will hear this } } protocol PlayerControllerDelegate: AnyObject // AnyObject for able to weak reference { func playerDidAttack() // delegate function } And change GameScene object to this:
import Foundation import SpriteKit class GameScene : SKScene, PlayerControllerDelegate { // MARK:- PROPERTIES var playerController : PlayerController = PlayerController() // MARK:- INIT override func didMove(to view: SKView) { self.playerController.delegate = self // set delegate } // MARK:- DELEGATE FUNCTIONS func playerDidAttack() { print("player did attack") // do something when player attacks } } Now whenever an attack input entered by user. PlayerController will run Player object's attack animation and also tell GameScene that an attack happened. Then GameScene can tell other objects what they should do.
You can also download my prototype game Retrokid below.
(Use your keyboard w,a,s,d to walk and attack with k button.)
Retrokid App
Retrokid Source Code (.zip)
Retrokid Source Code (.tar.gz)
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