{"id":1588,"date":"2015-08-12T16:27:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T23:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zsprawl.com\/iOS\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2015-08-12T16:27:52","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T23:27:52","slug":"building-an-ios-sprite-based-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zsprawl.com\/iOS\/2015\/08\/building-an-ios-sprite-based-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Building an iOS Sprite-Based Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

By now just about everyone with a mobile phone has at least heard of the game Flappy Bird<\/a>. If for some reason you still have a flip phone and have not, it is a very simple 2D sprite-based game where you tap the screen in an attempt to keep your bird from hitting the ground and other objects. It was a media hit a little while back because of how simple and derivative it was, yet it was popular and profitable on the iTunes store ($50k in one day!). Of course, now it is everywhere you look…<\/p>\n

Since the game’s success, a plethora of jealous developers said to themselves, “I can make that too”. And of course they could because it really is a simple game. Someone’s got to be first though, right? Over time, Flappy Bird has made its way to just about every platform, in hundreds of different variations and formats. Thus I decided for my first sprite-Based iOS game, I’d make my own “zAppyBird”<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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Amazingly named, zAppyBird is just like every other Flappy Bird clone. The goal of course is for me to learn to use the iOS SpriteKit, and build a game, while not requiring me to be a graphic artist rendering 3D wireframe models, et cetera. The base game took about a day to code in Swift, and another day to polish. Apple really has made it easy to interact with the built in SpriteKit. I just wish I had some real art skills…
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The real issue came about when I went to integrate zAppyBird with Game Center, so some poor sap that decides to play my game can share his success with the world. I added a few achievements, just like you would receive in other games, for scoring 10 points, 20 points, and other unique milestones. However, when I went to submit it to the iTunes store, it kept receiving an SSL certificate error.<\/p>\n

After a lot of fiddling around and manipulating certificates, I’ve come to the conclusion that my generic wildcard certificate that I created for apps back in 2012 will no longer suffice if I wish to use the extra features built into iOS services like Game Center. These features require a more specific certificate that better identifies the app (rather than my generic wildcard certificate), which is a fair request. My specific problem is that I’ve used this old wildcard certificate with EVERY SINGLE APP I’ve ever created, including my very successful Whipped zApp<\/a>. <\/p>\n

To fix my certificate issue, Apple recommends that I revoke my wildcard certificate, generate new certificates, and re-sign my Apps. However, this would create a new iTunes Store entry for my existing apps. I wouldn’t generally care, but I really do not want to lose my search engine rankings for Whipped. This is the only app that makes me income, and a decent amount at that. Thus my only solution left that I can see, and please correct me if I’m wrong, is to pay the $100 to create a new Apple developer’s account, transfer my apps to the new account, which will sign them with a new certificate but retain the iTunes Store page, and then cancel my existing developer’s account when it expires. <\/p>\n

What a pain in the butt…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By now just about everyone with a mobile phone has at least heard of the game Flappy Bird. If for some reason you still have a flip phone and have not, it is a very simple 2D sprite-based game where you tap the screen in an attempt to keep your bird from hitting the ground
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