Adding while loop to didMoveToView - ios

Question

I am trying to create a turn-based game which progresses until 13 rounds are over. However, after I created an infinite while loop which would only break after 13 rounds, the scene never loaded. Why is it that the code in didMoveToView is executed before the scene shows? Is there a way to fix this or am I possibly doing something wrong?
override func didMoveToView(view: SKView) {
/* Setup your scene here */
view.ignoresSiblingOrder = true
roundFirstCard = Card(key: "2c")
var actions = [SKAction]()
let cards = makeDeck()
for c in cards {
let card = Card(key: c)
card.name = card.key
card.position = CGPointMake(500, 400)
addChild(card)
giveCardToCorrectPlayer(cards.indexOf(c)!, c: card)
actions.append(SKAction.runAction(SKAction.moveTo(getTargetLocationForCard(cards.indexOf(c)!), duration: 1.0), onChildWithName: card.name!))
actions.append(SKAction.waitForDuration(0.05))
}
actions.append(SKAction.waitForDuration(1.0))
playerCardSets = [player1Cards, player2Cards, player3Cards, player4Cards]
self.runAction(SKAction.sequence(actions), completion: {self.spreadCards()})
currentPlayer = 1
while true {}
}

Answer 1

You don't need a while loop, especially if your scene is a round.
So I suppose this scene you've write in your question is a typical round of your game.
You can save the rounds number in NSUserDefaults for example in AppDelegate:
func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setInteger(0, forKey: "roundCounter")
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().synchronize()
return true
}
So in your scene you know what is your round:
override func didMoveToView(view: SKView) {
/* Setup your scene here */
var roundCounter = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().integerForKey("roundCounter")
roundCounter += 1 //Start new round
guard let r = roundCounter where r > 13 {
gameOver() //launch gameOver function
return
}
// do your stuff
// save the actual round number
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setInteger(roundCounter, forKey: "roundCounter")
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().synchronize()
}
func gameOver() {
// reset to zero your round counter
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setInteger(0, forKey: "roundCounter")
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().synchronize()
//do your stuff
}