Sprite Kit: How to make a node "jump" and also move it left or right, dependant on node position and length of touch? - ios

Question

This is my first post so go easy haha.
I'm new to 'iOS' 'coding', 'Xcode' and 'spritekit'. I'm looking to make an image node "jump" a distance on the positive y-axis if I touch anywhere on the screen, although if I touch somewhere to the left or right if the image and hold for a certain time, it moves in the respective left or right direction, a distance respective to the length of the touch.
Not sure if that's very clear, but any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

Answer 1

You could move a node like this
In touchesEnded: or touchesBegan: method:
{
node.position.y += 50;
}
In order for sprite to move somewhere you could also use actions, there is a family of actions like moveTo action.
I would suggest picking upa tutorial or a book about sprite kit. Good site with free tutorials is raywenderlich.com

Answer 2

Please Try this code :
a sprite move : left/right according to your touch direction anywhere on screen
// CGPoint initialPos; // in .h file
-(void)ccTouchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
CGPoint touchPt = [touch locationInView:touch.view];
initialPos = [[CCDirector sharedDirector] convertToGL:touchPt];
}
-(void) ccTouchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
UITouch *myTouch=[touches anyObject];
CGPoint currentPos=[myTouch locationInView:[myTouch view]];
currentPos=[[CCDirector sharedDirector] convertToGL:currentPos];
float diffX = currentPos.x - initialPos.x;
float diffY = currentPos.y - initialPos.y;
CGPoint velocity = ccp(diffX, diffY);
initialPos = currentPos;
[Sprite setPosition:ccpAdd([SmileBall position], velocity)];
}
- (void) ccTouchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
UITouch *myTouch=[touches anyObject];
CGPoint currentPos=[myTouch locationInView:[myTouch view]];
currentPos=[[CCDirector sharedDirector] convertToGL:currentPos];
float diffX = currentPos.x - initialPos.x;
float diffY = currentPos.y - initialPos.y;
CGPoint velocity = ccp(diffX, diffY);
initialPos = currentPos;
[Sprite setPosition:ccpAdd([SmileBall position], velocity)];
}
a sprite jump up: according to your touch on screen
-(void) ccTouchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
CCSprite *RunningChar;
RunningChar=(CCSprite *)[self getChildByTag:10];
UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
CGPoint touchPt = [touch locationInView:touch.view];
touchPt = [[CCDirector sharedDirector] convertToGL:touchPt];
float radian = ccpToAngle(ccpSub(touchPt, prevPoint));
float degrees = CC_RADIANS_TO_DEGREES(radian);
if (degrees >= 22.5 && degrees <= 112.5) // for upward direction :). otherwise you can write only code without ant condition
{
CCJumpTo *jump=[CCJumpTo actionWithDuration:0.7 position:CGPointMake(RunningChar.position.x, 87) height:110 jumps:1];
[RunningChar runAction:seq];
}
else
{
}
}
Try this :)