Angry Ninjas Sling Shot Game Starter Kit for iOS

We've made it incredibly easy to customize this template. Code you might want to change has all been commented, and code you probably never want to change also says so. But aside from specifying the max number of levels you want to add in the GameData.m class, there isn't a lot to change right away.

PLUS you have access to 2 hours of video documentation on Vimeo.

https://vimeo.com/37273523

• HowToGuide part 1 Images and GameData Class 00:00:00
• HowToGuide part 2 TheStack Class 00:21:11
• HowToGuide part 3 TheLevel Class 00:57:01
• HowToGuide part 4 TheNinja Class 01:27:42
• HowToGuide part 5 ContactListener Class 01:40:17
• HowToGuide part 6 TheMenu Class 01:48:38
• HowToGuide part 7 GameSounds Class 01:58:03
• HowToGuide part 8 WrapUp Class 02:09:54

Probably the most work you'll need to do in customizing this template is building some challenging levels. For reference, play some of the other popular sling shot games in the App Store and really get a feel for what makes a good stack of objects and where enemies are positioned to target.

Watch the video guide when you start building your levels. (specifically regarding TheStack class at timestamp 00:21:11)

The template comes with many shapes that you can use in stack. You can add your own shapes easily, but lets assume you use one of our included shape images.

• Suppose you have a bunch of images. Bring them into Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, or any image editing program that you can get x and y locations for the object (we used Flash).
• Arrange your objects exactly as you want them to be stacked up in XCode.
• Note the X and Y values of each object
• Your objects on the far left should have x values of 0 to 50 usually. If not move your entire stack so those objects are in that range.
• Your objects on the bottom have lower y values than those on top. So your Y axis starts at the bottom of the screen (like graph paper in high school, you usually start x:0, y:0 on the bottom left. Same is true here. If your design program starts the y axis in the top right, it helps to just use a grid and write down your own y values on the stage (see the example image)
• Copy your X and Y values into XCode into TheStack class.

The code to create a stack object is below.

StackObject* object1 = [StackObject objectWithWorld:world location:ccp( 0 + stackLocationX , 20 + stackLocationY) spriteFileName:@"woodShape1" breaksOnGround:NO breaksFromNinja:YES  hasAnimatedBreakFrames:YES  damagesEnemy:NO density:0.25f createHow:useShapeOfSourceImage angleChange:90 makeImmovable:NO points:100 simpleScoreVisualFXType:breakEffectSmokePuffs];
[self addChild:object1 z:depthStack];

The X and Y values go in this part:

location:ccp( 0 + stackLocationX , 20 + stackLocationY)

In that snippet, the X was 0 and the Y was 20.

Other properties for the StackObject include:

spriteFileName: the base filename in the Resources folder, like @"woodShape1" , note you exclude .png

breaksOnGround: YES or NO does the object break when it hits the ground

breaksFromNinja: YES or NO does the object break when the ninja hits it

hasAnimatedBreakFrames: YES or NO if you have included separate frames of animation for breaking, typically this will be NO unless you want to add a lot of animated frames

damagesEnemy: YES or NO does the object damage the enemy

density How dense is the object, 0.1 to 1.0 usually.

createHow: this defines the vector outline of the object, see the Constants.h file for more info

angleChange: 0 to 360 degrees

makeImmovable: YES or NO

points: the point value, can be any value but we've included images for 100,500, 1000, 5000, 10,000

simpleScoreVisualFXType: defines the animation to show when the object breaks, we've included a smoke effect and explosion. Can also be set to show nothing

Enemy objects have similar code. Again, all this is detailed in the video guides.

You are required to make significant artwork changes prior to submitting this template to Apple.

Here's why:

1. If many buyers of this Kit used the same ninjas for example, Apple would start to notice and possibly consider the submissions duplicates of each other. That would get you rejected and in hot water as a developer.
2. CartoonSmart is reserving the right to use the ninjas specifically in a version we will submit to the App Store.

Please use your own art for the backgrounds, slingshot characters, enemies, start image and menu images. You can use the stack objects provided, explosions, and point score images in your version.

What if you aren't a designer?

• There are plenty of amazing stock image sites for 2D and 3D graphics out there. Many of the lesser known 3D stock image sites have fantastic deals on art, especially cool military stuff.
• Consider hiring an artist!