Add a New Collectible Component

Apple Game Frameworks and Technologies — by Tammy Coron (115 / 193)

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You first learned about components in ​Create Your First Component​. With components, the focus is on what a “thing” does versus what it is. You might believe that this focus lets you off the hook for thinking about what things are, but that isn’t the case; you still need to consider how you’ll be using your components.

In Val’s Revenge, there are three kinds of collectible items (types):

Each type serves a useful purpose:

• Key: Collect keys to unlock dungeon doors
• Food: Collect food to increase Val’s health (up to her maximum)
• Treasure: Collect treasure for bragging rights

Similar to what you did in ​Creating an Animation Component​, you’ll create a single file to hold the collectible component and the corresponding collectible struct that defines the collectible properties.

Creating the Collectible Struct

In the Components group, create a new file (⌘N) using the iOS Swift File template. Name the new file CollectibleComponent.swift and replace the contents…