Aidan's Game Rush

A native iPad arcade-flight game built with Swift and SpriteKit.

Current playable

• Hold anywhere to fire Aidan's booster and climb; release to dive and charge Rush Energy.
• When the meter fills, tap to trigger Star Rush: surge forward, pull in chips, and smash through hazards and Glitch creatures.
• Follow a three-part story about Aidan, his booster, and The Glitch.
• Fly through Cloud Kingdom, Dino Jungle, Candy Canyon, and Storybook Castle.
• Outsmart four world-specific enemies: Cloud Swooper, Jungle Snapper, Candy Bouncer, and Castle Gargoyle.
• Chase curved Adventure Trails of Spark Chips and collect shield-bubble and chip-magnet power-ups.
• Chain chips, close calls, and Star Rush smashes into a time-limited Flow multiplier worth up to 5×.
• Earn score bonuses for skillful near misses and enemy smashes, with dedicated visual, sound, haptic, camera-shake, and impact feedback.
• See animated boost/glide poses, physically aligned world-space booster exhaust, pickup reactions, lively enemies, and dedicated defeat and boss-victory sequences.
• Defeat The Glitch in a booster-blast boss battle after completing all four worlds.
• Permanently unlock and equip four richly illustrated booster styles with saved Spark Chips.
• Complete a daily chip quest and earn five persistent adventure badges.
• Chase a persistent high score, pause at any time, and restart instantly.
• Hear distinct title, world, and boss music plus layered action sounds, with a persistent mute control and pickup/collision haptics.

The four playable worlds are rendered with SpriteKit using original illustrated assets. Original key art and an app icon give the game a polished identity while keeping gameplay lightweight and responsive.

Play on the Mac first

Open the project in Xcode, choose an iPad Simulator as the run destination, and press Run. A mouse click acts like a finger: click and hold to rise, then release to glide down.

Run on an iPad

1. Open AidanGameRush.xcodeproj in Xcode.
2. Select the AidanGameRush target, open Signing & Capabilities, and choose your Apple development team.
3. Connect and trust the iPad, then select it as the run destination.
4. Press Run.

The app is iPad-only, uses landscape orientation, and supports iPadOS 17 or later.

Project layout

• AppDelegate.swift starts the native UIKit app.
• GameViewController.swift hosts the SpriteKit view.
• GameScene.swift owns game flow, spawning, scoring, contacts, and progression.
• GameModels.swift defines worlds, game phases, power-ups, and physics categories.
• Progression.swift owns booster unlocks, daily quests, and achievements.
• WorldArt.swift draws the worlds, Aidan, enemies, hazards, and pickups.
• GameAudio.swift generates lightweight arcade sound effects.
• ARTWORK.md records the generated-art sources and exact production prompts.