Author: Mark Brownsword

I've been working as an enterprise developer for more than 15 years, always using .NET platform and recently building for iOS with Swift. My degree is in Business Studies, majoring in information systems, where I learnt the fundamentals of software engineering for building systems for business.

Setup a Linux Machine for Go Development

March 3, 2018 Mark Brownsword

According to the Go Developer Survey 64% of Go Programmers use Linux. Here is how I setup my Galago Pro…

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Adding Command Buttons to the Hexagonal Map Game

October 1, 2017October 2, 2017 Mark Brownsword Leave a comment

Introduction This article demonstrates how to overlay Button Elements onto an Hexagonal TileMap in SpriteKit. The buttons will stay fixed…

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Introducing Galago Pro

June 19, 2017 Mark Brownsword

I've recently switched from an Apple MacBook to a System76 Galago Pro with Ubuntu 17.04 as my personal computer. The…

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Looking at GameplayKit

December 3, 2016December 4, 2016 Mark Brownsword 7 Comments

Introduction This article explores the use of Entity Component System (ECS), Pathfinding and State Machine components in the GameplayKit Framework.…

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Hexagonal Tilemaps in SpriteKit

September 24, 2016October 4, 2016 Mark Brownsword 3 Comments

One of the new features added into iOS 10 and Xcode 8 is the SpriteKit Tilemap Editor. This editor provides…

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