Adding multiple sprites to a screen - swift

Question

I am new to SpriteKit.
I started working on a game where I want a menu of sprites that I can select from. When I select a particular sprite I want to then be able to tap on the screen and produce copies of them.
Here is a copy of my code I have trying.
class GameScene: SKScene
{
override func didMoveToView(view: SKView)
{
let button1 = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "Monster1A.png")
button1.position = CGPointMake(500, 600)
button1.name = "Monster1A"
self.addChild(button1)
let button2 = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "Monster2A.png")
button2.position = CGPointMake(300, 600)
button2.name = "Monster2A"
self.addChild(button2)
}
override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?)
{
let touch = touches
let location = touch.first!.locationInNode(self)
let node = self.nodeAtPoint(location)
if (node.name == "Monster1A")
{
for touch in touches
{
let touchLocation = touch.locationInNode(self)
let sprite = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed:"Monster1A")
sprite.xScale = 0.5
sprite.yScale = 0.5
sprite.position = touchLocation
let action = SKAction.rotateByAngle(CGFloat(M_PI), duration:1)
sprite.runAction(SKAction.repeatActionForever(action))
self.addChild(sprite)
}
}
if (node.name == "Monster2A")
{
for touch in touches
{
let touchLocation = touch.locationInNode(self)
let sprite = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed:"Monster2A")
sprite.xScale = 0.5
sprite.yScale = 0.5
sprite.position = touchLocation
let action = SKAction.rotateByAngle(CGFloat(M_PI), duration:1)
sprite.runAction(SKAction.repeatActionForever(action))
self.addChild(sprite)
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

Try this :)
import SpriteKit
class GameScene: SKScene {
var isDuplicating: Bool = false
var selectedSpriteName: String!
override func didMoveToView(view: SKView) {
let button1 = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed:"Monster1A")
button1.position = CGPointMake(500, 600)
button1.name = "Monster1A"
self.addChild(button1)
let button2 = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed:"Monster2A")
button2.position = CGPointMake(300, 600)
button2.name = "Monster2A"
self.addChild(button2)
}
override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {
/* Called when a touch begins */
for touch in touches {
let location = touch.locationInNode(self)
let sprite = self.nodeAtPoint(location)
if sprite.name == "Monster1A" {
if self.isDuplicating == true {
// Deselect
self.isDuplicating = false
return
}
self.selectedSpriteName = "Monster1A"
self.isDuplicating = true
} else if sprite.name == "Monster2A" {
if self.isDuplicating == true {
// Deselect
self.isDuplicating = false
return
}
self.selectedSpriteName = "Monster2A"
self.isDuplicating = true
} else {
if self.isDuplicating == true {
let newsprite = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: self.selectedSpriteName)
newsprite.position = location
addChild(newsprite)
}
}
}
}
}